Editing Chinese unification (section)

==== Majority rule in Taiwan ====
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With the end of authoritarian rule in the 1980s, there was a shift in power within the KMT away from the faction who had accompanied Chiang to Taiwan. Taiwanese who grew up under Japanese rule, which accounted for more than 85% of the population, gained more influence and the KMT began to move away from its ideology of cross-strait unification. After the exposure of [[1987 Lieyu massacre]] in June, [[Martial law in Taiwan|martial law]] was finally lifted in Taiwan on 15 July 1987. Following the [[Wild Lily student movement]], President [[Lee Teng-hui]] announced in 1991 that his government no longer disputed the rule of the CCP in China, leading to semi-official peace talks (leading to what would be termed as the "[[1992 Consensus]]") between the two sides. The PRC broke off these talks in 1999 when President Lee described relations with the PRC as "[[Special state-to-state relations]]".

Until the mid-1990s, unification supporters on Taiwan were bitterly opposed to the CCP. Since the mid-1990s, there has been a considerable warming of relations between the CCP and Taiwanese unification supporters, as both oppose the pro-Taiwan independence bloc. This brought about the accusation that unification supporters were attempting to sell out Taiwan. They responded saying that closer ties with mainland China, especially economic ties, are in Taiwan's interest.