Surrounded by a vocal and excitable entourage in a Taipei office, Charles Lo, chief executive of China business at Chinatrust in Taiwan, is outlining the company’s aspirations for expansion across the strait to the mainland.
“In the long term, I see Greater China becoming one market,” says Lo. “This would cover China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. I have always believed this.”
Ambition and idealism aside, any such unified market remains some way off. Before the nations in northeastern Asia can become one (very big) happy family, traditional adversaries China and Taiwan need to get much more friendly.
It is a potentially long and difficult process but there are signs of progress.
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