For many years, the exchanges between the two sides
of the Taiwan Straits in the economic and cultural and other
fields have been frequent, but the political stalemate has
not been broken. The fundamental reason is that the Taiwan
authorities have forsaken the principle of "one
China", and created "two Chinas" or "one
China, one Taiwan". In his talk President Jiang Zemin
has laid emphasis on adherence to the principle of one
China. This is exactly the crucial issue whether the
relationships between the sides of the Straits can develop
smoothly and whether the reunification can be realized.
There may be different views and interpretations as to the
political implications of "one China", but the
most fundamental issue is that it is necessary to adhere to
the proposition that there is only one China in the world,
Taiwan is a part of China, China's sovereignty and territory
can not be split, the Taiwan question is purely China's
internal affair and China must be reunified. If one says
that China must be reunified on the one hand, but on the
other hand is urging energetically for Taiwan's entry into
the United Nations and for "dual recognition", it
is in fact an attempt to split Taiwan from the Chinese
territory. This is precisely the renunciation of the
principle of one China and an act to create "two
Chinas" or "one China, one
Taiwan".
The correct approach to the
realization of peaceful reunification of the two sides of
the Taiwan Straits is, through exchanges, to promote
understanding, establish mutual confidence and enter into
political negotiations, and all this should take the strict
adherence to the principle of one China as the basis and
premise.
Under the principle of one China, all
the questions derived in the course of the exchanges between
the two sides of the Straits can be settled through
negotiation and the hostilities between the two sides can be
formally brought to an end through negotiation, and
solutions to other issues of concern to the Taiwan
authorities can be found, thus continuously developing the
relationships between the two sides of the Straits to create
conditions for the final realization of peaceful
reunification. Otherwise, to forsake the principle of one
China and create "two Chinas" or "one China,
one Taiwan" will end up with Taiwan moving towards
independence. Inevitably this will seriously aggravate the
relationships between the two sides of the Straits,
jeopardize the fundamental interests of the people on the
two sides of the Straits and ruin the good prospects of
peaceful reunification.
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