Upaya Pemerintahan Tsai Ing-Wen Melawan Tekanan One-China Principle pada Era Xi Jinping

Abstract

In fact, China used to only focus on the mainland with one identity, namely the Republic of China which was spearheaded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen and General Chiang Kai-shek, but all started to change when the communist party at that time began to carry out a revolution. Mao Zedong as the leader of the movement then succeeded in taking over China (mainland) from the Kuomintang and driving them to the island of Taiwan. As a result of this, until now there is a dual identity between China and Taiwan. The One-China Principle policy is China's attempt to bind Taiwan, because China considers that Taiwan is also part of China's territory. However, Taiwan considers that they are a sovereign state since then until now during the reign of Tsai Ing-wen. So here the researcher will try to explain how the efforts made by Taiwan by focusing on the Tsai Ing-wen government towards the One-China Principle policy in the Xi Jinping era. Researchers will also use a qualitative descriptive method to explain more deeply about the efforts made by Tsai Ing-wen, through the concept of small state diplomacy and diplomatic recognition. Based on the discussion, it can be concluded that the efforts made by Tsai Ing-wen were sufficient to defend their sovereignty de facto, but Taiwan still needs the support of the big powers to defend their sovereignty from the pressures exerted by China.