China and Taiwan: the first official meeting in 65 years
According to Xinhua11 February, China and Taiwan reached an agreement according to which a regular direct contact mechanism will be created between the Office of the PRC State Council on Taiwan Affairs and the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council, that is, official structures on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The agreements were reached following a meeting of the head of the Office of the State Council of the PRC on Taiwan, Zhang Zhijun, with the head of the Taiwan Mainland Council, Wang Yuqi, who arrived in Nanjing on a four-day visit. This official meeting was the first since 1949 of the year.
As the Chinese agency notes, the parties decided to promote inter-bank relations based on the “1992 consensus of the year.” They expressed the hope that the future mechanism of this communication will help to intensify contacts, deepen understanding and mutual trust, as well as properly resolve the problems that arise during the development of inter-bank relations, noted in the Office of the State Council of the PRC on Taiwan.
According to the Chinese media, the meeting was held in a warm atmosphere and was successful.
According to the same Xinhua, on the eve of his return to Taiwan, the head of the Office of Taiwan Affairs under the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Zhijun, invited the head of this council, Wang Yuqi, to talk over tea at the Shanghai World Hotel.
After the tea party, the parties expressed hope for a new meeting in Taiwan.
Some details of the meeting leads "Lenta.ru" with reference to BBC News.
The organizers refused to use any symbols. The officials on the tables did not have plates indicating their positions.
The improvement in relations is explained by the activity of the ruling party in Taiwan that advocates an alliance with Beijing.
The study of various publications in the press, from Chinese to Western, does not provide additional information. Not because the meeting was, as they call it in some media, "anonymous", but rather because it was the first. Scheduled next meeting in Taiwan. Analysts are waiting for "progress" from her. More cautious experts believe that relations between China and Taiwan will move after several meetings. A shift will mean some specific result. Today, talking about such is premature.
One thing is clear: Beijing wants Taipei to consider itself part of Chinese territory, and Taipei nods and talks about the joint development of the economy. The Taiwanese themselves are not at all eager to reunite with the mainland. In China, they do not like much: censorship, nonfree word, authoritarian style of government, and so on. 4 / 5 Taiwanese are opposed to reuniting with China.
The media repeated the words of the Taiwanese representative: “To this day, it was difficult to even imagine that relations between the banks of the strait would rise to such a mark.” He said this long phrase at the end of the meeting in Nanjing (not specified, before tea or after). These are just words, and you don’t have to be a professional analyst or a specialist in the Asia-Pacific region to understand that this is only about economics. Relationships are improving for the economy. To grow the already multibillion-dollar trade turnover between the PRC and Taiwan, Taipei officials will go to great lengths, even to discontent of a part of the people.
Trade volume between countries from 2008 to 2013 almost doubled and grew to 197,2 billion. The Republic of China is one of the few countries in the region that can boast a surplus of bilateral trade with China: + 116 billion. in 2013. Taiwan companies invest hundreds of billions of dollars in economic development. mainland China, notes rbc.ua. The world's largest electronics maker Foxconn is an employer for millions of Chinese. In addition, Taiwan has greatly benefited from the opening of the country for Chinese tourists.
It is clear that there is a lot of economic positive, and I want even more.
The network publications indicate that the Chinese could offer Taiwan the so-called Hong Kong model of “cohabitation,” that is, the concept of “one country - two systems”. However, now we are talking about either the “discussion” stage, or even assumptions. With certainty nothing can be said. In addition to censorship and authoritarianism, Thai people are afraid of total poverty in China. Too slowly, the material situation of mainland China is improving to speak of reunification. The gap between the welfare of Taiwanese and the poverty of the majority of Chinese is still great.
The ruling Taiwanese party "KMT" is not going to go against the will of the people. Party policy is expressed in the concept of three “no” - no unification, independence and the use of force. This means that Taiwan stands for peace with China, against reunification, but also against its own independence. This is a reference to the “1992 consensus of the year” mentioned above, which recognizes that the PRC and Taiwan are not separate states. This is a subtle oriental game, built actually on opposites: we are against unification, but also against independence. To understand this is not so difficult: Taiwan wants to arrange everything as it will be beneficial to him. And China is a friend and brother, and the United States is a partner and ally. But Chinese laws, Chinese poverty, Chinese ecologically spoiled, Chinese censorship, Chinese politics, Chinese lawlessness - thank you, this is not necessary. Leave yourself.
As a result, the party pursues, in essence, a popular line: the existing status quo is to consolidate, and reunification is to be abandoned. And at the same time, the party pursues a line that the people do not approve of: a strong rapprochement with China. Here is an Eastern "delicate matter."
Beijing is in a hurry to characterize the talks in optimistic tones because in Taiwan's 2016 there are regular presidential elections. The Middle Kingdom wants to speed up the political dialogue: after all, President Ma Ying-jeou, who was elected to 2008, may leave his post: his popularity has decreased precisely because of his attitude, which is considered pro-Chinese.
