What Would Taiwan Actually Gain from Reunification with China?

May 19, 2015 Topic: Politics Region: Asia Tags: ChinaTaiwanSovereignty

What Would Taiwan Actually Gain from Reunification with China?

"Can we name one thing that the Taiwanese do not enjoy at present that China could offer to them?"

J. Michael Cole is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham. He is also an Associate researcher at the French Center for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) in Taipei and a Senior Member of the Thinking Taiwan Foundation. He tweets @JMichaelCole1. His latest book is Black Island: Two years of activism in Taiwan.

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