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FE/1094 A3/11
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(1) Relevant departments and authorized groups or individuals of the two sides should act as quickly as possible to discuss issues about the establishment of the direct three links [postal, shipping and commercial links] and about bi- directional exchange so as to benefit people on the two sides through broadening contacts, promoting closer ties, and creating a more prosperous national economy. We welcome the Taiwan authorities' propositions and measures, which are conducive to establishing the three direct links and bi- directional exchange.
(2) The CCP and the Chinese KMT should send representatives to contact each other so that conditions can be created for negotiations in connection with formally ending the two sides' hostility and achieving peaceful reunification step by step. Under the premise of upholding the principle that there is but one China, we can also discuss other issues which the Taiwan authorities are concerned about. We may also invite representative individuals of other political parties and groups on the two sides to take part in the talks.
(3) The CCP Central Committee welcomes responsible persons of the KMT Central Committee and individuals it authorizes to visit the mainland. They may come over to take a look first, and they may also come over to exchange views. We will warmly welcome them and treat them with courtesy. If the KMT invites CCP representatives to visit Taiwan, we will be willing to accept the invitation and go to Taiwan to discuss state affairs with them. I hope the KMT will consider this proposal seriously and earnestly.
An early realization of our motherland's peaceful reunification is an earnest expection and a sacred mission of countrymen at home and abroad. We hope countrymen in Taiwan, countrymen of all nationalities on the mainland, countrymen in Hong Kong and Macao, and countrymen living overseas will rally under the banner of patriotic reunification and work hard together to achieve the long-lasting great cause of national reunification.
TAIWAN REJECTS CHINESE STATEMENT
Central News Agency, Taipei, in English 0750 gnt 8 Jun 91
Text of report
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Government spokesman Shao Yu-ming yesterday [7th June] retorted Chinese communists' latest criticism that Taiwan was fantasizing about inducing a peaceful evolution of mainland China. Freedom and democracy are a trend of the times which even the Soviet Union and East European countries have not been able to resist, Shao said. “As long as mainland people are willing to accept Taiwan's experience in cconomic and political development, what's wrong with our hopes of inducing peaceful evolution in the mainland?” Shao asked.
The director-general of the Government Information Office [GIO] reiterated that the government will never accept Peking's
's “one country, two systems" formula for unifying the country.
A "responsible" official of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CCP Central Committee issued a formal statement yesterday
reiterating Peking's policy towards Taiwan. The statement shows that Peking still insists on "one country, two systems", hopes to hold party-to-party talks, and will not commit itself to not using force against Taiwan. The Chinese communists have not set forth a clear timetable for "peaceful unification” and "one country, two systems", though they call these "fundamental, long-term strategies”, Shao said.
Peking has agreed to let Taiwan retain capitalism, Shao continued, but Peking's "ultimate goal" is to turn Taiwan into a socialist society and to downgrade the Republic of China to the status of a local government.
The Chinese communists have also asserted that they will never "sit idly by watching Taiwan become independent”. Shao said this suggests Taiwan independence will indeed invite armed invasion from communist China. "This is why the government cannot allow Taiwan independence advocates to put their ideas into action. Taiwan independence is something unexperimentable. After all, our people cannot bear the consequences of the experiment," the GIO chief pointed out.
Shao stressed that the government will continue civilian exchanges across the Taiwan Straits, and that the "competitive interaction across the straits” will result in the “the triumph of the virtuous". Quoting Chinese communist sayings that "people have sharp eyes" and that “everything should be decided by the people", Shao commented that if the mainland people are willing to accept peaceful evolution, the Chinese communist regime will never be able to counter their will.
As to Peking's calls for implementing the "three links” - postal, transportation and commercial links between the two sides of the straits Shao noted that it was listed in the national unification guidelines as a goal in the second stage. If the Peking leadership quickly responds to the first-stage goals, cross-straits relations will soon enter the second stage, Shao said. Taipei hopes to set up the three links after Peking renounces the use of force in settling the unification issue, stops trying to isolate Taiwan in the international community, gives up its "four cardinal principles" and adopts a free and democratic system.
Ma Ying-jeou, Vice-Chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, said that communist China's latest peace overture to Taipei had not gone beyond that which Yeh Jianying [Ye Jianying] had offered 10 years ago. "Since there is nothing new, it does not deserve comment," Ma said.
The National Unification Council said it will study the latest Peking statement before making any response.
Cheng Hsin-hsiung, Vice-Chairman of the KMT Central Committee and director of the party's department of mainland operations, said the party's response to the Peking statement is "identical with the government's".
OTHER REPORTS ON TAIWAN AND MACAO
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Taiwan-New Zealand air link agreement Taiwan and New Zealand have signed an agreement opening direct air links between the two countries. The accord was signed in
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