Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/29
By: Chiang Chin-yeh and Elizabeth Hsu
Washington, July 28 (CNA) Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) is making unification a
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) / CNA file photo
more important component of his “China Dream,” despite Taipei’s pledge of peace in the Taiwan Strait and desire to preserve the status quo in cross-strait relations, according to a U.S.-based scholar in foreign and defense policy.
“Tensions are rising between Beijing and Taipei,” wrote Michael Mazza, a research fellow in foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), in his article, titled “Is a Storm Brewing in the Taiwan Strait?” published by the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations Friday.
Mazza linked Beijing’s increasing pressure on Taiwan with Xi’s vision for the future of China, or his so-called “China Dream,” of which Xi has made unification an important component.
Xi “began talking about the ‘great renewal of the Chinese nation’ — which, for him, requires formal unification with Taiwan — during a speech he gave in 2012 as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party,” said Mazza. [FULL STORY]
