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One-China Principle Is Not Saddled on Taiwan
Xinhua News Agency Tuesday published a signed commentary, entitling "One-China Principle Is Not Saddled on Taiwan", criticizing the May 20 speech by new Taiwan leader for his not recognizing the One-China Principle.
It indicates that the new Taiwan leader does not want to improve cross-Straits ties.
"Is it so difficult to recognize the One-China Principle?" the commentary asks.
Taiwan has been part of China since ancient times, though it was ceded to Japan in 1895 by the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). The victory of the War of Resistance Against the Japanese Aggression ( 1937-1945) enabled the Chinese government to recover the island province.
The facts that there is only one China, that Taiwan is part of China, and that the people of Taiwan are part of China have never been changed.
The commentary noted that since 1949, the Taiwan Authorities had for long adhered to the One-China Principle, which had been recorded in Taiwan's "constitutional" documents and speeches of all former Taiwan leaders including Lee Teng-hui.
Insistence on the One-China Principle on both sides of the Straits has ensured cross-Straits peace and exchanges, the commentary said, noting that Taiwan people, though having doubts about immediate reunification due to a number of factors, widely agree with the principle.
The commentary condemns Lee Teng-hui for abandoning the original stance of the Taiwan Authorities and gradually betraying and denying the One-China Principle. Lee attempted to separate Taiwan from China radically by proposing the "two-states" remarks, it said.
The commentary quotes the May 20 statement by the Taiwan Work Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ( CPC) and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council as saying that the mainland is willing to hold cross-Straits talks and negotiations based on the One-China Principle and realize visits by leaders of the two sides.
"So long as the Taiwan authorities make a clear commitment that it will not accept the 'two-states remarks,' and that it will adhere to the consensus reached between the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Taiwan's Strait Exchange Foundation in 1992 that the two sides will express in their own way that 'the two sides of the Straits both adhere to the One-China principle,' we would like to authorize ARATS to contact and hold dialogues with organizations or persons authorized by the Taiwan side."
The commentary stressed that "Taiwan independence" is a road to destruction, reiterating that the Taiwan issue cannot continue to be unresolved indefinitely.
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