CIA National Intelligence Estimates on the Cross-Strait and Sino-Russian Relations

... will bring the two entities closer together .” Unlike other de facto states such as Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Europe, which live on economic and military aid from Moscow... ... according to the People’s Republic of China’s law). China is thus developing its commercial relations with the Island, hoping to see the two entities move closer together... ... bind a prosperous territory when the time comes (like Hong-Kong and Macao) and to user Soft Power and economic ties instead of Hard Power. That is why Beijing wants to put...