When deciding what course of action would be most appropriate to resolve the Taiwan-China conflict, it would be necessary to understand the conflict and the attempts made to resolve it to have a proper perspective on the issue. It would also be useful to analyze why previous techniques were unsuccessful before adopting any policy recommendations to resolve the conflict.I. Description of the Taiwan-China conflictThe Taiwan conflict has its roots in 1911, when a revolution overthrew the Qing dynasty. China was fragmented after the fall of the Qing dynasty and civil war followed (Myers 1) in 1915. In this condition, the political party that gave rise to Taiwan, the Guomindang or GMD, was formed, and so was the ruling party in China , the Chinese Party. Communist Party (CCP). These two political parties however began as allies in southeast China in an attempt to crush the warlords in 1923 who caused the civil war in China. The alliance, however, was short-lived as it collapsed within four years and the two political parties became bitter enemies which precipitated another civil war. The GMD generals swore allegiance to its new leader Chiang Kaishek and formed a new Republic of China in Nanjing and later formed a new ROC government in Nanjing in 1927 (Myers 1). Chiang Kaishek gained the upper hand over the CCP in 1937 when Chiang Kaishek's army pushed the Communists into the northwestern region of China. Japan however attacked China in July 1937 to make Chiang Kaishek ROC a client state of Japan. The attack was foiled because Taiwan and China once again formed an alliance to defeat Japan. This alliance lasted eight years until the defeat of Japan on August 15, 1945. During this period, Chiang Kaishek also allied himself with the...... middle of paper......y where the mediator who in this case is The UN can prepare the agenda, the stages of reconciliation and the possible solution to the conflict. The Taiwan-China conflict is complex, with a deep history of animosity and grievances, and the President of the United States is recommended to encourage principled negotiations in which the approach to resolution focuses more on the interests and reasons for the negotiation rather than on the content and on the positions of both parties (Tuker and Glaser 24). The United States will simply set the “stage” for these two sides to negotiate with a mutually respected mediator, which in this case is the UN. It is also in the best interests of the United States for these two sides to begin negotiating and resolving their problems peacefully, with the United States acting only as an observer and avoiding conflict with mainland China (Steffens 90).