There is a most intriguing article in the December( 2004) issue of The Atlantic that focuses in on the current tension that has been brewing in Taiwan. The article, named "Strait-jacket" discusses the unstable relationship between the Peoples Republic of China (Mainland China) and their "renegade province," Republic of China (Taiwan). The argument over Taiwan's status dates back to 1949, when the Chinese Communist emerged victorious in China's bloody civil war and the conquered Nationalists fled to the island (Corson, 54). For years both sides believed that Taiwan was still part of a larger China. The Communist still hoped to seize the island while the Nationalists hoped to use it as a base from which to eventually take the mainland (55). The article goes on to explain how the majority of present day Taiwanese no longer look to China for their national identity. But on the mainland a very different attitude has developed. Although China's leaders have not hinted that they want to......
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