Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/07
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, March 7 (CNA) In the face of a rising China, a “social resistance” has emerged in

Wu Jieh-min (吳介民, right)

Taiwan against Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) Chinese dream of bringing about national rejuvenation during his term, a Taiwanese expert on China affairs said Wednesday.

Wu Jieh-min (吳介民), an associate research fellow at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, said that the social resistance is a “collective” phenomena in the Taiwan society and the embodiment of its people’s desire and pursuit of a Taiwan-centered identity.

The Chinese dream Xi has aimed to achieve — “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation” in his words — is termed in the academic community as “Chinese empire,” Wu said at a forum hosted by the Taiwan Research Fund to mark the 30th anniversary of its establishment.    [FULL  STORY]