- Cross-Strait relations, in a broad sense, refers to the relationship between the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. The public position of both authorities is that this relationship is not between two countries; therefore, they use terms such as “Cross-Taiwan-Strait relations” or abbreviate it as “Cross-Strait relations.” Additionally, since the Taiwanese authority does not recognize PRC as a nation, it uses terms such as “Mainland China” or “Mainland” to refer to the People's Republic of China. Meanwhile, the People's Republic of China never uses the name that Taiwan claims, which is the “Republic of China”, but instead uses “Taiwan” or the “Taiwanese authority” to refer to the government. This paper uses a mix of these names in addition to the conventional terms, “Mainland China” and “Taiwan,” or “Beijing” and “Taipei” especially in the quotes.
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