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The author examines the place and role of the Taiwan issue at the present stage of Sino-American relations. The author asserts that despite a certain softening of discord during the Ma Yingjeou administration and decreasing possibility of the Taiwan problem becoming a cause of conflict between China and the United States, historical differences between Beijing and Washington on Taiwan have not been resolved. The victory of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Tsai Ingwen in the last presidential election may become a new challenge for relations between the PRC and the U.S.A. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]