Difficulties Hindering China’s Development and Unification; America Is Anxious

Published in China Review News
(Hong Kong) on 28 Oct 2023
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Translated from by Stephanie Pan. Edited by Helaine Schweitzer.
The School of International Relations at Renmin University of China and the Institute of East Asian Studies at National Chengchi University of Taiwan hosted the 19th Cross-Strait Peace Research conference on Oct. 27 in Beijing. Numerous academics from both sides of the strait shared their views on relations between the U.S. and China and across the strait. Particularly prominent at the conference was the view that in recent years, the United States has expanded its interference in the Taiwan issue, continuously playing the "Taiwan card" with the intention of curbing the development of mainland China. As the United States becomes increasingly anxious and desperate with respect to the Taiwan issue, its policies will also become increasingly volatile.

Experts and scholars attending the meeting discussed the reasons for America’s increased focus on Taiwan and the increasingly tense relationship between China and the U.S. Primarily, given China's continuous development and growth along with capabilities that are beginning to match those of the United States, the U.S. imagines that China may surpass the United States in the future, something it feels increasingly anxious about and sees as a threat. Continued American intervention in the Taiwan issue is an attempt to use Taiwan to contain China, to contain or delay China's development and even interrupt the rise and resurgence of the Chinese nation.

However, whether it is China's development or China's complete reunification, it is a process that cannot be stopped. China is fully prepared to deal with U.S. intervention and obstruction, and it is sufficiently determined and confident in facing the many challenges.

After many years of strategic games and competition, the United States has increasingly realized that although the competition between China and the United States is long-term and at times fierce, cooperation between China and the United States is still crucial. The Taiwan issue is at the center of China's core interests, and handling the Taiwan issue well is the key to handling Chinese-U.S. relations.


10月27日,由中國人民大學國際關係學院、台灣政治大學東亞研究所主辦的第十九屆“兩岸和平研究”學術研討會在北京舉行。會上,多位兩岸學者就中美關係與兩岸關係分享觀點。其中一個突出看法是,近年來美國加大對台灣問題的干涉力度,不斷打“台灣牌”,意圖遏制中國大陸的發展;美國在台灣問題上越來越焦慮、急迫,政策搖擺性也會越來越強。

  顯然,與會專家學者點出了近年來美國不斷加碼打“台灣牌”以及中美關係越來越緊張的原因,主要是美國面對中國的不斷發展壯大、或者各種實力越來越趨近美國,甚至想像未來某一天全面超越美國,越來越感到焦慮,認為是“威脅”,美國不斷加大對台灣問題的干涉力度,就是要“以台制華”,遏制或延滯中國的發展,甚至打斷中華民族的崛起和復興進程。

  不過,無論是中國的發展,還是中國的完全統一,是大勢所趨,阻止不了的。中國對於美國的干預、干涉和阻擋,有充分的準備,也有足夠的定力和信心,因應各種挑戰。

  經過多年的博弈和較量,美國也越來越認知到,雖然中美的競爭是長期的,甚至是激烈的,但是中美的合作也至關重要,台灣問題是中國核心利益中的核心,處理好台灣問題更是處理好中美關係的關鍵。
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