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'ONE CHINA' PRINCIPLE UNACCEPTABLE TO TAIWAN: MAC

Central News Agency

2005-05-13 15:54:18

    Taipei, May 13 (CNA) Taiwan will not accept any preconditions set unilaterally by China for the resumption of cross-Taiwan Strait dialogue that contain a reference to the "one China" principle, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Vice Chairman You Ying-lung said Friday.

    Such preconditions include the so-called "1992 consensus, " supposedly established during negotiations between Taiwan and China in Hong Kong in 1992 during the rule of the former Kuomintang government, according to You.

    He was commenting on conclusions reached between opposition People First Party Chairman James Soong and Communist Party of China General Secretary Hu Jintao during their talks held a day earlier in Beijing.

    The "1992 consensus" was simplified in a statement released after the Soong-Hu talks as meaning that the two sides both insist on the "one China" principle, and Soong and Hu agreed that both sides should resume dialogue as soon as possible based on this understanding.

    Dismissing the account as inaccurate, You said the "1992 consensus" actually means "no consensus" because the two sides failed to agree on what "one China" refers to.

    You said the "1992 consensus" is now being used by Beijing to disguise its "one China" principle and has been equated with the "one China" principle that Beijing has always insisted on -- namely that the People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate government representing the whole of China.

    Instead of imposing unilateral preconditions on the development of cross-strait relations, Taiwan and China should put aside their differences and respect each other in order to improve their relations and resume their suspended dialogue, You proposed.

    He reiterated that the Republic of China is an independent, sovereign state, that its sovereignty belongs to the 23 million people of Taiwan and that any changes to the cross-strait status quo must obtain the consent of the 23 million people of Taiwan.

    When engaging in exchanges with China, members of the opposition parties should convey a complete message concerning Taiwan's experience and values and should not restrict the right of the Taiwan people to decide their own fate, You said.

    The recent remarks by Beijing's leaders show that China has maintained its inflexible policy toward Taiwan and has displayed no sincerity in improving its relations with Taiwan, he said.

    Beijing has not relaxed its diplomatic suppression of Taiwan and there are no solutions in sight to the cross-strait tension triggered by the enactment of China's Anti-Secession Law targeting Taiwan, You pointed out.

    By manipulating the agenda of cross-strait exchanges through Taiwan's opposition parties and deliberately avoiding dialogue with the elected government of Taiwan, China is merely continuing its united front tactics against Taiwan, he added.

(By Y.F. Low)

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