Looking at the prospects of the two sides of the strait, it is still necessary to establish cross-strait people's understanding of the China issue and the future through cultural interaction, so as to lay a solid foundation for the promotion of cross-strait relations. The author sets how the two sides of the strait understand the deep essence and evolution of culture from a historical perspective, how to look at cross-strait cultural exchanges from a realistic perspective, how to understand the selective role of cultural factors in cross-strait peace and division, how to outline the cultural vision of * * *, and how to carry out cross-strait cultural exchanges will all affect the final result of cross-strait relations.
The situation in the Taiwan Strait is turbulent, and cross-strait exchanges in various fields are also ups and downs. Nevertheless, it still shows considerable achievements. In recent years, due to the cooperative planning and promotion between the government and the people, cross-strait cultural exchanges have developed from early exchange visits and seminars to news exchanges, exchange of publications, cooperative research, art and literature exhibitions, skill observation and teaching. No matter the scope, quantity or level of communication, the communication structure has been greatly improved year by year, and the communication structure has gradually extended from elite-based folk skills, sports and scholars exchange activities to grassroots-based religious, scientific and technological, and youth activities. Since 1987, more than 8.6 million Taiwan Province compatriots have come to the mainland for tourism, study, business and exchanges. Among them, from 1 to 1 1 in 2000, there were more than 24 1.6 million person-times; During this period, mainland compatriots visited Taiwan for more than 60,000 times, including exchange 1598 times and exchange 1 1962 times. In addition, there are nearly one million fishermen from Taiwan Province Province who go directly to the mainland from the sea. The total number of Taiwanese certificates issued is nearly 6 million, and there were more than 720,000 in 2000. Of the 23 million people in Taiwan Province Province, more than 4 million have been to the mainland, and more than 80,000 couples have been married on both sides of the strait.
Proper communication is indeed the best way to shorten the social gap between them. Officials of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council affirmed cross-strait exchanges and believed that cross-strait non-governmental exchanges had greatly lubricated cross-strait relations. However, regarding the imbalance in the number of cross-strait exchanges-people from Taiwan Province Province go to the mainland far more than mainlanders come to Taiwan, I hope that it can be gradually adjusted to encourage more mainland compatriots to know about Taiwan Province Province and affirm Taiwan Province Province. As early as 1994, Mr. Gu pointed out that the world had changed. It used to be military competition, but now it is economic competition. It used to be a military alliance, but now it is economic integration. Ideology is no longer a problem. How to make people's livelihood better has become a top priority, and cross-strait relations should develop in this direction. In fact, the two sides of the strait have developed in this direction. The academic circles and public opinion circles in Taiwan Province Province have affirmed that opening cross-strait personnel exchanges is the best way to enhance understanding and eliminate misunderstandings, and they also agree that cross-strait political totem and ideological disputes need more dialogue to increase understanding. Others, such as promoting cross-strait forums, further promoting cross-strait exchange of visits between industry, universities and colleges, especially opening up mainland people to Taiwan to experience the lifestyle and vitality of a free, democratic and open society, are considered to be the most effective ways to shorten the distance between the two sides. The Taiwan-related departments of the mainland have also actively promoted cross-strait exchanges at all levels in the near future, and regard it as an important area to ensure the benign interaction of cross-strait relations. Unfortunately, the restriction of cross-strait political choice has formed a general reverse pull.
The mainland commented on Taiwan Province's economic, trade and cultural exchange policy, and thought it was just a "policy of seeking stability". Mainland China's economic, trade and cultural exchange policies in Taiwan Province Province basically have the following characteristics: First, the overall strategy is subordinate. China's policy should be taken into account, first of all, we should consider the security of Taiwan Province Province and the advantages and disadvantages of Taiwan Province Province's economy. Therefore, "based on Taiwan Province Province" is the starting point of policy formulation, which also limits the scope and process of cross-strait economic and trade exchanges. Second, the differences in specific content. Such as loose trade and tight investment, wide output and strict input, loose goods and tight people. This kind of differential treatment in level, direction and object restricts the diversification of cross-strait exchanges and the multi-directional channels of activities. Third, the passivity in the process of opening up. Most of them are driven by facts, react passively under the pressure of business and public opinion, or recognize the fait accompli that cannot be effectively stopped by administration and technology, so they always lag behind the actual requirements and the development status of cross-strait relations. Fourth, adjust the progressiveness of the program. Although the policy adjustment will shrink or swing, the general trend is gradual. The subordinate and passive orientation of this strategy leads to its lack of foresight and systematicness.
According to the assessment of Taiwan Province Province, Chinese mainland regards economic development as a political act, from which it draws the resources of ruling legitimacy. In terms of cultural strategy, opening the market means reopening the ideology to the world, but it has not gone out of the dilemma. Fundamentally speaking, the market is also a cultural network. When the national power leaves a certain space for the market, the market can not only meet the human demand for material, but also glow the human desire for communication. Because the market mechanism is first linked with the history, customs and prejudice of the nation; At the same time, the market is a symbol of universal rules in the world, which can exist independently beyond race, culture and region. However, in China, the intellectual elite generally realized that China's economy and politics lagged behind the West, and Huaxia centralism was lost. But they still regard China culture, especially Confucian ethics, as the best culture in the world, and always use this presupposition to prove that their own culture is superior to the West, which leads to the rise of cultural conservatism.
This trend of thought tries to extract a national spirit from China's local resources, so as to strengthen the cohesion of ethnic groups, but it also hinders the traditional breakthrough. First of all, with the impact of modernization on China culture becoming more and more fierce, its localization sentiment is bound to rise. Once it becomes a sharp weapon for nationalists, it will eventually give up the original opening up. In addition, this self-centered concept in China culture provides moral recognition for maintaining political power. As a result, China's traditional cultural spirit inevitably plays the role of instrumental rationality and acts as an ideological barrier to political authority or civilization paradigm. Under this demand, coupled with the differences in social systems between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, "political nation" and "cultural nation" are often confused, because Chinese mainland's national identity is mainly based on politics and ideology, rather than the same cultural values, which makes cultural identity influenced by the heterogeneity of institutional systems. However, as a product of tradition, culture will not lose its individuality, leading to the rise of root-seeking, nativism and basic dogmatism, which goes hand in hand with modernization. This cultural rupture will hinder the exchange and integration of different regions.
In view of the current stalemate between the two sides of the strait, if we only focus on national unity or independence, the solution to war seems to be the most direct. However, if there is a real war between the two sides of the strait, besides the legitimacy of the war being questioned, the most direct impact is to seriously hurt the national feelings of the people on both sides of the strait. Paradoxically, under the requirement of national unity, without external intervention, national consciousness or national sentiment is the biggest pillar of the legitimacy of its use of force. The leaders in power on both sides of the strait are constantly eliminating the consciousness and emotional identity of each other's people and are eager to implement the so-called reunification. Therefore, they may be just a formal unity. In the long run, there will still be problems. Starting from the relationship between national cultures and mutual maintenance, and under the condition of affirming China's history and culture, the two sides of the strait can work hard with the Confucian spirit of "harmony" as an organic combination of adjustment methods, forming a trend that not only conforms to the world system, but also adds new content to cross-strait culture, making Chinese culture a more vital cultural organism, and I believe it can play a more effective role as a bridge for cross-strait integration.