Beijing was trying to push saying selection was a choice between War Versus peace, balancing doing too little to doing too much and creating more Ill Will toward mainland china. The results are in, response from beijing late last night, a forceable statement. That reads in part the basic fact that theres only one china in the World And Fact that taiwan is part of china will not change. This was expected, very much according to script from the past. But the real question, is this just going to be a onetime statement and things will calm down for a bit . Or Will Beijing want to flex its muscles, show that it is very much opposed to this idea of separation between the two, and perhaps do something more bold