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The Evolution of Taiwan Issue in China's Constitution | 从中国宪法角度看台湾的历史问题

 


The earliest version of China's Constitution edited in 1954 did not mention the issue of Taiwan. Mao Zedong once led a group of people to spend 77 days drafting this constitution by the West Lake, but Taiwan was never mentioned.


Later, in the new version of the Constitution revised in 1975, which was formulated during the Cultural Revolution, the Taiwan issue was still not mentioned.


After that, Hua Guofeng came to power and issued the version of the Constitution in 1978. For the first time, Taiwan was mentioned in this constitution as a sacred part of China's territory, and the constitution proposed to liberate Taiwan. Hua Guofeng stressed that liberation was not just unification, but also the elimination of the Chiang Kai-shek clique.


By the time of the version of the Constitution in 1982, the description of the Taiwan issue was the same as it is now. The constitution regarded Taiwan as a sacred part of China's territory and emphasized that reunification of the motherland is the common aspiration of both the mainland and Taiwan.


However, people generally questioned the stability of the constitution. If the constitution can be changed at any time, it will not have enough authority. This also makes people start to think whether the description of the Taiwan issue in the constitution still has practical significance in many constitutional amendments.


中国宪法最早的版本——“五四宪法”,没有关于台湾问题的表述。毛泽东曾带领一群人在西湖边上,耗时77天制定了这部宪法,但根本没提到台湾。


后来在“七五宪法”中,虽然是文化大革命期间制定的,但也没有提到台湾问题。


随后华国锋上台,颁布了“七八宪法”。这部宪法第一次提到了台湾,将台湾视为中国神圣领土的一部分,并提出要解放台湾。他表示,解放并不是简单的统一,而是要消灭蒋匪帮。


到了“八二宪法”的时候,台湾问题的表述与现在相同。宪法将台湾视为中国神圣领土的一部分,并强调祖国统一是大陆和台湾共同的心愿。


然而,人们普遍对于宪法稳定性的质疑,如果宪法随时可以改变,那么它就不足以形成权威性。这也让人们开始思考,在多次修宪中,宪法对于台湾问题的表述是否仍然具有现实意义。

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