Beijing should come to realise that a rigid Taiwan policy will not elicit a flexible China policy from the island. Instead, it will boost the growth of pro-indigenisation parties and the emergence of more conservative policies.

• 面对台湾与中华民国重合，中国政府当局应理解僵化的对台政策不仅无法解开松绑台湾的中国政策，反而更助长以台湾优先为号召的政党发展及具保守性政策的产生。