Special Administrative Region - Offer To Taiwan and Other ROC-controlled Areas

Offer To Taiwan and Other ROC-controlled Areas

See also: Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China

The status of a special administrative region was first offered to Taiwan and other areas controlled by the Republic of China in 1981. The 1981 proposal was put forth by Ye Jianying called "Ye's nine points" (葉九條). A series of different offers have since appeared. On June 25, 1983 Deng Xiaoping appeared at Seton Hall University in the US to propose "Deng's six points" (鄧六條), which called for a "Taiwan Special Administrative Region" (台灣特別行政區). It was envisioned that after Taiwan's unification with the PRC as an SAR, the PRC would become the sole representative of China. Under this proposal, Taiwan would be allowed to manage its own military. According to the proposal, the government of a Taiwan SAR would retain its own administrative and legislative powers, an independent judiciary and the right of adjudication, although it would not be considered a separate government of China. While there would be no interference by the PRC in Taiwan's political system, there may be representatives from the Taiwan SAR that would be appointed to the central government in Beijing by the Taiwan SAR.

In 2005 the Anti-Secession Law of the PRC was enacted. It promises the lands currently ruled by the Republic of China a high degree of autonomy, among other things. The PRC can also employ non-peaceful means and other necessary measures to protect China's sovereignty from Taiwanese independence activists.

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