China's Ethnic Minorities Support ReunificationBeijing-based ethnic minority leaders and notables from all walks of life held a symposium Thursday to voice their strong support for the one China principle and reunification of the motherland.Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, who is of Tibetan origin and a vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), pointed out that the one-China principle is strongly supported by the majority of Chinese people all over the world, including Taiwan compatriots, and the principle is also comprehensively accepted by the international community. The reunification of the motherland is the common wish of all ethnic minorities on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, and is in the interest of the people across the Straits, he added. Pan Beilei who is of Gaoshan nationality and Taiwan origin, and also a CPPCC Standing Committee member, said the new Taiwan leader has adopted an evasive and ambiguous attitude and lacks sincerity in improving cross-Straits relations, because he never mentioned " Chinese people" or "reunification" in his May 20 speech. Well-known musician Fu Gengchen called on the Taiwan authorities to accept the one China principle. "The reunification of the motherland is an irreversible historic trend, and the peaceful reunification is the common wish of all ethnic minorities including those in Taiwan", Fu said. |
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