Former Taiwan president says Taiwan, China can peacefully resolve differences
Chinese leader Xi Jinping with ex-Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou
Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday (April 11) said that Taiwan and China can peacefully resolve their differences following his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
It was the second time both the leaders crossed paths after the 2015 summit in Singapore when Ma was Taiwan's President. The 2015 summit marked the first time Chinese and Taiwanese leaders had met since the end of the civil war in 1949. The Republic of China government lost that civil war to Mao Zedong’s communists and fled to Taiwan.
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Ma Ying-jeou said he hoped young Taiwanese could put aside ideology and realize the historical and cultural links between Taiwan and China.
China has always claimed Taiwan as its territory and has been asserting these claims by putting political pressure on democratically-governed Taiwan.
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Ma said that the youth on either side of the strait were “descendants of the Yan and Yellow Emperors.”
In addition, Ma stated that all people on either side of the strait are members of "the Republic of China," although he later corrected himself to say “the Chinese people,” referring to those who are Chinese ethnically or culturally. An identical blunder was made by Ma during his meeting with Xi, as seen in footage shown by Taiwanese media stations.
China's government, formerly known as the People's Republic of China, does not recognise the Republic of China, Taiwan's official name, making Xi's attendance during the slip-up extremely contentious. Ma did not respond when asked if the language was deliberate.
