CHINA-TAIWAN: CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING TELLS NEWLY ELECTED KMT CHAIRMAN THAT THE SITUATION IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT IS COMPLEX AND GRIM
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In a congratulatory letter to Eric Chu -- the newly elected leader of the Beijing-friendly
Kuomintang (KMT) party on September 26 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said the Chinese
Communist Party and the KMT should collaborate under a "shared political basis." In the letter
released by the KMT, he said "In the past our two parties insisted on '1992 consensus' and opposing
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'Taiwan independence' ... to promote peaceful developments in cross- strait relations." Xi Jinping
added "At present the situation in the Taiwan Strait is complex and grim," and urged the parties to
jointly seek peace and "the unification of the country."
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