Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-02-26

China may end up changing its constitution to end the two-term limit for the president and vice president. Experts say that would mean a longer time in office for President Xi Jinping. But US experts say that the move would not necessarily mean a change to China’s Taiwan policy.

The director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Bonnie Glaser, says that cross-strait relations are not Xi’s current priority. But she says that could change a few years from now. Glaser said that since there is no deadline for unification, it is not clear whether ending the presidential term limit will impact Taiwan.

Meanwhile, a professor at Penn Law (University of Pennsylvania Law School), Jacques deLisle, also said the new change to China’s constitution would not have a big impact on Taiwan policy. But he said that a stronger Xi might want to achieve unification with Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]