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Tipping the Scale

Tipping the Scale As long as China considers Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory, China willalways be the primary security threat to Taiwan. The modernization of thePeople’s Liberation Army (PLA) over the last two decades is certainly athreat to Taiwan’s security. Yet, cross-Straits relation since 2008 hasbeen relatively peaceful and less confrontational. In this article, I suggestthat while Taiwan’s military establishment has warned of the dangers andthreats of China’s increasingly modernized military capabilities, thedynamics of the Taiwanese domestic politics as well as the burgeoning economicand trade ties between China and Taiwan have jointly served to shiftTaiwan’s focus from the military to the political and economic aspect ofits security. Resulting from this shift away from the military dimension ofcross-Straits relation, then, China–Taiwan relationship whilecontentious has been decidedly less confrontational and more predictable. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs SAGE

Tipping the Scale

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SAGE
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© 2014 SAGE Publications India Private Limited
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2347-7970
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2349-0039
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10.1177/2347797014536642
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Abstract

As long as China considers Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory, China willalways be the primary security threat to Taiwan. The modernization of thePeople’s Liberation Army (PLA) over the last two decades is certainly athreat to Taiwan’s security. Yet, cross-Straits relation since 2008 hasbeen relatively peaceful and less confrontational. In this article, I suggestthat while Taiwan’s military establishment has warned of the dangers andthreats of China’s increasingly modernized military capabilities, thedynamics of the Taiwanese domestic politics as well as the burgeoning economicand trade ties between China and Taiwan have jointly served to shiftTaiwan’s focus from the military to the political and economic aspect ofits security. Resulting from this shift away from the military dimension ofcross-Straits relation, then, China–Taiwan relationship whilecontentious has been decidedly less confrontational and more predictable.

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Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs – SAGE

Published: Aug 1, 2014

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