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MAC calls for China to give up use of force against Taiwan

ROC Central News Agency

2011/09/08 12:08:20

By Chen Hung-chin and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Sept. 8 (CNA) The Cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Wednesday called for mainland China to give up its use of force against Taiwan for the sake of peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait.

The MAC said China should cherish many major results of cross-strait consultations and exchanges over the past three years.

"The mainland should especially give up the threat of using force against Taiwan. If the mainland is still insisting on the use of force, it would only add trouble to cross-strait relations, and would not prove to the world its determination to follow a 'peaceful development' path," the MAC said.

It stressed that the mainland should face squarely the fact that the Republic of China is a sovereign and independent country, and its mainland policy is based on the framework of the Constitution, which was promulgated in Nanjing in the Chinese mainland in 1947.

The government also insists on the status quo by adhering to the "no unification, no independence and no use of force" principle to promote peaceful and stable cross-strait relations.

The MAC was responding to Wang Yajun, the director general of the Department of Policy Research under the Central Foreign Affairs Office -- which advises the top Communist leadership in China.

Wang said during an introduction of a white paper on China's peaceful development plans that it would avoid "invasion, expansion or war," but not at the expense of its claims on Taiwan.

Wang reiterated that China adheres to the principle of "peaceful unification and one county, two systems" on the Taiwan issue, but it would never commit to giving up the use of force.

"We will not allow Taiwan to be separated from China. This doesn't target our Taiwan compatriots, but rather is aimed at a few of those who want to achieve Taiwan independence," Wang said.