Cross-Strait Relation and Reunification of China

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by Wen-hui TSAI

This article tries to review, from the viewpoint of polymerism, the process of the development of cross-strait relation for the past 50 years from total disconnection to the present restricted exchanges. The scope for discussion includes cross-strait exchanges in the political, economic, social and cultural aspects, with emphasis on the problems and bottle-necks encountered in these exchanges.

This article also tries, by means evolution direction of political development, to discuss the various possible directions of developments of Mainland China in the 21^st century, with emphasis on which direction of development is most suitable for the normalization and comprehensivisation of cross-strait exchanges, and on the possibility of an eventual cross-strait reunification.

Both the May 4^th and the June 4^th were artificial movements. So do we also need artificial factors to precipitate the cross-strait reunification, or simply let it go its natural course of evolution? This is something worth mulling.