Chinese government will continue to set its sights on capturing the hearts and minds of young people in Taiwan
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/10/11
By: Central News Agency
Taipei, Oct. 9 (CNA) The Chinese government will continue to set its sights on
Xi Jinping. (By Central News Agency)
capturing the hearts and minds of young people in Taiwan following the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Taiwanese scholars of cross-Taiwan Strait relations said Monday.
As the Oct. 18 opening of the CPC National Congress approaches, Taiwanese government officials and scholars are interested to see whether Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) will rethink his strategy for dealing with Taiwan.
According to Wang Hsin-hsien (王信賢), a professor at National Chengchi University’s Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, China will be “directly targeting the youth and general public of Taiwanese society.”
Xi realizes that the approval of young people is the biggest problem facing unification, said Wang, who previously served as an advisor to the Mainland Affairs Council, which is why his government has previously attempted to gain support of Taiwanese youth by facilitating visits to China and lowering the bar for enrolling in Chinese universities.
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