【政策分析简报】

进一步，海阔天空！

Take a step forward and find a clearer situation

——关于“PRC–ROC对等承认”的大情势与可能路径的结构性观察

— Structural Observation on the Grand Trend and Possible Path of “PRC–ROC Reciprocal Recognition”

撰写人： 钱宏（Archer Hong Qian）
撰写背景： 近期时事与既有判断（含《“鏡”与“燈”：PRC & ROC问题的8个观察点与8种可能的解决方式》2020.9.17长文）

一、核心判断摘要

未来三年内，美国极有可能正式承认事实上存在的中华民国（ROC）台湾合法政权，并恢复与ROC台湾的外交关系。

亦有可能，日本或欧洲某国或联合承认ROC台湾合法政府，先于美国采取此行动，类似1971年日本抢先与PRC“邦交正常化”的历史前例。

一旦美国/盟友开启此进程，PRC势必先行“面子反应”，后顺势而为，尊重事实，进入“加速（两岸）谈判”，最终出现PRC与ROC同时宣布结束敌对关系的历史场景。

率先采取此行动的国家，将在未来亚太、印太秩序乃至全球经贸秩序重塑中，获得决定性战略先机。

二、关键信号提要

川普终于被逼表明美国立场：“Taiwan is Taiwan”——没有什么好谈的→ 意在承认台湾为既定政治实体，而非附属议题。

中美“川习釜山会”：首次未设置“台湾议题”→ 亦被解读为双方战略智慧与冷静试探。

欧盟与日本发出“集体挺台”信号：不是个别国家发声（如立陶宛、捷克），而是区域力量的“合议与共识”正在生成→ 其政治含义甚至接近“联合承认ROC合法政府”的前奏。

三、推进顺序推演（基于现有判断）

四、路径正当性说明（基于ROC既有政策）

自小蒋总统经国先生之后，历任5位总统陆续终止“三不政策”：

汪辜会谈（1992）→“小三通”（2001）→“互不隶属”（陈水扁时代，马英九胜选向陈水扁“请益”时，双方进一步求证，没有文本记录的“九二共识”，但某种“九二默契”应当存在，否则就没有双方安排的“汪辜会”）→“九二默契”与“主权竞合”（马英九时代）→“PRC与ROC互不隶属”（蔡英文、赖清德时代）→ ROC事实上已默认，乃至正式承认“1949年僭越 ROC 大陆部分成立的 PRC 政权合法性”。

因此：

PRC承认ROC台湾合法政权，只不过是迟到的对等礼仪，应不存在心障——礼仪之邦，顺势而为，进一步，海阔天空！其他选项，都会多少明暗付出血的代价，就不说什么血浓于水啦！

五、战略分岔点判断（最早提出于2020.5.20）

PRC和美国，谁率先承认ROC台湾合法政府，谁就得到战略性先机。而且，如果PRC先于美国承认事实，对自身脱困，且更顺理成章，有百利无一害——但要赢得此先机，须具备智慧、勇气和能力。

该判断发表于2020年9月17日，构成近年来对海峡两岸与国际秩序互动的最早系统化呈现之一（参见文末参考链接）。

六、深层含义与历史回响（简述）

“1971模式反转”的可能性
当年：日本先承认PRC → 美国后跟进
今日：日本或欧盟先承认ROC → 美国再固化架构

“现实承认” vs “意识形态否认”

承认现状不是承认对手，而是承认双方互相存在，进而恢复互相成就的可能性。

内外困局的反向破解（针对PRC）

一旦PRC依据“主权在民”规则，承认ROC的民选合法政府，其内政困局与外部围堵都会出现结构性缓解，“民族主义绑架”链条被松动，民生、金融、外交等问题会转入“可解阶段”（钱宏《国是会议：中华式宪政转型的典范——从台湾转型经验看大陆政体结构跃迁可能性》 http://symbiosism.com.cn/10366.html）。

七、参考资料

钱宏：《“鏡”与“燈”：PRC & ROC问题的8个观察点与8种可能的解决方式》发表时间：2020年9月17日
链接：共生网：http://symbiosism.com.cn/4289.html

万维读者网：https://blog.creaders.net/user_blog_diary.php?did=NTIwMzQ3

以上简报，根据以下文字阐释

进一步，海阔天空！

Archer Hong Qian

2025年11月9日于Singapore途中

川普最近明确表示:“Taiwan is Taiwan"（没有什么好谈的）！”“川习APEC场边元首会”也没有设置“台湾议题”，更显双方智慧和勇气！

接着刚刚，欧盟和日本不约而同明确发出“集体挺台”（非单个国家，如立陶宛、捷克）的政治信号，乃至以“联合承认ROC合法政府”方式进行，国际时局正悄俏地速变……我坚持今年7月在蘇格蘭的预测：

