Independence or Reunification? The Evolving PRC–Taiwan Relations
The article attempts to examine the relationship between Taiwan, a de facto political entity, and the People’s Republic of China (Mainland China) since 1949, the landmark year when the then ruling party KMT (The Nationalist Party) was defeated by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) in the Mainland. Es...
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| description | The article attempts to examine the relationship between Taiwan, a de facto political entity, and the People’s Republic of China (Mainland China) since 1949, the landmark year when the then ruling party KMT (The Nationalist Party) was defeated by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) in the Mainland. Essentially, the narrative is focused on the government policies by the two respective political entities. The PRC pledged to unify Taiwan again and subsequently its unification policies are delineated. A two-stage schema is proposed for the analysis, albeit the second stage can be further divided into three phases. As for Taiwan, a five-stage categorization is proposed. Moreover, three sets of factors influencing the cross-Strait relations would be discussed, namely the power dynamics within the PRC, internal development inside Taiwan and the role of the USA. Finally, the implications of the coming of Trump era are outlined. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34cd7f6b3a3142be8845854d2e2f30482022-12-21T23:38:26ZengSciendoBaltic Journal of European studies2228-05962019-09-01929812210.1515/bjes-2019-0016bjes-2019-0016Independence or Reunification? The Evolving PRC–Taiwan RelationsWong Yiu Chung0Department of Political Science, Lingnam University, Dorothy Y L Wong Building, Room 202, 2/F, Tuen Mun, N T, Hong KongThe article attempts to examine the relationship between Taiwan, a de facto political entity, and the People’s Republic of China (Mainland China) since 1949, the landmark year when the then ruling party KMT (The Nationalist Party) was defeated by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) in the Mainland. Essentially, the narrative is focused on the government policies by the two respective political entities. The PRC pledged to unify Taiwan again and subsequently its unification policies are delineated. A two-stage schema is proposed for the analysis, albeit the second stage can be further divided into three phases. As for Taiwan, a five-stage categorization is proposed. Moreover, three sets of factors influencing the cross-Strait relations would be discussed, namely the power dynamics within the PRC, internal development inside Taiwan and the role of the USA. Finally, the implications of the coming of Trump era are outlined.https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0016cross-strait relations“one china, respective interpretations”“one country, two systems”two-state theoryunification |
| spellingShingle | Wong Yiu Chung Independence or Reunification? The Evolving PRC–Taiwan Relations Baltic Journal of European studies cross-strait relations “one china, respective interpretations” “one country, two systems” two-state theory unification |
| title | Independence or Reunification? The Evolving PRC–Taiwan Relations |
| title_full | Independence or Reunification? The Evolving PRC–Taiwan Relations |
| title_fullStr | Independence or Reunification? The Evolving PRC–Taiwan Relations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Independence or Reunification? The Evolving PRC–Taiwan Relations |
| title_short | Independence or Reunification? The Evolving PRC–Taiwan Relations |
| title_sort | independence or reunification the evolving prc taiwan relations |
| topic | cross-strait relations “one china, respective interpretations” “one country, two systems” two-state theory unification |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0016 |
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