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The Future Relationships Between Mainland China And Taiwan, Tian Li
The Future Relationships Between Mainland China And Taiwan, Tian Li
Masters Theses
This thesis is a study of the possible future developments of the Taiwan issue and the relationships between Mainland China and the island of Taiwan. After examining all the alternative scenarios, the author predicts that in the foreseeable future political and economic cooperation between Mainland China and the island of Taiwan will gradually increase, with avoidance of military confrontation, but complete reunification between Taiwan will not occur, nor will Taiwan become a legal state.
The author will examine evidence, including both domestic factors in the two parts of China and external factors, which may either reinforce the above prediction or …
How West Germany's Ostpolitik Contributed To German Unification, Lothar J. Noetzoldt
How West Germany's Ostpolitik Contributed To German Unification, Lothar J. Noetzoldt
Masters Theses
This thesis describes and examines two decades of political relations between East and West Germany and their respective allies, and also presents a thorough analysis of political developments and events that took place from the beginning of West German Ostpolitk in 1969 until unification on October 1990. The term unification is used because Germany was not re-unified within the pre-war borders of 1937.
One of the principal goals of this thesis focuses on the discussion on the influence Ostpolitik alongside with the policy of rapprochement toward the GDR and USSR had on achieving a working relationship between Bonn and East …