Want China Times, Editorial 2014-09-30
President Xi Jinping of China formally raised the idea of Taiwan's unification with the mainland under the formula of "one country, two systems" at a meeting with a pro-unification delegation from Taiwan in Beijing Sept. 26. Xi's statement was met with that rarest of things, an agreement between the ruling and opposition camps, as the Ma administration said clearly that "one country, two systems" was not appropriate for Taiwan.
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| Xi Jinping meets the Taiwanese pro-unification delegation in Beijing, Sept. 26. (Photo/Xinhua) |
President Xi Jinping of China formally raised the idea of Taiwan's unification with the mainland under the formula of "one country, two systems" at a meeting with a pro-unification delegation from Taiwan in Beijing Sept. 26. Xi's statement was met with that rarest of things, an agreement between the ruling and opposition camps, as the Ma administration said clearly that "one country, two systems" was not appropriate for Taiwan.
s, while
others believing Xi has done nothing but reiterated Beijing's constant policy
related to Taiwan affairs.
Xi told the
delegation, comprising nearly 60 representatives from 24 pro-unification groups
in Taiwan, there is no way Beijing will back down from its long-time goal of
cross-strait unification; he was speaking to people who share his hope of
unification and was doubt expressing his support for the groups' stance and
ideas. The majority of people in Taiwan do not feel the same way, however, and
the current democracy protests in Hong Kong have provided a timely reminder of
what "one country, two systems" looks like.
Furthermore,
Xi was underscoring Beijing's "unwavering stance" of pursuing
peaceful unification. While Xi said the formula is the best way to bridge the
cross-strait political divide, he also said the real situation in Taiwan will
be taken into consideration while applying the formula. Presumably that means
guaranteeing a form of democracy. But having seen the way Beijing promised
universal suffrage to Hong Kong voters then insisted that all candidates must
be to its liking, no one in Taiwan would want to swap the genuine democracy the
country has fought hard to bring about for whatever the Communist Party would
replace it with.
Taiwan's
sovereignty belongs to the Republic of China (ROC), not the People's Republic
of China on the mainland. The ROC's survival and development is
fundamental.
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