Understanding the relations between Taiwan and China 8 Articles

by Paul Lines

The relationship between Taiwan and China is one of the most tenuous and dangerous in the modern world. With China on the one side considering that Taiwan is an integral part of their country and the Taiwanese people on th...read more

by Les Zsoldos

Taiwan's current president, Chen shui-bian, appears to favour a more independent role for Taiwan. He knows that his motion to hold a referendum on membership for Taiwan in the United Nations is bound to fail. His reason ...read more

by Li Zhichao

Understanding the relations between Taiwan China and Mainland China, well, on this topic i think what a Chinese is thinking about should and must be taken into account. But unfortunately, the reports we have are all from t...read more

by Nicole Parris

Ever since the end of the Chinese Civil War, the People's Republic of China has been trying to absorb the island of Taiwan into their communist country. While at the moment Taiwan is considered by the UN to be part of Chin...read more

by Allan M. Heller

Lying about 80 miles from the mainland, the 13,900-square mile island of Taiwan has passed hands many times throughout its turbulent history. First settled by Polynesians, Taiwan was later colonized by the Dutch, then ta...read more

by Ted Sherman

First, no matter what my experience and political beliefs, nor anyone else's, let me give a prediction. Within ten years, Taiwan will become a province of mainland China. It won't be by the historic sword-rattling threats ...read more

by Harry Lamer

If there is to be one China, which China should it be? Unfortunately, in the current political climate, there can be no question as to what the answer will be. And yet, strangely enough, the course of history somehow sees ...read more

by Jamboree Joe

Taiwan - China's Successful Prodigal Son To give you a little history on the relationship, in 1949 Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek withdrew to Taiwan, with two million refugees, vowing the reclaim of the mainland fro...read more