China has expressed fury at Washington's announcement of a new arms package for self-ruled Taiwan, saying it threatens the task of peaceful reunification between the two sides. China and Taiwan, once at the brink of war before a thaw in relations, have avoided discussing their political future and instead focused on forming closer economic ties.
China, the world's third-largest economy and a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council, claims sovereignty over ethnically Chinese Taiwan and has not renounced the use of force to bring the proudly democratic island under its control.
Here are the basic scenarios:
FEDERATION, WIDE-RANGING AUTONOMY
TWO COUNTRIES, TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE
FULL REUNIFICATION .(Source: Reuters, Feb 2, 2010).