Roger:

As long as the current regime is in power on the mainland the government in Taiwan can’t declare independence. That is the only reason China can legally invade. When we signed onto the One China idea we doomed Taiwans ability to officially declare independence. They can rule themselves for a indefinite period as long as they don’t declare it openly. Taiwan can go to reconcilliation meetings and feign interest and keep the status qou.The absurdity of fact that Taiwan can only keep their freedom by not stating it publicly is too ironic to believe but that is the way it is. And as far as any economic or actual warfare with the US you can’t forget that this is a country that has had millions of self inflicted deaths this century and is perfectly capable of of submitting it’s populace to that fate again.