CHINA-TAIWAN: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS

 An article in the Hongkong-based well-informed newspaper Ming Pao said that Shanghai's delegates to the 'Big Two' that recently concluded in Beijing, asked Xi Jinping to talk to the Shanghai delegation about cross-strait relations since the Shanghai people were deeply concerned about the issue as there were 10,000 Taiwan businesses in the city and 300,000 Taiwanese lived there. Addressing the Shanghai delegation, Xi Jinping put forward his "three new propositions" regarding Taiwan: (1) "the common fate proposition" (that people living on either side of the Taiwan Strait are blood brothers sharing the same fate and family inseparable because blood is thicker than water), (2) "the proposition of the 1992 consensus being a political basis" (that the 1992 consensus clearly defines the nature of cross-strait relations and on it hinges the peaceful development of cross-strait relations) and (3) "the proposition of containing Taiwan independence" (that the mainland will resolutely stop any form of behaviour having to do with Taiwan independence or separatism and safeguard the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity). 

According to the Ming Pao report, Xi Jinping has drawn a tough red line in an attempt to bring restrain Taiwan's incoming DPP President Tsai Eng-wen, who is due to deliver her inaugural speech on May 20, 2016.
 






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