Vice-Premier Meets Media Delegation from Taiwan

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Vice-Premier Meets Media Delegation from Taiwan

Vice-Premier Qian Qichen said Wednesday in Beijing that it is the strong willingness of all Chinese to develop cross-Straits relations and achieve reunification of the motherland.

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Vice-Premier Qian Qichen said Wednesday in Beijing that it is the strong willingness of all Chinese to develop cross-Straits relations and achieve reunification of the motherland.

The recent remarks of "Taiwan independence'' made by Taiwan authorities goes against the one-China principle, which is widely recognized by the international community, he said.

Qian made the remarks during his meeting with Wang Shaw-Lan, who led a delegation of officials from Taiwan's United Daily News Group.

Qian urged Taiwan authorities not to set obstacles to the three direct links which include commercial, postal and shipping links between the two sides.

The mainland adopts an open attitude towards cross-Straits journalism exchanges and hopes media organizations set up regular representative offices in each other's cities to promote mutual understanding, said Qian.

By August of this year, more than 26 million trips by Taiwanese to the mainland have been reported and 600,000 trips by mainlanders to Taiwan have also been recorded.

Media exchanges were non-existent until September 1987, when two correspondents from Taiwan's Independent Evening newspaper visited the mainland via Japan, the first trip to the mainland by Taiwan correspondents since 1949.

Now, the number of journalists from Taiwan covering news stories in the mainland exceeded 1,500 a year, said Qian.

In February last year, two correspondents from the Xinhua News Agency made an historic visit to Taiwan as the first mainland correspondents allowed to reside temporarily in Taiwan to gather news. Since then, more mainland correspondents have been allowed access.

Invited by the All-China Journalists Association, the eight-member Taiwan delegation headed by Ms Wang Shaw-Lan arrived on Sunday for an eight-day stay. They are also scheduled to visit Shanghai.

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