Taiwan

To culminate the reunification of the mother country is one of the three great tasks of the Chinese town in the 21st century. (The other two are to continue impelling the modernization of the country and to safeguard world-wide La Paz and to promote the common development.)

Taiwan always has been a sacred territory of China. Between end of century XIX and beginnings of century XX, nevertheless, weak China then was reduced to a semi colonial and semifeudal society under the aggression of the imperialistic powers. After the Chinese-Japanese War of 1895, Taiwan was occupied by Japan. In 1945, when the Chinese town gained the great victory in the War of Resistance against Japan, the compatriots of both borders of the Straits shared the joy by the return from Taiwan to the lap of the mother country. In 1949 the New China was born, so a China with total sovereignty straightened up again in East of the World. But against our grief, the civil war of China had still not finished, and added to it the armed intervention foreign, Taiwan could not be reunified with the continental part of the mother country, in whose consequence the Chinese town has not been able but to continue fighting by the reunification of both borders of the Straits. Since the end of years 1970, the principle of the “pacific reunification, and a country, two systems” has printed a new development to the relations between both borders. The long separation enters sides both has been broken and the visits between people and the interchange in diverse fields have acquired a scale and level never seen in the past. In the last years of century XX, the cause of the reform and opening of China achieved great success. With the successive return of Hong Kong and Macao to the mother country the history of occupation of Chinese territories on the part of the western powers finalized, so that the process of reunification of China made progresses important. The Chinese of the overseas country and, cheered for this reason, wait for with greater anxiety a quick solution of the problem of Taiwan and the coronation of the complete reunification of the mother country.

To persist in the principle of a China forms the base for the development of the relations between both borders and the accomplishment of the pacific reunification. To struggle by the pacific reunification and to look for the common development must logically be the direction of common fight for the town of the two borders. As both sides have been separated during many years, they have differences with regard to the ideology, the social system and other aspects. The continental part of the mother country takes in the heat of counts these factors, and there am also the reason there for which it has been pronounced by the principle of “a country, two systems” since these factors will not have to be obstacles for the pacific reunification. In the world there is a single China, as much the continental part as Taiwan belongs to the same, and the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of China do not admit partition. Being this one a basic point common so that the two borders of the Straits persist in the principle of a China, has a strong character of absorption. The principle of a China defended by the continental part means that there is a single China which includes/understands so much the continental part as Taiwan. By all means, a series of pending problems of solution exists before the two borders advance of the interchange to the reunification. However, whenever the principle of a China is recognized, any problem could be discussed. This attitude shows the sincerity of the continental part for the pacific reunification and its respect to the desire of the Taiwanese compatriots. It not only favors to any side of the Straits but all the compatriots of the two borders.

The facts demonstrate that the one that both borders of the Straits persist in the principle of a China is the base for the stable development of the relations. In 1992 the Association for the Relations of the Straits of Taiwan (ARET), of the continental part, and the Foundation for the Interchange through Straits (IT TRUSTS), of Taiwan, reached a consensus according to which each part would express in verbal form that “both borders of the Straits persist in the principle of a China”. From 1992, in fact, as much the ARET ENTRUSTS as it made practical things on this base and successfully sponsored the conversation between Wang Daohan, president of the ARET, and Koo Chen-fu, president ENTRUSTS of it, in such a way that the relations between both borders progressed in certain way. Until now, nevertheless, the present leaders of the authorities of Taiwan have still not recognized explicitly the principle of a China nor the consensus reached in 1992 by the ARET HE ENTRUSTS and it. This is the root of the tension that exists now in the relations between both borders.

The principle of a China is inesquivable nor can be blurred. The sooner the leaders of the authorities of Taiwan recognize this principle explicitly, so much more it favors to the stability of the Taiwanese society and to the development of the relations between both borders.

The continental part will continue applying the basic principle of “the pacific reunification, and a country, two systems”, in order to completely implement the proposal of eight points formulated by President Jiang Zemin about the development of the relations between both borders and the impulse of the process of the pacific reunification of the mother country in the present stage. The continental part will continue romoviendo the visits of people and the interchange and cooperation between both sides in scopes such as those of the economy and the culture, will ahead inherit and take common the beautiful traditions of the Chinese culture, will develop to the interchange and dialog with the political parties and the personalities of the diverse sectors of Taiwan that embrace the principle of a China, and will foment the dialog and the negotiations between both sides with bases at the beginning of a China, with a view to creating new conditions for the pacific reunification of the two borders.

The compatriots of both borders must cooperate united of the hand, face common the challenge and construct an atmosphere in which both parts can win and benefit together from the economic cooperation, scientific and technological. All the barriers will have to be eliminated that contravene to the objective law of the economy and work against to the common development of the two borders. The authorities of Taiwan must annul the stipulations that they prohibit to the companies of the continental part to invest in the island and to remove the obstacles that restrict the exports of continental merchandize to Taiwan. Also, the continental compatriots wish to enter of tourism this precious island of the mother country and to enjoy their beautiful rivers and mountains.

A triple total and direct communication (for the postal service, the navigation and aerial and the commerce) between both sides as soon as it is possible has turned into the objective demand of the compatriots of the two borders to extend incessantly the reciprocal visits and has happened in a vehement and universal desire of the Taiwanese compatriots. For it the continental part has made the necessary preparations in all the senses well. The union benefits to both parts and the communication allows to win to two. More bond delayed a quick communication that.

When pleading for “a country, two systems”, the continental part has as intention to respect the vehement aspiration of the Taiwanese compatriots to being owners of its destiny and to maintain the vital interests of the same. During many years, the compatriots of the island have carried out many beneficial works to develop the relations between both borders. , We are sure in the future that they will continue making new contributions along with the continental compatriots to restrain complots of split and to promote the pacific reunification. As much in the process of the accomplishment of the reunification like after her, the continental part of the mother country will totally respect the desire of the Taiwanese compatriots and will maintain its interests indeed. When pronouncing itself by the pacific reunification, the continental part acts according to the desire of the Chinese town and safeguard the supreme interests that are the state sovereignty and territorial integrity. It has done since it before, the continental part, along with the masses of Taiwanese compatriots, the parties and the personalities of the diverse sectors of the island that approve the overseas principle of a China and all the organizations in opposition to “independence of Taiwan” and in favor of the reunification, will unite to all the forces susceptible to be united to continue fighting common in order to put boundary to the split and to promote the reunification. As far as those people who have cried out by the “independence of Taiwan”, they have been dedicated to her and they have followed the elements lawyers of the same, whenever they abandon the separatist position, the continental part of the mother country also is arranged to make explorations with them and to promote common the development of the relations between both borders.

Now that we have entered the new century, the materialization of the complete reunification of China will benefit the stability and the development from the region of Asia and the Pacific and will make a greater contribution to La Paz and the development of the world. The problem of Taiwan is an internal subject of China and has to be fixed by Chinese the own ones. The Chinese Government and town are against firmly to the intervention of any foreign force in the solution of this problem on the part of China, and hope that the great countries that they have an important responsibility before the cause of world-wide La Paz really observe the international right and the basic norms that govern the international relations and fulfill the solemn commitments assumed with the Chinese Government in the problem of Taiwan, instead of to do nothing that can lead to a tenseness in the relations between both borders.

Contemporary China, total of vigor and vitality in its impetuous development, has entered in the full 21st century of hopes. By the way, the compatriots of the two borders in united fight will be able to soon crown the great cause of the reunification of the mother country and to turn the home common in a modern, prosperous, democratic and civilized country, thus to write a chapter still more shining for the sake of the great revitalization of the Chinese nation.