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April
2024
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China鈥檚 public wants to make a living, not war, writes Tao Wang for Foreign Policy
Dr Tao Wang, Hallsworth Research Fellow, discusses the lack of appetite for a war over Taiwan amidst discontent about China鈥檚 economy.
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In , Wang writes that 鈥榯he mood among [Chinese] social media users is a sharp departure from past elections鈥�, referring to the recent Taiwanese presidential election:
鈥業n 2024, however, things have changed. The most recent Taiwanese presidential election鈥攊n which the (DPP) won a repeat victory鈥攕erved as an uncomfortable reminder to the Chinese public that neither Taiwanese politicians nor voters are interested in Beijing鈥檚 plans for political unification. Although the forceful unification narrative still exists, any push from nationalists to reignite war fever has now run into a wall of skepticism following the DPP victory.鈥�
is Hallsworth Research Fellow in Chinese Political Economy.