DISCONTENT:A majority of Chinese are in favor of military action against Taiwan, but the Chinese president wants to adopt a more cost-effective way, an academic said

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 10, 2017
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Beijing will continue its efforts to entice young Taiwanese after the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Taiwanese academics studying cross-strait relations said yesterday.

As the congress’ Oct. 18 opening day approaches, Taiwanese government officials and academics are wondering whether Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) will rethink his Taiwan strategy.

China will be “directly targeting young Taiwanese as well as the general public,” said Wang Hsin-hsien (王信賢), an associate professor at National Chengchi University’s Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies.

Xi knows that the disapproval of young Taiwanese is the biggest obstacle to unification, which is why his government has attempted to gain their support by facilitating visits to China and lowering the test scores for enrolling in Chinese universities, said Wang, who served as an adviser to the Mainland Affairs Council.
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