On Taiwan's Election Results and How to Promote "National Reunification" by Prof. Zheng Yongnian
"[We must] focus on the use of new media platforms, such as Xiaohongshu and Douyin ... to change the identity of young people in Taiwan."
Much like Beijing’s own response to Saturday’s election results in Taiwan, reactions by China’s establishment intellectuals have so far been relatively subdued. One of the few scholars to have as yet published a commentary on these results is the well-known returnee political scientist and founding director of the Institute for International Affairs at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Zheng Yongnian (郑永年). Today’s edition provides a short summary of his views.1
AFTER TAIWAN'S ELECTION, HOW TO PROMOTE NATIONAL REUNIFICATION?
Zheng Yongnian (郑永年)
Source: GBA Review (大湾区评论) – 14 January 2024
N.B. Cross-Strait relations are a particularly sensitive topic in China. The views expressed publicly by scholars on this issue tend not to stray too far from the party line. Zheng’s commentary should be read with this in mind.