China reunification for Korea reunification. Gadzooks, man, I think you’re right. Hong Kong shows that China can have a democratic, free and prosperous entity. Could we have “One China, Three Systems”? I wouldn’t mind offering every resident of Taiwan a U.S. green card, so that those who really feared the Mainland would have an escape hatch. They wouldn’t have to come here right away. Just have that option if they felt they needed to. Also, I think China could understand that our agreement to China reunification means that we will work on a path for that to come about within a reasonable time period.
Hong Kong shows that China knows how to play for time. Hong Kong is probably a little more democratic than Iran or maybe Venezuela. That’s about it.
http://gohongkong.about.com/od/historyandcultureofhk/f/hongkongdemoc.htm