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Taipei Mayor: "92 Consensus" Can not Be Denied

Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party should not deny the "92 Consensus", because it has already been a fait-accompli, said Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou when meeting with the visiting Hong Kong delegation for China's peaceful unification. Ma also briefed his views on the further and current relations between the two sides.


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Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party should not deny the "92 Consensus", because it has already been a fait-accompli, said Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou when meeting with the visiting Hong Kong delegation for China's peaceful unification.

Ma also briefed his views on the further and current relations between the two sides.

Ma pointed out that he began to take part in the work for cross-straits affairs since 1988.

He is very clear about the consensus reached by the two sides on "One China" principle in 1992. It is because of this consensus that the "Wang-Koo talks" could be brought up in 1993, otherwise there would be no "Wang-Koo talks" at all.

He said that Taiwan's side should not deny the "92 Consensus". Only when Taiwan accepts it, can "Wang-Koo Talks" be resumed and on this basis, the two sides can realize the "three links" talks.

Ma stressed that some officials of Taiwan political circles think that Taiwan can talk about the "three links" by way of the WTO frame, thereby evading the "92 Consensus". Such an idea is unrealistic.



Cross-Straits Dialogue on "One China" Consensus May Be Reopened

Chinese mainland would authorize Association for Relations Across Taiwan Straits (ARATS) to reopen dialogue and consultations with Taiwan as long as the Taiwan authorities accept the "One China" principle, said Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said December 16, 2001.

He warned Taiwan authorities not to continue to challenge the "One China" principle, deny the consensus and plot new separatist moves, which would poison the cross-strait relations and heighten tension and confrontation and eventually damage the interests of Taiwan compatriots. Full Story

PD Commentary on 1992 cross-Straits Consensus

The "1992 consensus" is a consensus reached by mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Hong Kong in 1992, which agreed by ARATS and SEF to express orally and respectively that "both sides of the Taiwan Straits adhere to the 'one-China' principle", the commentary said. Full Story

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By PD Online Staff Li Yan
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