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Taiwan Declares Peace With China |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: John F. Copper |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1991 |
| Size: 2,269 Words, 14,252 Characters |
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In his inaugural speech May of last year, Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui promised to end the state of war between Taiwan and China that has existed for 42 years. More precisely, Lee said that he would terminate the "period of national mobilization for suppression of communist rebellion" that is a part of Taiwan's law. His promise went into effect at the end of April, 1991.
Ending the war with Beijing, or terminating the "period of rebellion," may not be as meaningful as some historical events, but it still has significance. In some ways, a period of history has come to an end.
In 1948 and 1949 Mao's armies defeated Nationalist forces on the Chinese mainland. Chiang Kai-shek's military and government fled to Taiwan, and on October 1, 1949, Mao proclaimed a new government: the Peo...
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...ation and how it manages its relations with China. President Lee and other leaders realize that domestic politics and rapid democratization are creating a separate Taiwan while relations with China and the fall of barriers in the world foster closer ties and perhaps even unification. Taiwan's own legitimacy as a nation and its ability to control when and if it unifies with China are at stake.
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