Chinese unification

This article is about the potential unification of the PRC (mainland China) and the ROC (Taiwan Area). For the conquests leading to the unification of China under the Qin dynasty, see Qin's wars of unification. For the encoding unification of the Chinese language, see Han unification. For the political thought in Chinese history, see Chinese uniformity. For other uses, see Chinese unification (disambiguation).

Chinese unification
Territory controlled by the People's Republic of China (purple) and the Republic of China (orange). The size of minor islands has been exaggerated in this map for ease of visibility.
Traditional Chinese	中國統一
Simplified Chinese	中国统一
Literal meaning	China unification
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó tǒngyī
Cross-Strait unification
Traditional Chinese	海峽兩岸統一
Simplified Chinese	海峡两岸统一
Literal meaning	Two shores of strait unification
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hǎixiá liǎng'àn tǒngyī

Chinese unification, also known as Chinese reunification or cross-strait unification, is the hypothetical unification of territories currently controlled, or claimed, by the People's Republic of China ("China" or "mainland China") and the Republic of China ("Taiwan" or the "Taiwan Area") under one political entity, possibly the formation of a political union between the two republics. Together with full Taiwan independence, unification is one of the main proposals to address questions on the political status of Taiwan, which is the central focus of cross-strait relations.