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Reunification movement dying on island Presidential election result signals rise in Taiwanese identity among the people.
(From South China Morning Post)
Byline: Allen T. Cheng in Taipei
The pro-mainland reunification movement is dead or dying in Taiwan after Chen Shui-bian's re-election, analysts said yesterday.
Though opposition Kuomintang and People First Party leaders began with a one-China platform and the notion of eventual reunification, mid-way in the campaign they altered their cross-strait policies.
"I don't doubt the KMT-People First Party have any less love for Taiwan than the Democratic Progressive Party," said scholar Michael Hsiao, who is close to the DPP.
"When it comes to China, both sides now have similar policies - that Taiwan independence can't be ruled out. This is a factor that no leader can afford to take a soft approach on when it comes to dealing with the mainland."
Though the KMT has an official cross-strait policy of "one China", it increasingly finds that it cannot win elections if it maintains this policy. Instead, it is focusing on the status quo and indefinitely delaying the reunification question.
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