Away Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

We have to convince mainland China that a free and democratic Taiwan is more in China's interest than reunification.

— Ko Wen-je

More and more of the Taiwanese economy is connected with the mainland. There are more and more exchanges taking place. There's no reason to…

— Henry A. Kissinger

I think from the business point of view, Taiwan and China tied together brings mutual benefit. And we don't see any reason for stopping…

— Stan Shih

The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a…

— William Kirby

Every time there has been an attempt to disturb it, it led to two things. It led to immediate intense conflict with China, and…

— Henry A. Kissinger

Taiwan and China are related ethnically and close neighbors geographically. There's no reason to resent or to fight against each other.

— Annette Lu

We have a serious commitment to Taiwan being able to defend itself.

— Antony Blinken

The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I…

— Martin Yan

It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.

— Ma Ying-jeou

Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into the position where they…

— Bob Filner

Taiwan needs to start looking at some asymmetric and anti-access area denial strategies and really fortify itself in a manner that would deter the…

— Robert C. O'Brien

Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.

— Michael K. Simpson