China will see 25 percent year-over-year growth this year, putting Greater China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) in a strong position to exceed sales in Japan for the first time.

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But democratic Taiwan cannot be highhandedly turned over to Beijing the way the colonies of Macao and Hong Kong were.

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Taiwan is not a Macao or Hong Kong that can be handed to Beijing without the consultation and consent of its people.

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