Taiwan’s National Identity Politics and the Prospect of Cross-Strait Relations
Journal
Asian Survey
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
4
Pages
484-512
Date Issued
2004
Author(s)
Abstract
Neither principled believers in independence nor principled believers in unification are numerous enough to give any elected Taiwanese leader a clear mandate for imposing a solution on the question of national identity anytime soon. The existence of a large number of non-committed rationalists would, in the short run, mitigate the polarized conflict and could, over the long run, shift the political equilibrium in either direction, depending on changing external conditions.
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Type
journal article