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South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
The Taiwan papers: academics suggest how mainland China might rule the island
As tensions between Beijing and Taipei rise, academia and the education sector reveal how each side is changing to adapt to – or shape – the new environment. In the first of a two-part series, we survey the vast research by mainland academics studying potential paths and models for governing the island. For decades, Beijing has talked about peaceful reunification with Taiwan and possibly governing it under the arrangement of 'one country, two systems', a term that means the island could have a different political system than the mainland. The idea was first proposed by late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and written into the constitution as a legal foundation for future governance of Taiwan in 1982. Generations of Chinese leaders have shared their broad vision of how post-reunification governance would look for the island, including its military and political parties. Yet it was only under President Xi Jinping – or more specifically since Xi made a key speech on the matter of Taiwan in January 2019 – that detailed discussion of the issue picked up in public, including from policy advisers and academics. The growth in the discussion took place as the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government in Taiwan continued to push the island towards pro-independence, and Washington kept up its support for Taiwan amid competition with Beijing.
South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Beijing slams foreign news outlets for ‘smearing' Hong Kong national security law
China's foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong has slammed foreign media outlets for 'smearing' the Beijing-imposed national security law with their coverage of the fifth anniversary of its implementation. Advertisement The Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong issued a statement of strong condemnation on Tuesday, slamming BBC News Chinese and the Japanese newspaper the Nikkei for 'distorted reports, comments or editorials'. '[These pieces] were rooted in ideological bias … [and] deliberately smear the national security law and discredit the successful practice of 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong,' a spokesman said. The office urged the media outlets involved to stop publishing 'erroneous remarks' about Hong Kong. The office did not specify which articles it was referring to. Advertisement On June 30, BBC News Chinese launched a special series that reviewed the law's impact on local society, and included interviews with teachers, students and other members of the public.
