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'One-China' Policy Vital for Dialogue: Official

A senior Chinese official said over the weekend in Washington that any cross-Straits dialogue must be based on the 1992 consensus and on the acceptance of the one-China principle.


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A senior Chinese official said over the weekend in Washington that any cross-Straits dialogue must be based on the 1992 consensus and on the acceptance of the one-China principle.

"Under that premise, anything can be discussed," said Zhou Mingwei, vice-minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office under China's State Council.

He said the one-China principle is the basis for launching cross-Straits dialogue and negotiations, improving cross-Straits relations, promoting exchanges, finally settling the Taiwan question and achieving peaceful reunification.

Under the one-China principle, Zhou said, the two sides may shelve the dispute over the political implications of one China, and could respect and identify each other. Otherwise differences between the two sides could lead to disputes, contradictions and even conflicts.

Under the one-China principle, "there is only one China in the world, both the mainland and Taiwan belonging to one China. And China's sovereignty and territorial integrity are indivisible," he said.

He said that China promotes this principle not to enlarge differences, but to resolve them.

Zhou said the reason for the deadlock in cross-Straits relations is that Taiwanese authorities have neither accepted nor faced the existing 1992 consensus. They also have shown no willingness to accept that the one-China principle must be the premise of cross-Straits dialogue, Zhou said.

Zhou arrived in New York last Sunday for a seven-day visit to exchange views with US Government officials and scholars on the Taiwan question and other issues of common interest.





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