Taiwan, mainland ‘should treasure’ cross-Strait ties
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TAIWAN’S leader Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that the relations achieved across the Taiwan Strait should be treasured.
Speaking on the seventh anniversary of his appointment, Ma said that cross-Strait ties should be further developed along the path of peace and prosperity.
As the fundamental cross-Strait political consensus, the 1992 Consensus should be maintained no matter which political party rules the island, Ma said.
Experience has shown that by adhering to the Consensus, cross-Strait relations flourish and opposing it is sure to create turmoil, he said.
The core of the Consensus is the acknowledgment that both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan are part of a single China.
Ma said he will push for legislation to guarantee transparency over trade pacts with the mainland that triggered mass rallies last year. “We will actively push for the passage of the bill to oversee the agreements with the mainland, as well as several (trade) agreements already signed,” he said.
The new legislation and agreements will ensure “peace and prosperity” in cross-Strait ties, he said.
“Peace across the Taiwan Straits in the past seven years was hard won. It should be treasured and carefully kept,” he said.
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang party yesterday nominated a great-grandson of former leader Chiang Kai-shek to stand in next year’s election.
Chiang Wan-an, a 36-year-old lawyer who will compete to represent a district of Taipei City. He said he wanted to prove there was “new blood” willing to fight for the KMT in January’s vote, after the party was trounced in local elections last November.
“After the defeat in last year’s election, the morale of the KMT has been very low,” Chiang said on his Facebook page. “My decision to plunge myself into the race is just to let supporters know there is still new blood willing to fight ... The youths of the Kuomintang are also passionate to make our future better.”
Chiang’s nomination was approved by the party based on the results of two public surveys, in which he beat incumbent legislator Lo Shu-lei by 11 percent.
But despite the primary victory, local media said Chiang will face a huge challenge because of negative public sentiment.
His nomination comes at a time when there is increasing anger over Chiang Kai-shek’s role in a 1947 massacre in Taiwan that left thousands dead.
Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing the civil war and has been criticized for his repressive rule, which ended with his death in 1975.
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