[DarkWiiPlayer]

> China wants peaceful reunification

But this isn't true though; China wants a one-sided reunification at all costs and would prefer if it was peaceful.

Fun fact: All countries that invade others would generally have preferred a peaceful takeover if that had been an option. It's not like Nazi Germany would have complained if Poland had just willingly decided to join the Reich.

What would you think about someone who told you, unironically, "Nazi Germany wanted a peaceful unification with Poland"? Surely you'd think it's silly to even attempt to bring that up like it's an actual argument, right?

So no, China wants to annex Taiwan. That is how you fully describe China's position on the subject.

As for the DPP vs KMT thing, you bring that up as if the KMT was in favour of re-unification; their position is really more about not upsetting China and risk an invasion. It is a different approach to maintaining independence, but that is still the goal.

If you really had a problem with treating taiwan as a pawn of the west, why aren't you instead complaining that we don't recognise Taiwan as its own nation separate from the ROC?