

JC: Taiwan is an issue that the CCP sees as a threat to its legitimacy, not an opportunity to be seized. Do you agree? If so, how (in)effective do you China’s efforts have been? RH: Part of China’s strategy appears to be placing psychological stress upon the people of Taiwan, both to raise perceptions of the costs and risks of independence and also to seed the idea that unification ultimately is inevitable. But galvanizing Chinese public opinion to justify harsher policies is a card Beijing could always play - we should keep in mind that it has not.

In other words, President Xi Jinping and the CCP are not facing much domestic pressure to do something, or at least to do something different. But I don’t recall ever seeing a major protest in China over Taiwan policy, which to me says that the PRC public isn’t on tenterhooks over the issue and generally thinks that the CCP’s policies toward Taiwan are “tough enough” and correct. Some have even been directed at the United States, after events like the 1999 accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade or the 2001 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fighter collision with a U.S. Thinking back over the past 30 to 40 years, we’ve seen street demonstrations in China (officially the People’s Republic of China, or PRC) - some violent - over Japan and domestic local issues (land use, pollution, ethnic strife). In this vein, I don’t expect the role of Taiwan in China’s politics to change due solely - or even mostly - to the 20th Party Congress in 2022, unless provoked by Taiwan’s own election cycle, which would be gearing up for the January 2024 polls. This reflects the fact that Taipei has not taken highly provocative or precipitous actions since 2008, when then-President Chen Shui-bian stirred controversy by advocating, through a public referendum, for Taipei to pursue U.N. government and a few other foreign governments - principally Tokyo and Canberra. John Culver: One of my core assumptions is that things said by the CCP about Taiwan are generally not directed solely or principally at the Taiwan public, but instead at China’s own domestic population, or at the U.S. 1200 square meters of meeting space, the grand ballroom of 388 square meters and 470 square meters of conference center can be split into two independent space according to the demand, otherwise 6 different area of the multi-function meeting rooms for holding business talks, theme activities and an ideal place for wedding ceremony, our excellence event team and perfect one-stop service make your meetings and activities successful.Ryan Hass: How do you see cross-Strait issues playing in China’s domestic politics? Is Taiwan policy a high priority or a source of debate? And do you expect the role of Taiwan in China’s politics to change as the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) draws nearer in fall 2022? The courtesy of Executive Floor can provide guests with multiple high value-added services. It has 312 rooms and suites with modern facilities such as high-speed Internet, LED TV, safe, mini bar, adjustable shower and advanced bath amenities. Hotel is about 6km away from Beijing West Railway Station and 9km away from Fengtai Railway Station. It is adjacent to China Railway Group Limited, China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation CRRC, SINOGRAIN.

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