in its latest statements.
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On the question of further arms
supplies for Taiwan after a settlement a Chinese official
said in the course of a private conversation in August that
these would be 'negotiable' but another Peking official told
a Japanese press correspondent in October that these would
not be permitted.
4.
The analogy between China's position on Taiwan and that
on Hong Kong was drawn by Deng Xiaoping in conversation
with the Governor in March 1979. He said that the UK would
be aware of China's policy on Taiwan;
that on its return
to China there would be 'no change in the social system,
nor would living standards be affected. Taiwan could still
enjoy a special status and local autonomy and even her own
armed forces, even though she would be part of China.
There could never be two Chinas or one and a half Chinas.
This was the Chinese position on Hong Kong and Macao as well
as on Taiwan. This was a long-standing policy.
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adopted it because they needed Hong Kong'.
5.
They had
In his talk with Lord Carrington in April 1981, Deng
repeated these observations on Taiwan, adding that 'it
would be necessary for Taiwan to abandon the name by which
it called itself as well as its flag. This was a long-term
policy and not a matter of expediency.
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It also reflected
Deng'
China's policy towards problems of a similar nature'.
6. To the Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwan are problems of
terra irredenta that could not be viewed in isolation.
references to an unchanged way of life and political system
could imply acceptance of a continuing degree of British
administration in Hong Kong, though within the framework of
a UK recognition of China's sovereignty.,
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