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| How to "promote negotiations on specific issues between the two sides"? |
| 日期:2001-04-17 15:53 編輯: system 來源： |
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Negotiations on specific issues refer to non-governmental discussions that are conducted between authorized nongovernmental bodies and people of the two sides and aim to resolve specific issues arising from people's cross-Straits exchanges. Since 1992 such negotiations have been conducted mainly between the Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation. The many meetings between the two organizations have so far touched on a host of issues in fields that include economic affairs, science and technology, culture and personnel exchanges. The negotiations have produced consensus on many issues and produced a number of positive results.
Negotiations between the two sides on specific issues are a natural result of developing cross-Straits relations. Increasing mutual visits by people on both sides and a continuous expansion in cross-Straits economic and cultural exchanges require that personages of various social circles on both sides need to have direct contacts and dialogues. Such negotiations under the principle of one China are conducive to coordinating and solving many problems arising from exchanges of compatriots on the two sides and protecting their legitimate rights and interests. The "Wang Daohan-Koo Chenfu talks" held in Singapore in April, 1993 represent an important, historic step forward in relations between the two sides.
However, such negotiations have been full of reversals and complications owing to the fact that the Taiwan authorities, instead of being committed to resolving issues, have sought to let such negotiations signify "two split sides with separate administrations." In particular, Lee Teng-hui has deviated from the principle of one China, sabotaging the basis for a stable development of cross-Straits relations and seriously obstructing negotiations on specific issues as well. This is where difficulties of such negotiations lie. It is believed that, with the joint promotion of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, with both sides adhering to the principle of one China, and on the basis of mutual respect, consultations on an equal footing, seeking truth from facts and seeking common ground while reserving differences, the two sides can consolidate and develop what have been achieved in such negotiations and make new progresses in this regard if they make joint efforts to overcome difficulties and remove obstacles. Facts have shown that negotiations on specific issues will inevitably involve political issues concerning the two sides. That is why Jiang Zemin, in his eight-point proposal, emphasized the necessity to promote negotiations between the two sides on the peaceful reunification of the motherland. |
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