It is worth considering what the effect would be in East Asia if China used force to quash a democratic system in Taiwan and install a friendlier autocracy in its place.

• 同样值得深思的还有，如果中国动用武力粉碎台湾的民主政府，在台湾建立起一个更为友善的独裁政权，对东亚的局势又会有什么样的影响？