beijing china grow economic political diplomatic power mean achieve overwhelm advantage bring self-ruled taiwan heel time china side senior official say comment publish monday taiwan one china sensitive issue beijing never renounce use force bring consider wayward province sacred chinese territory rule write influential state-run newspaper study time liu junchuan head liaison office china policy-making taiwan affairs office say inevitable taiwan would come china control china economic growth mean economy far surpass taiwan trend would continue liu write paper publish central party school train rise communist party officials swift development massive change mainland motherland create increasingly strong attraction people taiwan say contrast power across taiwan strait become wide wide full overwhelm strategic advantage taiwan liu add economic political social cultural military condition achieve complete reunification motherland become even ample concepts peaceful reunification one country two systems would become even attractive taiwan people foreign force able stop liu say basic situation taiwan strait continue develop direction beneficial us change time momentum side china long moot take hong kong one country two systems form government suppose give hong kong high degree autonomy apply taiwan though people proudly democratic island show interest rule autocratic mainland taiwan say beijing understand democracy taiwan people decide island future relations beijing taipei sour since tsai ing-wen taiwan pro-independence democratic progressive party presidential elections last year china suspect want push island formal independence tsai say want peace china defend taiwan security democracy china step military drill around taiwan squeeze taiwan international space siphon remain diplomatic ally defeat nationalist force flee taiwan 1949 lose chinese civil war communists china 'overwhelming advantage bring taiwan heel official say