Obviously, the coming weeks and months will show what mutually acceptable form of state “cohabitation” the continent and the island will be able to develop. In any case, politicians on both sides cannot simply forget about 80% opponents of reunification in Taiwan. Therefore, today we can talk about the launch of the “mechanism of regular direct contacts”, but no more.
As the Chinese agency notes, the parties decided to promote inter-bank relations based on the “1992 consensus of the year.” They expressed the hope that the future mechanism of this communication will help to intensify contacts, deepen understanding and mutual trust, as well as properly resolve the problems that arise during the development of inter-bank relations, noted in the Office of the State Council of the PRC on Taiwan.
According to the Chinese media, the meeting was held in a warm atmosphere and was successful.
According to the same Xinhua, on the eve of his return to Taiwan, the head of the Office of Taiwan Affairs under the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Zhijun, invited the head of this council, Wang Yuqi, to talk over tea at the Shanghai World Hotel.
After the tea party, the parties expressed hope for a new meeting in Taiwan.
Some details of the meeting leads "Lenta.ru" with reference to BBC News.
The organizers refused to use any symbols. The officials on the tables did not have plates indicating their positions.
The improvement in relations is explained by the activity of the ruling party in Taiwan that advocates an alliance with Beijing.
The study of various publications in the press, from Chinese to Western, does not provide additional information. Not because the meeting was, as they call it in some media, "anonymous", but rather because it was the first. Scheduled next meeting in Taiwan. Analysts are waiting for "progress" from her. More cautious experts believe that relations between China and Taiwan will move after several meetings. A shift will mean some specific result. Today, talking about such is premature.
One thing is clear: Beijing wants Taipei to consider itself part of Chinese territory, and Taipei nods and talks about the joint development of the economy. The Taiwanese themselves are not at all eager to reunite with the mainland. In China, they do not like much: censorship, nonfree word, authoritarian style of government, and so on. 4 / 5 Taiwanese are opposed to reuniting with China.
The media repeated the words of the Taiwanese representative: “To this day, it was difficult to even imagine that relations between the banks of the strait would rise to such a mark.” He said this long phrase at the end of the meeting in Nanjing (not specified, before tea or after). These are just words, and you don’t have to be a professional analyst or a specialist in the Asia-Pacific region to understand that this is only about economics. Relationships are improving for the economy. To grow the already multibillion-dollar trade turnover between the PRC and Taiwan, Taipei officials will go to great lengths, even to discontent of a part of the people.
Trade volume between countries from 2008 to 2013 almost doubled and grew to 197,2 billion. The Republic of China is one of the few countries in the region that can boast a surplus of bilateral trade with China: + 116 billion. in 2013. Taiwan companies invest hundreds of billions of dollars in economic development. mainland China, notes rbc.ua. The world's largest electronics maker Foxconn is an employer for millions of Chinese. In addition, Taiwan has greatly benefited from the opening of the country for Chinese tourists.
It is clear that there is a lot of economic positive, and I want even more.
The network publications indicate that the Chinese could offer Taiwan the so-called Hong Kong model of “cohabitation,” that is, the concept of “one country - two systems”. However, now we are talking about either the “discussion” stage, or even assumptions. With certainty nothing can be said. In addition to censorship and authoritarianism, Thai people are afraid of total poverty in China. Too slowly, the material situation of mainland China is improving to speak of reunification. The gap between the welfare of Taiwanese and the poverty of the majority of Chinese is still great.
The ruling Taiwanese party "KMT" is not going to go against the will of the people. Party policy is expressed in the concept of three “no” - no unification, independence and the use of force. This means that Taiwan stands for peace with China, against reunification, but also against its own independence. This is a reference to the “1992 consensus of the year” mentioned above, which recognizes that the PRC and Taiwan are not separate states. This is a subtle oriental game, built actually on opposites: we are against unification, but also against independence. To understand this is not so difficult: Taiwan wants to arrange everything as it will be beneficial to him. And China is a friend and brother, and the United States is a partner and ally. But Chinese laws, Chinese poverty, Chinese ecologically spoiled, Chinese censorship, Chinese politics, Chinese lawlessness - thank you, this is not necessary. Leave yourself.
As a result, the party pursues, in essence, a popular line: the existing status quo is to consolidate, and reunification is to be abandoned. And at the same time, the party pursues a line that the people do not approve of: a strong rapprochement with China. Here is an Eastern "delicate matter."
Beijing is in a hurry to characterize the talks in optimistic tones because in Taiwan's 2016 there are regular presidential elections. The Middle Kingdom wants to speed up the political dialogue: after all, President Ma Ying-jeou, who was elected to 2008, may leave his post: his popularity has decreased precisely because of his attitude, which is considered pro-Chinese.
Obviously, the coming weeks and months will show what mutually acceptable form of state “cohabitation” the continent and the island will be able to develop. In any case, politicians on both sides cannot simply forget about 80% opponents of reunification in Taiwan. Therefore, today we can talk about the launch of the “mechanism of regular direct contacts”, but no more.
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