Essay about The Taiwan-China Conflict

Nations such as Japan and China had viewed the island of Taiwan as a resource and a collateral component in their immense empires ever since their knowledge of its existence in mid 1400s. The most prominent period in Taiwanese history began after World War II, with the beginning of the Cold War. It was then that Taiwan’s native government was completely dominated by China, demolishing the island’s independence which they would slowly gain back over the next few centuries. The formation of the Relations Act with the United States in 1979 began a process that led to Taiwan’s political separation from China in 1987, establishing a democratic government along with a gain of military support from the West.

In 1972, President Richard Nixon was quoted as stating that his visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) “changed the world…to build a bridge across sixteen thousand miles and twenty-two years of hostilities.” By meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing, Nixon took groundbreaking first steps to opening relations and formally recognizing the People’s Republic of China. The history of the aforementioned hostilities between the United States and the PRC dates back to the Chinese Communist Party’s takeover of mainland China following its civil war in the

This is a state-of-the-art book on conflict management and negotiation by well known negotiator and mediator William L. Ury, an American National, who is world 's leading negotiation expert, he has mediated situations ranging from corporate arena to wildcat strikes, and from family disputes to ethnic wars in the Middle East, the Balkans, N. Ireland and many other places. He has also worked on the problem of how to prevent

The thorny issue in the negotiations for the joint communique was Taiwan. Mao felt as though the only way to gain governance over Taiwan was to eventually invade the country. However, Nixon was unwilling to state who should govern the country, his view ultimately favored a “two China’s” approach. Mao had to agree to not invade Taiwan and help the U.S. wind down the Vietnam War. Nixon agreed to remove U.S. forces from Taiwan and tone down the opposing view of the People Republic of China gaining a spot in the United Nations.

In 1927, civil war broke out in China between the Nationalists and the Communists. The Communists(Chinese Soviet Republic) were based in the southeastern province of Jiangxi and led by Mao Zedong. The Nationalists(Chinese Nationalist Party) were led by Chiang Kai-Shek, who led a series of 5 campaigns against the Communists between 1930 and 1934.

sen. In January of 1946, two factions of China began to have a power struggle. The KMT

Despite having captured Taiwan the Xangqi Emperor did not feel that the island was of much use or importance. His court agreed and proposed to dispose of the land once the Chinese had been removed from the area, however a man named Shi Lang disagreed and argued the merits of the island. The popular opinion of Taiwan was influenced by its distance from mainland China, the socio-political climate, and lore applied from popular mythologies due to the lack of true information about Taiwan and its people. The predominant belief being that the people were savages and the island fell outside of the natural limits of China and should not be included in the domain. The beliefs were also influenced by the lack of political connection between China and Taiwan – who unlike Korea did not acknowledge China as superior and pay tribute to the large empire .In addition spiritual beliefs about the cosmos placed Taiwan as a wilderness

Furthermore, Capitalism with Chinese characteristics demonstrates the implications that Tiananmen Square incident of 1989 had on shaping china’s domestic policies, which are closely linked to shaping their foreign policies. Over the course of this class we have seen the heightened tensions in relations between China and the international community. In the early 1990s, China began diplomacy with neighboring countries, beginning by normalizing diplomatic relations. This trend would continuously develop in the late 1990s. It can be seen as a reaction to China’s escape from its international isolation that followed the hostile international environment shaped by the Western nations' criticism and sanctions following the Tiananmen Square incident

Under the influence of US, Japan recognised ROC as the China by signing the peace treaty with ROC- Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (中日和平條約) in 1952 (Huang, 2006). This treaty enabled Japan to escape from the war reparation to the China, both ROC and PRC (Huang, 2006). However, Japan shifted its recognition policy to PRC followed the move of US in 1972, eventually broke the peace treaty (Huang, 2006). In this early stage of diplomatic recognition, both China and Japan have avoided the sovereignty disputes over the Senkaku islands (or in Chinese, the Diaoyu islands) (He, 2007, 4). During the premiership of Zhou Enlai, both states seems to be in a friendship, together with the boost of trade and financial transaction, as China received much of the foreign aid from Japan, but it does not last long (He, 2007, 4). China and Japan does not have a good relationship, in addition to the unresolved after war

Taiwan has a long history of being fought over by China and Japan. China’s Ching Empire first colonized Taiwan and the people who populated the colonies are Han Chinese who came from China. Han Chinese make up the overwhelming majority of the current population in Taiwan. Taiwan was also a colony of Japan after “Japan, undertaking massive military expansion in the footsteps of European empires, defeated the Ching Empire with their modern weapons” (Wang, Hsiu-Huei 15). Taiwan was later “returned” to China after the Sino-Japanese War.

On January 16th 2016, The Taiwanese people will head to the polls to elect their new president from three different candidates. The three candidates and their political parties are Eric Chu of the nationalist Kuomintang party, Tsai Ing Wen, of the liberal Democratic Progressive Party, and lastly James Soong of the center right People First Party. This election can be viewed as a fork in the road for Taiwan’s future. Down the right fork, with the Kuomintang and to closer economic and political ties with the People’s Republic of China towards eventual unification. Or down the left fork with the Democratic Progressive Party, and embrace the status quo, that one day, to the fear of the mainland, may lead to independence. The outcome of this election may greatly affect the relationship between China and Taiwan, which is often labeled as Cross Strait Relations, but could also spill over to China and the United States relations, due to the fact the United States has vowed to defend Taiwan from any military aggression from the People’s Republic of China. A United States - China relationship that is already tense. This winter, not only the eyes of Taiwan will be watching the election closely, but also China and the United States.

Japan and People’s Republic of China have been in a long dispute over a group of islands off the coast of Taiwan. This dispute over the islands has cause a confusion on the actual names, though to the western world they are known as the Pinnacle Islands. Under Japan’s claim of ownership they are known as Senkaku Islands, Senkaku is a rough translation from the English name for the islands, while under the claim of China they are known as the Diaoyu Islands, Diaoyu means “to fish” in Chinese. The islands themselves set very close to the east of China’s mainland and west of Japan’s Okinawa Island. For this current event paper I will include the actors of this conflict with a brief history of the conflict from the view point of each actor, what interest each actor possess that causes claims to this islands difficult, what each actor hope to get out of the islands, what strategies and policies that have been or are taking place to help, in some cases not help, settle this dispute, and what institutions attempt to bring to the negotiation table to ease the tension.

Also, President Nixon has mentioned that there is much progress and benefits in the relationship between United States of America and China. The relationship between China and U.S. would provide benefits to all the citizens, government, society, neighboring countries and as well as the whole world.

This term paper focuses on China-Taiwan relations in terms of One China policy and the Taiwan question. The paper will first provide an overview of the historical background of Beijing-Taipei relations and its ties with the United States. After, we will discuss One China policy and its different interpretations.

historical reasons, the U.S. has involved into the question. As well as, the Taiwan question has