Hardina OhlendorfMahidol University2018-11-092018-11-092014-01-01Asian Survey. Vol.54, No.3 (2014), 471-4911533838X000446872-s2.0-84902254346https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/34951Chinese Taiwan Studies faces a dilemma: By treating Taiwan as an autonomous research subject, Taiwan Studies indirectly questions the rationale for China's reunification. Yet, by emphasizing the commonalities between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland, Taiwan Studies justifies the island's subversive role as an agent of democratization on the mainland. © 2014 by the Regents of the University of California.Mahidol UniversitySocial SciencesReviewSCOPUS10.1525/AS.2014.54.3.471