Cross-strait
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| Taiwan Affairs Office | Mainland Affairs Council |
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| Traditional Chinese | 海峽兩岸關係 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 海峡两岸关系 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 中臺關係 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中台关系 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陸臺關係 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陆台关系 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Hǎixiá Liǎng'àn guānxì |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Haeshya Leang'ann guanshih |
| Wade–Giles | Hai³-hsia¹ Liang³-an⁴ kuan¹-hsi⁴ |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Hǎisiá Liǎng-àn guansì |
| MPS2 | Hǎishiá Liǎng'àn guānshì |
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| Romanization | Hói-kia̍p Lióng-ngan kôan-he |
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| Yale Romanization | Hai1 sya2 Lyang3 'an4 gwan1 syi4 |
| Jyutping | Hoi2 haap6 Loeng5 ngog6 gwaan1 hai6 |
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| Hokkien POJ | Hái-kiap Lióng-gān koan-hē |
| Tâi-lô | Hái-kiap Lióng-gān kuan-hē |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōng-Tái guānxì |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Lù-Tái guānxì |
Cross-Strait relations or Taiwan-China relations are the relations between the following two political entities, which are separated by the Taiwan Strait in the west Pacific Ocean:
In 1949, with the Chinese Civil War turning decisively in the Communists' (CPC) favour, the ROC government led by the Kuomintang (KMT) retreated to Taipei in Taiwan and established it as the provisional capital, while the CPC proclaimed the PRC government in Beijing.
Since then, the relations between China and Taiwan have been characterized by limited contact, tensions, and instability, due to the fact the Civil War merely stopped without formal signing of any peace treaty and the two sides are technically still in a state of war. In the early years, military conflicts continued, while diplomatically both governments competed to be the "legitimate government of China". More recently, questions around the political and legal status of Taiwan have focused on the alternative prospects of political unification with China or full Taiwanese independence. The People's Republic remains hostile to any formal declaration of independence and maintains its claim over Taiwan. At the same time, non-governmental and semi-governmental exchanges between the two sides have been increasing. From 2008, negotiations began to restore the "three links" (transportation, commerce, and communications) between the two sides, cut off since 1949. Party-to-party talks between the CPC and the KMT have resumed and semi-official negotiations through organizations representing the interests of their respective governments are being scheduled.
The English expression "cross-Strait relations" has been used by the two sides concerned and by many observers so that the relationship between China and Taiwan would not be referred to as "(Mainland) China–Taiwan relations" or "PRC–ROC relations". There is also no commonly used Chinese language phrase equivalent to the latter two phrases, although
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