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2012.
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| Summary/Abstract |
With the Kuomintang coming to power in Taiwan, relations between the island and the mainland entered a new phase distinguished by a qualitative intensification of economic integration, expanded contacts, and substantial improvement in the overall political atmosphere. Recognition of the Consensus of 1992 by both sides served as the foundation for further progress. The idea of concluding a peace treaty is under discussion, but the ambivalent attitude toward such an agreement among the Taiwanese (and possibly the PRC leadership) is a major stumbling block. The United States is not interested in Taiwan's independence movement, although it has no objection to selling Taipei military hardware. On the whole, the peaceful development of relations between the shores of the Taiwan Strait is distinguished by considerable stability.
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