21. Taiwan: Crisis Deferred, But Maybe Not For Long
- Author:
- Denny Roy
- Publication Date:
- 01-2012
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- East-West Center
- Abstract:
- Taiwan's elections on January 14, which for the first time combined polls for the presidency and the legislature, displayed further positive evolution in Taiwan's now well-established democracy. The results also precluded an immediate disruption in relations between Taiwan and the PRC, which is good news in Washington. In Beijing's view, however, the goal is not stability across the Taiwan Strait, but unification. Chinese impatience might weigh more heavily on President Ma Ying-jeou, and by extension on the United States, during Ma's second term.
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, Democratization, Economics, and Politics
- Political Geography:
- United States, China, Washington, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia