Chinese migrant inflows at the Southern Border surged 10-fold in 2023 due to a slowing economy, growing political repression, and ease of entry.
Meredith Oyen
Meredith Oyen
Meredith Oyen is an associate professor of history and Asian studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is the author of The Diplomacy of Migration: Transnational Lives and the Making of U.S.-Chinese Relations in the Cold War.
If Taiwan’s pro-independence DPP stays in power, Chinese leader Xi Jinping may feel he has no choice but to force the issue of reunification.