Ma : Won't seek independence

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Jan 1, 2010

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Won't seek independence

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'I insist on maintaining the situation of 'no unification, no independence, no use of force' to promote cross-strait exchanges and cooperation ... for peaceful developments in the Taiwan Strait,' Mr Ma said. -- PHOTO: AFP

<!-- story content : start --> TAIPEI - TAIWAN President Ma Ying-jeou on Friday renewed his pledge not to seek formal independence for the island and to work towards improving ties with former rival China. 'At the present stage any radical political choice, whether it be unification or independence, would trigger serious confrontation and turbulence,' Mr Ma said in his New Year's address. 'I insist on maintaining the situation of 'no unification, no independence, no use of force' to promote cross-strait exchanges and cooperation ... for peaceful developments in the Taiwan Strait,' he said. Ties were strained under Mr Ma's predecessor Chen Shui-bian, who often angered Beijing with his policies pushing for the island's independence from China, but have improved since Mr Ma took office in 2008. Taiwan is keen to sign a sweeping trade pact, known as the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with China to help boost its export-dependent economy. Mr Ma stressed that Taiwan needs the pact amid stronger international competition after China and countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) bloc established the world's biggest free trade area on Friday. Mr Ma said he hoped any pact with China would include a clause to lower tariffs on Taiwanese exports to China 'so that we will not be marginalised in the export market'. -- AFP

 

[Robert Half]

Taiwan is not a part of China

 

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Taiwan is not a part of China

Taiwan is definitely part of China.

Taiwan is not a independent state, but a province of China.

How can Taiwan be a country when it is written in their constitution that Taiwan province is of many provinces of Republic of China.

 

[Perspective]

Taiwan is definitely part of China.

Taiwan is not a independent state, but a province of China.

How can Taiwan be a country when it is written in their constitution that Taiwan province is of many provinces of Republic of China.

No independence has always been KMT's stand. Nothing new.

Even if DPP takes over, there will be enough pressure, ironically not from China but international pressure, that any Taiwan leader will feel hardpressed to do so.

The reason for Taiwan's constitution is because when KMT was banished to Taiwan, they saw themselves as the rightful government of entire China. Therefore Taiwan was only deemed to be their capital, not their country.

 

[Whats4]

Taiwan is definitely part of China.

Taiwan is not a independent state, but a province of China.

How can Taiwan be a country when it is written in their constitution that Taiwan province is of many provinces of Republic of China.

but china is prc leh, not roc and taiwan has its own military unlike hk and macau.

 

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now is 民國99年. next year is 民國100年...

Sun Wen in 1925 would never thought that 民國100年 would be celebrated only in Formosa island.