China and the Catholic Church

I read this morning that the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict XVI are trying to reconcile their differences with the Chinese. China cut ties with Rome in 1951 over the Vatican's recognition of Taiwan. At that point the state backed Patriotic church was born and appointed its own bishops without Vatican approval. Last year two priests were excommunicated from the Catholic church for accepting such appointments. What I'm waiting to see is if the Pope will abandon his support of Taiwan in favor of closer ties to China but at the same time won't that once again be an example of the church doing what helps it politically instead of what's right.