41. China Brief,Cross-Strait Relations In Taiwan's Presi - Dential Elections
- Author:
- Willy Lam, Jonathan Mirsky, Enzio von Pfeil, and Ashok Kapur
- Publication Date:
- 03-2004
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Jamestown Foundation
- Abstract:
- No military action for the Taiwan Strait--not even psychological warfare oriented missile drills such as those undertaken in late 1995 and early 1996--is being planned by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) for the coming year or so. And this will be true whether President Chen Shui-bian or his challenger, Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan, wins in the hotly contested polls on March 20. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership is readying hardball solutions to the reunification problem for the medium-term.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Government, and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- China, Israel, and Taiwan