How would one look from his Majeſtick brow, / Seated as on the top of Vertues hill, / Diſcount'nance her deſpiſ'd, and put to rout / All her array, her female pride deject, / Or turn to reverent awe? […]

Other people's problems, they overwhelm my mind / They say compassion is a virtue, but I don't have the time

After the past disputes between the two countries, both sides decided to make a fresh start by agreeing to trade with each other again.

In January 1997, Taiwan rejected South Korean demands that it not ship its nuclear waste to North Korea for treatment and storage. The PRC intervened to extract maximum political capital from the dispute, offering to take the Taiwanese nuclear waste on condition that the island be considered an “indivisible part of China.” One year later, however, Taiwan attempted to capitalize on this assertion of unity by proposing that it store its nuclear waste on Wuqiu, an islet off Fujian province on China’s coast. Environmental activists in Wuqiu, Taiwan, and Fujian all protested the deal, forcing the Taiwan Power Company to halt the project.