text: Taiwan has lost its chance to get independence, back in 1950s. After Chinese got nukes, it is simply impossible. And also it has lost the chance to negotiate back in 1980s, when it has the economic bargain chips (its GDP used to be 1/3 China's GDP), now with a few percentage of Chinese GDP, it hardly can ask for anything.
  Waiting to be annexed by peace or force is the only consequence, like it or not.