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Lead Section

What is the difference between "One China" and "Cross-Strait relations"? Both phrases use similar language in the opening statements of their lead sections.

"One China is a phrase describing the international relationship between the People's Republic of China (PRC), situated on the Chinese Mainland, and the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan."
"Cross-Strait relations (sometimes called Mainland–Taiwan relations, China–Taiwan relations or Taiwan–China relations) are the relations between China (officially the People's Republic of China, PRC) and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, ROC)."

Chino-Catane (talk) 16:59, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cross-Strait relations is about all of the different diplomatic relations between the two Chinas, "One China" is the specific stance on the legitimacy of either government as the de jure nation state of China as a single entity. This also falls under WP:WORDISSUBJECT, as its mostly about the specific phrase appearing in different statements and policies. Orchastrattor (talk) 17:06, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The lead section is way-- too messy for a lead. CaribDigita (talk) 17:54, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Misleading

The lede final sentence makes it appear the ROC constitution has changed after 1991. Except it didn't. The ROC’s current constitution, enacted in 1947 and still in effect with amendments, defines its territory as including all of China based on its "existing national boundaries" at the time - meaning it constitutionally claims to be the legitimate government of the entirety of China, not just Taiwan. This stance hasn’t changed legally. But the wording makes it seem it's not just unofficial but it's just according to one party and also before 1991, implying that the ROC constitution somehow no longer reflects that anymore. 49.195.74.187 (talk) 01:20, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the objective distinction and the improvements needed for the article to reflect;

The ROC Constitution itself does not reject the "One China" principle. The Constitution, even with its 1990s amendments (eg - the Additional Articles), - still technically claims sovereignty over the entirety of China, reflecting the Kuomintang (KMT) vision of the ROC as the legitimate government of a unified China. The DPP, despite its political dominance, has not legally succeeded in amending their Constitution to formally renounce this claim or redefine Taiwan as a separate nation.

If they actually amended the constitution or declared formal independence as a nation separate from the mainland then you can insist that the constitution has changed since 1991 to no longer reflect KMT views. But it's misleading to say the constitution has changed since when it doesn't reflect reality nor is there a single source existing to support that misleading notion.49.195.74.187 (talk) 01:30, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]