"If [Taiwan] goes in the other direction [toward unification], if the KMT [Chinese Nationalist Party] and others try to move more rapidly toward the PRC, that would be cause for a re-evaluation [of US policy toward Taiwan]," Schriver said.
Overall, the report said, "sustained democracy" is Taiwan's best chance of freedom, and that Washington and Tokyo share an interest in the "peaceful resolution of [cross-strait] issues through dialogue."