美国很可能在未来三年内（当然日本或欧洲某国可能抢在美国前与ROC台湾建交，先例是1971年日本抢先与PRC“邦交正常化”，历史很可能把所谓颠倒的历史再颠倒过来），正式宣布承认事实存在的ROC台湾合法政权，恢复与ROC恢复外交关系。此后，PRC面子上会闹腾一阵子，私底下会加速谈判，然后，PRC与ROC同时宣布：

 结束敌对、对峙、对立关系——事实上ROC小蒋总统之后的5位总统，结束“三一政策”，从汪辜会谈、“小三通”到“互不隶属”，ROC都早已默认-正式承认1949年僭越ROC大陆部分成立的PRC政权合法性，如今PRC承认ROC台湾合法政权，只是迟到的对等礼仪而已，当无太大心理障碍（礼仪之邦么，只是承认一个事实有那么难吗？）而且，我几乎可以肯定，PRC一旦根据“主权在民”现代政治文明规则，坦荡承认ROC台湾民选合法政府，其自身目前遭遇的内外困局，都将慢慢迎刃而解——开启和解共生之路！

 早在2020年5月20日，我就撰文指出，如果从美中实际利益博弈的维度看，历史已经来到这样的关键时刻：

 PRC和美国，谁率先承认ROC台湾合法政府，谁就得到战略性先机。但要赢得这个历史先机，需要智慧、勇气、能力！

参考：

钱宏《“鏡”与“燈”：PRC & ROC问题的8个观察点与8种可能的解决方式》2020.9.17 

共生网 http://symbiosism.com.cn/4289.html；万维读者网 https://blog.creaders.net/user_blog_diary.php?did=NTIwMzQ3

钱宏《国是会议：中华式宪政转型的典范——从台湾转型经验看大陆政体结构跃迁可能性（National Affairs Conference: A Constitutional Transition Model with Chinese Characteristics— Exploring the Possibility of Structural Transformation in Mainland China Inspired by Taiwan’s Experience）》2025年7月12日，温哥华http://symbiosism.com.cn/10366.html

【Policy Analysis Brief】

Take a step forward and find a clearer situation

——Structural Observation on the PRC–ROC Reciprocal Recognition Landscape

Prepared by: Archer Hong Qian

Context: Consolidated from recent commentaries and previous analyses (including “Mirror” and “Lamp”: Eight Observational Points and Eight Possible Solutions to the PRC & ROC Question, 2020.9.17)

I. Core Assessment Summary

Within the next three years, the United States is highly likely to officially recognize the legitimately existing government of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan, and restore diplomatic relations with ROC Taiwan.

It is also possible that Japan or one or more European countries — or a joint coalition — will act before the United States to recognize the ROC Taiwan’s legitimate government, much like Japan took the lead in normalizing relations with the PRC in 1971 ahead of the U.S.

Once the U.S. and/or allied governments begin this process, the PRC will almost certainly respond with an initial “face-saving reaction,” before shifting to respect the facts on the ground and entering a phase of “accelerated (cross-Strait) negotiations.” The likely result is a historic moment in which the PRC and ROC simultaneously announce the end of hostile relations.

Whoever takes the lead in this recognition will gain decisive strategic advantage in the restructuring of the Asia-Pacific, Indo-Pacific, and eventually global economic and trade order.

II. Key Signal Indicators

1. Trump’s Explicit Statement
“Taiwan is Taiwan. There is nothing to negotiate.”
→ A clear indication that Taiwan is recognized as an existing political entity, not a subordinate issue.

2. Trump–Xi “Busan Meeting”
The sideline leaders’ meeting at APEC set no “Taiwan agenda.”
→ Interpreted as an act of strategic discretion and mutual testing by both sides.

3. EU–Japan “Collective Support for Taiwan” Signaling
No longer limited to individual countries (such as Lithuania or the Czech Republic), but the emergence of regional deliberation and consensus.
→ The political meaning may be tantamount to a prelude of “joint recognition of the ROC legitimate government.”

III. Projected Sequential Progression (Based on Current Assessment)

IV. Justification of the Path (Based on Existing ROC Policy)

Since President Chiang Ching-kuo, five successive ROC presidents have successively ended the “Three Noes Policy”:

1992 Koo–Wang Talks

2001 “Mini Three Links”

Chen Shui-bian Era: “Mutual Non-Subordination”
(During Ma Ying-jeou’s post-election consultation with Chen, both sides further confirmed that even though the “1992 Consensus” has no formal textual record, a “1992 Tacit Understanding” must have existed — otherwise, the Koo–Wang meeting would have been impossible.)

Ma Ying-jeou Era: “1992 Tacit Understanding” and “Sovereignty Competition–Cooperation”

Tsai Ing-wen & Lai Ching-te Era: “PRC and ROC are not subordinate to each other”

→ Thus, the ROC has, in effect — and in certain cases formally — long acknowledged the legitimacy of the PRC, established in 1949 on the mainland portion of former ROC territory.

Therefore:
The PRC’s recognition of the ROC Taiwan’s legitimate government is merely a belated reciprocal gesture of diplomatic etiquette, and should not pose a psychological barrier.

