Xi wants Taiwan to work 'on common goal'
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June 14, 2013, Friday
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XI Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China, yesterday called on the Chinese mainland and Taiwan to "heal the historical trauma" and set the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as their common goal.
During a meeting with the visiting Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, Wu Poh-hsiung, Xi offered four proposals on furthering relations across the Taiwan Strait.
First, the two sides should take the overall interests of the Chinese nation into consideration when assessing the overall situation of cross-Strait ties, he said. "Though the mainland and Taiwan are yet to be reunified, they belong to one China and are inseparable parts of the country," he said.
Safeguarding national territorial integrity and sovereignty is at the core of this goal, Xi said, stressing that the two sides should uphold the one-China framework.
Second, the two sides should clearly recognize development trends throughout history in order to gain a better understanding of the future prospects. "The peaceful development of cross-Strait ties has become an important part of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," Xi said.
He called on the two sides to break free from outdated concepts that do not suit the current situation, "heal the historical trauma" and put the Chinese nation's rejuvenation as their common goal.
Thirdly, Xi noted that the mainland and Taiwan should enhance mutual trust, engage in favorable interactions, seek common ground and shelve differences, and be pragmatic and enterprising.
"Seeking common ground and shelving differences" requires both sides to rally political wisdom, pool and expand consensus on promoting the development of cross-Strait ties and manage differences appropriately, Xi added.
Finally, he said the two sides should steadily promote the overall development of cross-Strait ties.
"Taiwan independence" secessionist forces and activities remain threats to peace across the Strait, and both sides must continue to combat and contain all forms of "Taiwan independence" advocacy or activities. They should never yield in this front, Xi said.
Wu Poh-hsiung stressed that adhering to the "1992 consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence" are the positions of both the KMT and CPC, adding that both sides define the cross-Strait relationship within the one-China framework - not as a country-to-country relationship.
During a meeting with the visiting Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, Wu Poh-hsiung, Xi offered four proposals on furthering relations across the Taiwan Strait.
First, the two sides should take the overall interests of the Chinese nation into consideration when assessing the overall situation of cross-Strait ties, he said. "Though the mainland and Taiwan are yet to be reunified, they belong to one China and are inseparable parts of the country," he said.
Safeguarding national territorial integrity and sovereignty is at the core of this goal, Xi said, stressing that the two sides should uphold the one-China framework.
Second, the two sides should clearly recognize development trends throughout history in order to gain a better understanding of the future prospects. "The peaceful development of cross-Strait ties has become an important part of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," Xi said.
He called on the two sides to break free from outdated concepts that do not suit the current situation, "heal the historical trauma" and put the Chinese nation's rejuvenation as their common goal.
Thirdly, Xi noted that the mainland and Taiwan should enhance mutual trust, engage in favorable interactions, seek common ground and shelve differences, and be pragmatic and enterprising.
"Seeking common ground and shelving differences" requires both sides to rally political wisdom, pool and expand consensus on promoting the development of cross-Strait ties and manage differences appropriately, Xi added.
Finally, he said the two sides should steadily promote the overall development of cross-Strait ties.
"Taiwan independence" secessionist forces and activities remain threats to peace across the Strait, and both sides must continue to combat and contain all forms of "Taiwan independence" advocacy or activities. They should never yield in this front, Xi said.
Wu Poh-hsiung stressed that adhering to the "1992 consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence" are the positions of both the KMT and CPC, adding that both sides define the cross-Strait relationship within the one-China framework - not as a country-to-country relationship.
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