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Relations between mainland China and Taiwan have improved markedly in recent years, giving rise to the key question, How far can the current rapprochement go? This book focuses on how mainland China-Taiwan relations are likely to develop in future. It considers economic relations, including the many recent trade agreements, the political sphere, where there has been little progress, the impact of increasing personal, social contacts, and the role of international actors, especially the United States. The book concludes by arguing that the present "circulatory dialogue" is likely to continue, without a transformative breakthrough.
List of contents
Introduction Part 1: Does the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement have spillover effects in political relations? 1. The Spillover Effect of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement and Its Implications for Cross-Strait Relations 2. Economic Interests in Taiwan’s Cross-Strait Policy and Linkages to National Identity: Has the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement Opened the Way to a Political Solution? 3. The Nature of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement and Its Implications for Peaceful Development of Cross Strait Relations: Perspectives from the Mainland Part 2: Why the political stalemate is so hard to break? 4. Beijing's Evolving Policy and Strategic Thinking on Taiwan 5. Cross-Strait Confidence Building Measures: Prospects and Implications 6. Diplomatic Truce in cross-Strait relations: Limits and Prospects 7. Politics in command of the Mainland's Military Policy toward Taiwan Part 3: Social Dimension of Cross-Strait Relations 8. Interest, Identity, and People's Preference on Taiwan's Independence Issue 9. Bidding for Taiwanese Hearts: Evaluating the Achievement of China’s Economic Statecraft against Taiwan 10. Social Dimensions of Changing Cross-Strait relations: the Case of Taishang Part 4: Whither cross-Strait Relations? 11. The United States and the Changing Cross-Strait Relations 12. Peaceful Unification vs. Divided Rule: Assessing Political Relations across the Taiwan Strait 13. Prospects of Cross-Strait Relations: Toward an Involutionary Process?
About the author
Weixing Hu is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Hong Kong.
