Stability with Chinese Characteristics
Hu Jintao’s Taiwan Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9646428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raviprasad Narayanan (Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations National Chengchi University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 413-424 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | China Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-4455 • E-ISSN: 0973-063X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0009445513506650 |
| OpenAlex | W2140446080 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Even as Xi Jinping begins to make his personal imprint on Cross-Strait relations, he has to contend with his predecessor, Hu Jintao’s policy towards Taiwan that generated a modus vivendi, acting as a precursor to a slew of trade related agreements between the two sides leading to the ECFA in 2010. On Taiwan, the ‘status quo’ aspect of Cross-Strait relations has assumed overwhelming consensus with calls for deeper economic engagement with the mainland. Broadly, a template with its own characteristics emerges of a selective reconciling of differences with certain accommodations of interests making the Cross-Strait relations a unique model. This article situates Cross-Strait relations during Hu Jintao’s term from 2002–2012, and advances the proposition that the mechanics of an eventual integration are underway with deeper economic cooperation being the first phase of a comprehensive framework under construction. To Beijing, its behaviour on Cross-Strait issues is intrinsic to its announced process of ‘peaceful development’. However, the ‘relative’ success of the on-going process of economic integration does not have to be interpreted as an overwhelming endorsement of the methodology adopted, since closer relations with the mainland is a deeply divisive and politically charged issue in Taiwan
Beijing · China · Epistemology · Law and economics · Mainland China · Political economy · Political science · Process (computing · Proposition · Sociology · Status quo · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Computer Science · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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