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This article analyzes patterns of inter-group dynamics among young Taiwanese, Mainland Chinese, and American civil society participants in weeklong interactive conflict resolution workshops. The author focuses on dialogues from twelve such workshops on cross-Strait relations that he facilitated between 2005 and 2012 in order to analyze (i) how college-educated Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese young adults understand the history of the conflict across the Taiwan Strait, (ii) the multi-faceted ways these young adults perceive Chinese group identities and sovereignty pertaining to cross-Strait relations, and (iii) their capacity for empathizing with counterparts from the other side of the Strait, even to the …