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Ever since the ousted government of China led by Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan following the communist revolution in 1949, the world has seen the tiny separatist island as a powder keg should mainland China seek its reunification through force. Certainly, that could be a trigger for a global war with catastrophic consequences. Yet there are compelling reasons for the status quo of uneasy separation to persist indefinitely. A review of the case for peace or war.