The Challenges to the Political Negotiation Across the Taiwan Strait
Author: Tzong-Ho. Bau
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The potential problems behind political negotiation across the Taiwan Strait involve those such as the stalemate of preconditions, the lack of consensus about bargaining issues and agenda, the negative impact of the use of “coercion” and the possible inefficient persuasion. Negotiation between the two sides can not be achieved unless the following conditions are satisfied: First, the existence of common interests and mutual benefits and; second, the strong motivation, as H. Peyton Young puts it, is “the process of joint decision making.” “Flexibility” is required not only for the exchange of bargaining issues at the beginning of negotiation, but also for the substantial talks during the process of negotiation.