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1、RelationsbetweenChinaandTaiwanTheGambiagambitChinaresumesanolddiplomaticgameMar26th2016
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3、 FromtheprinteditionTAIWANandChina,whichclaimstheindependentisland-nationaspartofthemotherland,usedtoplayajoylessslogginggamecalled“dollardiplomacy”.Initeachsidecompetedwithlorry-loadsofcashandothe
4、rinducementstogetsmall,impoverishedandoftenill-runnationstoswitchtheirdiplomaticallegiance.ItwasagamethatTaiwanwassteadilylosinguntil,asagestureofgoodwillontheascensionofaChina-friendlypresidentinTaiwan,MaYing-jeou,Chinasuddenlysuspendeditin2008.Thescore:Taiwan22,China172.YetonMarch17thChinasud
5、denlyresumedplay,byestablishingdiplomatictieswithGambia,onceaTaiwanally.MrMawasonastatevisittoBelize,oneofTaiwan’ssurvivingfriends,whenthenewsbroke.Hesaiditwasverywrong.InTaiwantherewasoutrage.ThemainlandaffairsministrysaidChina’smoverancontrarytothemutualtrustthatTaiwanandChinahadbuiltupoverei
6、ghtyears.Butthegameisbeingplayednotagainsthim,butratheragainsthissuccessor,TsaiIng-wen,whotakesofficeonMay20th.SofarasChinaisconcerned,thetroublewithMsTsaiisthatsheheadsaparty,theDemocraticProgressiveParty(DPP),thatunlikeMrMa’sKuomintangiscommitted,atleastonpaper,toTaiwan’sdeclaringformalindepe
7、ndence.NomatterthatMsTsai,alow-keyformertradelawyerwhowonthepresidentialelectioninJanuaryinalandslide,hasgoneoutofherwaytoreassurenotjustChinabutalsotheUnitedStatesthatsheintendstopursuepeaceandstabilityacrosstheTaiwanStrait.ThatisinstarkcontrasttoherfirebrandpredecessorfromtheDPP,ChenShui-bian
8、,whowaspresidentfrom2000to2008(andthenjailedforcorruption).UnderMrChen,cross-straitrelationsreachedanadir.HisstudiouslyprovocativechampioningofTaiwan’sindependenceevenstrainedTaiwan’stieswiththeUnitedStates,itsdefender.YetthestickingpointforChinaisthatMsTsaihastodaterefusedtoconcedetoChinesedem
9、andsthathergovernment-in-waitingacceptthatTaiwanislooselypartofChina.Thisisoftenreferredtoasthe“1992consensus”,inwhichbothsidesagreedthattherewasbutoneChina,eventhougheachdisagreedoverwhatexactlythatwas.TheCommunistandproudlyathei
