October 31, 2016

"The meeting between Xi Jinping and Hung Hsiu-chu, the respective leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of mainland China and Taiwan’s Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT), will be held on November 1, 2016, the day before both parties’ 11th annual forum. This will be a good opportunity for observing the interactions between the three major political forces involved in cross-strait relations: the blue (e.g. KMT) and the green (e.g. Democratic Progressive Party or DPP) camps in Taiwan, and the red camp (i.e. CCP) in mainland China. In particular, what impact the Xi-Hung meeting will have on the current cross-strait stalemate is a huge concern to many observers.

To better understand the Xi-Hung meeting, we first need to understand the evolution of the CCP-KMT annual forum, whose role has changed significantly within Taiwan and between Taiwan and mainland China in the past decade. The CCP-KMT annual forum, officially and previously called the Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, was first jointly organized by the two parties in 2006 according to their agreement announced in 2005 during KMT chairman Lien Chan’s historic icebreaking “peace trip” to mainland China. The trip was the KMT top leader’s first ever visit to mainland China since the party’s defeat in the Chinese Civil War and subsequent escape to Taiwan in 1949; and the trip will occur amidst the increasing conflict and tension both within Taiwan and between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait."

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