As a “nation of rites”, why should acknowledging a fact be so difficult?
Every other option implies a cost — visible or invisible. Let us not invoke the cliché “blood is thicker than water” without structural sincerity.

V. Strategic Fork Assessment (First Proposed on May 20, 2020)

“Between the PRC and the United States, whoever first recognizes the ROC Taiwan legitimate government will gain the strategic initiative.”
Moreover, should the PRC act first, the move would not only be justified, but would also serve its own structural interests — with nothing to lose and considerable benefit.

But to win this historical advantage, one must possess wisdom, courage, and capability.

This judgment was first presented publicly on September 17, 2020, and remains one of the earliest systematic interpretations of cross-Strait and global structural dynamics in recent years.

VI. Deeper Implications and Historical Echoes (Brief Notes)

1. A Possible Reversal of the “1971 Model”

Then: Japan recognized the PRC first → The U.S. followed

Now: Japan or the EU may recognize the ROC first → The U.S. then consolidates the structure

2. “Recognition of Reality” vs. “Denial by Ideology”

To recognize the present reality is not to acknowledge an adversary, but to acknowledge mutual existence, which makes mutual contribution possible again.

3. Reverse Resolution of Structural Impasses (for the PRC)

Once the PRC openly acknowledges the ROC’s democratically elected government — in accordance with the modern political principle that “sovereignty resides in the people” — its current internal and external predicaments will begin to dissolve.

The mechanism of “nationalist capture” will loosen, and problems of livelihoods, finance, and diplomacy will re-enter a solvable phase.
(See: National Affairs Conference — A Constitutional Transition Model with Chinese Characteristics, July 12, 2025, Vancouver)

VII. References

Qian, Hong. “‘Mirror’ and ‘Lamp’: Eight Observational Points and Eight Possible Solutions to the PRC & ROC Question.”
September 17, 2020.
Links:
Symbiosism — http://symbiosism.com.cn/4289.html
Creaders — https://blog.creaders.net/user_blog_diary.php?did=NTIwMzQ3

Qian, Hong. “National Affairs Conference: A Constitutional Transition Model with Chinese Characteristics — Exploring the Possibility of Structural Transformation in Mainland China Inspired by Taiwan’s Experience.”
July 12, 2025 · Vancouver
Link: http://symbiosism.com.cn/10366.html

Further, to the Open Sea!

— A Reflection on Recent Signals Concerning PRC–ROC Relations and Global Strategy

Archer Hong Qian
November 9, 2025 · En route, Singapore

Trump recently stated clearly: “Taiwan is Taiwan” — “there is nothing more to talk about.”
And the recent Trump–Xi meeting did not set a “Taiwan agenda” at all — a fact that reveals wisdom and courage on both sides.

Immediately afterward, both the European Union and Japan issued political signals of collective support for Taiwan — not merely from one or two individual countries (such as Lithuania or the Czech Republic), but as a unified position, possibly even moving toward a joint recognition of the legitimate government of the ROC.
The international landscape is shifting quietly — and rapidly.

This confirms the prediction I made in Scotland this past July:

Within the next three years, it is highly likely that the United States will formally recognize the legitimately existing ROC government in Taiwan and restore diplomatic relations.

And it is also very possible that Japan — or one or more European states — may act before the U.S., just as Japan took the lead in 1971 in “normalizing relations” with the PRC.
History sometimes appears upside down only to be turned right side up again.

Once such a step is taken, the PRC will — for face-saving reasons — raise objections for a period of time, but will then move quickly into private negotiations. And then, we are likely to see a scene of extraordinary historical significance:

The PRC and ROC simultaneously announce an end to hostility, confrontation, and opposition.

After all — since President Chiang Ching-kuo, the five ROC presidents who followed have already ended the “Three Noes Policy.”
From the Koo–Wang talks, to the Mini Three Links, to the official expression “Mutual Non-Subordination”, the ROC has long since implicitly and even formally acknowledged the legitimacy of the PRC government established in 1949 on the mainland portion of ROC territory.

Thus, for the PRC to formally recognize the ROC Taiwan’s legitimate government is nothing more than a belated gesture of diplomatic reciprocity — one that should not require any major psychological barrier.

If the PRC, as a “nation of rites,” truly believes in its own civilizational self-image, then what is so difficult about recognizing a fact?

Moreover, I am almost certain that once the PRC openly recognizes the democratically elected government of ROC Taiwan — in accordance with the modern political principle that “sovereignty resides in the people” — the internal and external predicaments it currently faces will begin to dissolve, and the door toward reconciliation and symbiosis will open.

As early as May 20, 2020, I wrote that from the standpoint of U.S.–PRC strategic competition:

Whoever first recognizes the legitimate government of ROC Taiwan will gain the strategic initiative.

But to seize this historical initiative requires wisdom, courage, and capacity.

Reference:
《“镜”与“灯”：PRC & ROC问题的8个观察点与8种可能的解决方式》2020.9.17

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