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To Love Taiwan with Veritable Truth, Rationality and Seek a New Cross-Strait Consensus Series Part 3: Use a Consensus of National Title to Transcend “One China, Different Interpretations”

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  To Love Taiwan with Veritable Truth, Rationality and Seek a New Cross-Strait Consensus Series Part 3:

 Use a Consensus of National Title to Transcend “One China, Different Interpretations”

 

China Times Editorial (Taipei, Taiwan, ROC)

June 6, 2017

 Translation of an Except

Cross-Strait political disputes have experienced 68 years of dramatic changes, but two questions remain fundamental. One is what China is; the second is the relationship between Taiwan and China.

"China" is rich in connotation. There is a China of cultural, historical and consanguinity meanings and also a China of political meanings. There is little dispute in the former, if by stressing cultural connotations, we mean the Chinese nation and Chinese culture, then whether compatriots on both sides of the Strait, or overseas Chinese, they are Chinese in that sense, and members of China. As to the latter, it is the focus of the current cross-Strait dispute. For the Mainland, this China refers to the People's Republic of China; for Taiwan, it refers to the Republic of China.

Taiwan must transcend and firmly establish anew cross-Strait political linkage on the basis of squarely facing cross-Strait historical and cultural linkages, and reach a consensus on national title regarding "China" with the Mainland. Taiwan’s society must be fully aware that both sides of the Strait belong to one China, both have a shared national title, i.e., China. Whether it’s the Republic of China or the People's Republic of China, it only has meaning when it is under the connotation of China.

In other words, Taiwan, on the basis of reaching a consensus on national title with the Mainland, should continue to safeguard the self-identity of the Republic of China. On this foundation, the people on both sides of the Strait may put aside the dispute over political symbols, and devote themselves to pushing for in-depth exchanges between compatriots across the Strait, seek the most favorable arrangements for Taiwan, step by step narrow the psychological gap across the Strait, and realize the eventual meeting of the minds. Before this, Taiwan need not worry about any forced changes with regard to their way of life and politico-social system. On the contrary, through benign cross-Strait interactions, learning from the other side, it will help simultaneous progress on both sides to jointly develop a politico-social system most appropriate to both sides. This is rather the right direction in the development of cross-Strait relations.

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