1. China and Taiwan Relations
Group 5
Day 5 1

2. Outline Basic Information of China and Taiwan Cross-Strait Relations
Is Taiwan too economically dependent on China?
President Tsai’s Economic and cross-strait Strategy 2

3. Basic Information Indicators China (PRC) Taiwan (ROC) 10/1/1949
10/10/1911
National Flag
Area
9,596,960 KM2
35,980 KM2
Population
1,283.9 millions
23.3 millions
GDP
10866 USD Billion
524 USD Billion
Language
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
GFP Rank 3 15 3

4. Corss-Strait Relations
Civic War in 1949
1992 Consensus
One Country, Two Systems
One China with respective interpretations
Opposition to this consensus
2005Anti-Secession Law
Taiwan's China Dilemma
Cross-Strait relations are the relations between the two political entities, which are separated by the Taiwan Strait in the west Pacific Ocean,
In particular between their respective governments, whose status as "countries" is debated: 4

5. Is Taiwan too economically dependent on China?
Source: Ministry of Finance, Taiwan (ROC) and China Customs General Administration. 5

6. Is Taiwan too economically dependent on China?
Source: Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). 6

7. Is Taiwan too economically dependent on China?
2015:
39.4% of Taiwan’s Exports
49% of approved overseas investment went to China.
China and Taiwan have signed 28 Cross- Straits Bilateral Agreements:
The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) (2010)
Agreement on Intellectual Property Right Protection and Cooperation (2010)
Investment Agreement (2012)
Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (2012)
8/5/16

8. Tsai Administration Economic Strategy
According to President Tsai’s inauguration speech on May 20, 2016, “We will also promote a "New Southbound Policy" in order to elevate the scope and diversity of our external economy, and to bid farewell to our past overreliance on a single market.”
We will broaden exchanges and cooperation with regional neighbors in areas such as technology, culture and commerce, and expand in particular our dynamic relationships with ASEAN and India. 8

9. Tsai Administration Corss-Strait Strategy
The two governing parties across the Strait must set aside the baggage of history, and engage in positive dialogue, for the benefit of the people on both sides.
We will also work to maintain the existing mechanisms for dialogue and communication across the Taiwan Strait.
In 1992, the two institutions representing each side across the Strait (SEF & ARATS), through communication and negotiations, arrived at various joint acknowledgements and understandings.
Cross-Strait relations have become an integral part of building regional peace and collective security. In this process, Taiwan will be a "staunch guardian of peace" that actively participates and is never absent. 9

10. China's response to Tsai's speech
The Taiwan Affairs Office said Tsai's remarks were an "incomplete answer” according to the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of China.
China wants Tsai to explicitly endorse an interpretation of the One China principle that China says was agreed with the KMT under a framework known as the 1992 Consensus.
The 1992 Consensus, reached at a meeting that year between semi-official representatives of the two countries, provided a tacit understanding that both Taiwan and mainland China belong to “One China” but that both countries were free to pursue their own interpretation of what "One China" meant. 10