​THE CROSS STRAIT RELATIONSHIP 

​The section offers valuable resources for journalists, policymakers, and the public on the cross-strait relationship.  It contains access to official documents, a detailed chronology, profiles on the major actors involved in the cross-strait relationship, as well as an examination of the key issues affecting the cross-strait dynamic.

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

We collected original source documents including treaties, declarations, communiques, white papers, laws and regulations, government annual reports, official statements and speeches

TIME LINE

Our regularly updated chronology on cross-strait relations (1622 to the present) with links to the major events puts the cross-strait dynamic into a broad context.

MAJOR ACTORS

We organized materials on the major actors involved in the cross-strait dynamic, namely the People's Republic of China (PRC), Republic of China (ROC), the United States (US), and, to a lesser extent, Japan.

KEY ISSUES

We provide official documents and major statements on key issues that, we believe, are the primary drivers influence the direction of relations across the strait such as the concept of 'one China', the PRC's refusal to relinquish the right to use force to resolve issues, the 1992 Consensus, the 'one country, two systems' political formula, and the  sale of U.S. arms to Taiwan.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

We collected some additional resources on the cross-strait relationship, including books, reports, articles, and interviews, and multimedia.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

We created a glossary of cross-strait terms, particularly of those that are often not used correctly.