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A Look at China’s Disunification Problem, and How It Relates to Taiwan

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A Look at China’s Disunification Problem, and How It Relates to Taiwan
People hold placards during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, outside the Russian representative office in Taipei on March 1, 2022. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
Joseph Yizheng Lian
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The world has been overly worried about Taiwan being invaded by China under its reunification program. Instead, it should focus more on the communist country’s disunification problem and learn more about the true wishes of the bonded peoples on its vast peripheries.

Joseph Yizheng Lian
Joseph Yizheng Lian
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Professor Lian was born and raised in Hong Kong. He obtained his B.A. in mathematics from Carleton College and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota. Lian has published extensively in academic and professional publications, and among his many books is a travelogue of his round-Taiwan cycling trip.
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