Posted on 10/10/2013 8:53:04 PM PDT by TexGrill
Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday said people in Taiwan and the Chinese mainland all belong to the Chinese nation and the relation between the two sides is not an international one.
After five years of endeavor, the Taiwan Strait has become the most peaceful and prosperous channel in Asia, Ma said in an open speech.
Based on the "1992 Consensus," the two sides of the Strait have signed 19 agreements over the last five years, and cross-Strait exchanges are being carried out through direct air and shipping links, tourism and cooperation in judicial and economic fields, he said.
Ma urged progress on the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation and its mainland counterpart Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits to establish representative offices on each other's side, saying that this would improve services for the public and bring cross-Strait cooperation to a new higher level.
In his speech, Ma said the cross-Strait agreement on service trade signed in June will boost the service industry in the island, enable Taiwan to engage in regional economic integration and create more jobs for people in Taiwan.
To illustrate this point, Ma cited cases of several business owners in Taiwan who support the service trade agreement.
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What are you — the China Daily News or something? Who gives a rip about all these China-related stories?
Freepers couldn’t care less about all the daily goings on in that place.
The next couple years would be a good time for the mainland to invade the crap out of Taiwan. I can’t imagine Barry doing anything about it.
Methinks I hear a ‘red line’ coming from Bathouse Barry soon.
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