“Taiwanese independence is a dead end.”

—  Hau Pei-tsun

Hau Pei-tsun (2014) cited in " Taiwan’s fate not up to its people: Hau Pei-tsun http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/09/04/2003598964" on Taipei Times, 4 September 2014

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