China–Manchuria reconciliation process
The China–Manchuria reconciliation process refers to the ongoing process of diplomatic reconciliation between the Republic of China and Manchuria to end the ongoing conflict between the two nations. The process began in 2019 following the re-election of Liu Zhou as President of Manchuria where, despite being elected on a nationalist platform in 2014, agreed to reconciliation with China after her party lost its legislative majority in the 2019 Manchurian legislative elections to the Progressive Alliance for Manchuria which calls for reconciliation and peace with China. A diplomatic summit was held in Moscow in December between Liu and Ren Longyun leading to an agreement to partially demilitarize the China–Manchuria border.
Following the 2021 Chinese legislative election, President Zhao Meijin would be pressured into supporting diplomatic reconciliation after the Nationalist Party of China lost its legislative majority to the Democratic Progressive Party, the Democratic Party of Socialists and other parties supporting peace and reconciliation with Manchuria. In March 2021, a 2021 China–Sierra summit would be held in Anchorage, Alaska, to both normalize diplomatic relations between the two nations and also lay out the groundwork for a future peace deal between China and Manchuria.
Key issues of the reconciliation include the presence of military forces on the Sino–Manchurian border, the political status of Rehe Province as well as Manchuria's territorial integrity, and Manchuria's push to join the Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization, which has been a major obstacle to China's foreign policy intersts since 2008. Other issues include travel within the Yellow Sea, the presence of CAS troops in Manchuria, and stability in East Asia.
Background
Attempts
2019 Moscow summit
2021 Anchorage summit
From March 18 to 19, both China and Sierra participated in a diplomatic summit held in Anchorage, Alaska. While the summit was primarily focused on the diplomatic relations between the two countries and the ongoing trade war between China and Sierra (and the Conference of American States by extension), the issue of China's territorial disputes with numerous South Asian and Southeast Asian nations was brought up and discussed including China's ongoing border conflict with Manchuria. During the summit, Nazareth Ontoria-Diaz stated that the Kwon government backed a proposed referendom on Rehe Province's status and that they would be willing to withdraw support for Manch ascension into the IPTO in exchange for Chinese willingess to support the referendum.
The summit was met wit mixed reactions in Manchuria with the Progressive Alliance largely supporting it as a step in the right direction, but criticized the lack of Manchu representatives at the summit during the discussion of Manchuria's sovereignty and candidacy for the IPTO. Supports of Zhou and her party were vocally critical and many Manchu nationalists accused Kwon of "abandoning" Manchuria's sovereignty. President Zhou called the summit a "disappointment" and stated that she would still pursue full Manchurian membership in the IPTO.