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ON 12 FEBRUARY, THE LOCAL WEN WEI PO PUBLISHED AN NCNA DESPATCH GIVING THE FULL TEXT OF AN ARTICLE BY CHEN TIJIANG ''INTERNATIONAL LAW EXPERT AND A PROFESSOR AT THE FOREIGN AFFIARS INSTITUTE'! ON SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS. THE ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE PEKING PERIODICAL CHINA'S LEGAL

SYSTEM!' (ZHONGGUO FAZHI BAU).

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2. CHEN'S ARTICLE STARTS WITH A STANDARD EXPOSITION OF POLICIES ON THE REUNIFICATION OF TAIWAN WHICH WOULD TAKE INTO FULL ACCOUNT THE ACTUAL CONDITIONS IN TAIWAN AND THE WISHES OF ITS PEOPLE. THANKS TO ARTICLE 31 OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION ABOUT THE SETTING UP OF SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS, THERE IS PROVISION FOR TAIWAN TO BE REUNIFIED AS A SELF-GOVERNING REGION WITH ITS CURRENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND ITS ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES UNCHANGED.

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