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Understanding the Status Quo: Perception and Reality on China-Taiwan Relations
The status quo is a largely meaningless phrase and a dangerous ambiguity that has evolved to extend the existence of another dangerous ambiguity: the one China policy.
Taiwanese Parliamentary Elections and Cross-strait Issues
The recent election results in Taiwan neither demonstrate an appetite for rapprochement with China, nor denial that Taiwan is de facto independent from the People’s Republic.
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Articles
Understanding the Status Quo: Perception and Reality on China-Taiwan RelationsThe status quo is a largely meaningless phrase and a dangerous ambiguity that has evolved to extend the existence of another dangerous ambiguity: the one China policy.
Taiwan: The Status Quo in Politics and Reality
When Taiwanese respond to polls favouring maintenance of the Status Quo, they are in the majority saying ‘we want peace; we want to keep what we have now’.
When Taiwanese respond to polls favouring maintenance of the Status Quo, they are in the majority saying ‘we want peace; we want to keep what we have now’.
The Cross Strait Status Quo: Troubled Waters Ahead
The onset of the new political cycle in Taiwan coincided with the first anniversary of the adoption by China of its Anti-Secession Law.
The onset of the new political cycle in Taiwan coincided with the first anniversary of the adoption by China of its Anti-Secession Law.
Commentary
Taiwanese Parliamentary Elections and Cross-strait IssuesThe recent election results in Taiwan neither demonstrate an appetite for rapprochement with China, nor denial that Taiwan is de facto independent from the People’s Republic.
China's Taiwan 'Peace Overture': Old wine, new bottle
Progress over the cross-strait issue can only proceed with new thinking from Beijing; the current offer has been heard before.
Progress over the cross-strait issue can only proceed with new thinking from Beijing; the current offer has been heard before.
China’s Seventeenth Party Congress: Military reshuffle focuses PLA sights on Taiwan
Reshuffle of top PLA officers, and expectations of a stern warning from the Communit Party leadership at this years party congress suggest a turbulent year ahead for cross strait relations
Reshuffle of top PLA officers, and expectations of a stern warning from the Communit Party leadership at this years party congress suggest a turbulent year ahead for cross strait relations
Cross-strait tensions rise: Taiwan flexes (some) of its military muscle
Taiwan's first military parade in sixteen years was designed to demonstrate the island's ability to defend itself. But there was one important omission.
Taiwan's first military parade in sixteen years was designed to demonstrate the island's ability to defend itself. But there was one important omission.
Taiwanese referendum on UN entry 'intolerable by law'
China's President Hu Jintao has warned that a plan by the Taiwanese government to promote a referendum on the island’s entry into the United Nations is ‘intolerable by law’.
China's President Hu Jintao has warned that a plan by the Taiwanese government to promote a referendum on the island’s entry into the United Nations is ‘intolerable by law’.
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