CHINA, POLITICS, Analysis: Communication Brings Peace Across the Taiwan Strait
By Teru Chen
On May 5th, after Kuomintang chairman Lien Zhan's "visitation for peace" on April 27th, another Taiwan sachem, Song Chuyu, also joined the group that Chinese people warmly welcomed. The Channel is becoming a thoroughfare and China has now reached a whole new stage of cooperation that allows politicians of Taiwan to visit the mainland.
The driving force of this change mostly comes from the great aspirations of inter-coastal people to communicate and understand each other better. Communication brings peace, Lien Zhan's visit has already proven that and Song Chuyu's visitation will give it even more meaning.
The talk between chairman Hu Jintao and Lien Zhan that emphasized "develop au pair negotiation, strengthen communication and enlarge cognition in common," reflects public opinion. The economic trade between China and Taiwan strongly demands communication. If we lack communication, it brings losses that are hard to measure.
No direct access by postal communication costs both the mainland's and Taiwan's post and telecommunication offices nearly 60 million U.S. dollars every year. Taiwanese spend twice as much as necessary every year to visit their relatives on the mainland, or to come and go for education and other reasons. Most trade products from both sides cannot go directly through the CIQ, which results in an economic loss of more than 10 million U.S. dollars per year.
The people's benefit and demands provide great national motive to further communication; more and more Taiwanese appear to support Lien Zhan's visit to the mainland. They also have great expectations for Song Chuyu's visit. All of this proves that further communication reflects public opinion.
Communication needs sincerity. Chairman Hu Jintao expressed our bona fides by the Four Ideas of developing the inter-coastal relationship. We'd like to talk to anyone no matter the party he belongs to or where he comes from with only one condition, and that is the recognition of only one China. When this recognition is admitted, all talks can resume, not only about how to establish trust in military affairs and Taiwan's international position, but also the political position of the authorities in Taiwan and the framework for a non-jarring, peaceful development. The Communist Party of China will show its utmost sincerity in order to make space for communication between the mainland and Taiwan wider and freer. This will encourage people who love peace all over the world.
Communication also needs to express public opinion. What is the public opinion of China and Taiwan? It is to admit one China and oppose Taiwan's independency; it is trust in politics, respect for each other's ideas and seeking common points while reserving differences; it is the development of au pair negotiation, strengthened communication and enlarged cognition in common; it is further communication and understanding between inter-coastal people.
All of this can be expressed by one China. As long as one China is admitted, inter-coastal people will draw together and China will be stronger. Inter-coastal public opinion cannot be shut out. Only communication can gain trust and resolve conflicts; only communication can reduce bifurcation and enlarge recognition in common.
Though communication can not solve all of the bifurcation, many problems have a chance to be solved and many conflicts may be resolved once the door of communication is opened. The leaders of the Communist Party and the Kuomintang hadn't met each other for 60 years, but they gained great achievements with only one interlocution. Lien Zhan's visitation was successful, so will Song Chuyu's.
Communication brings peace, and peace may bring economic bloom and Inter-coastal people's solidarity. Solidarity is the most important thing, because it can remove estrangement and benefit the welfare of Inter-coastal people generation after generation.
On May 5th, after Kuomintang chairman Lien Zhan's "visitation for peace" on April 27th, another Taiwan sachem, Song Chuyu, also joined the group that Chinese people warmly welcomed. The Channel is becoming a thoroughfare and China has now reached a whole new stage of cooperation that allows politicians of Taiwan to visit the mainland.
The driving force of this change mostly comes from the great aspirations of inter-coastal people to communicate and understand each other better. Communication brings peace, Lien Zhan's visit has already proven that and Song Chuyu's visitation will give it even more meaning.
The talk between chairman Hu Jintao and Lien Zhan that emphasized "develop au pair negotiation, strengthen communication and enlarge cognition in common," reflects public opinion. The economic trade between China and Taiwan strongly demands communication. If we lack communication, it brings losses that are hard to measure.
No direct access by postal communication costs both the mainland's and Taiwan's post and telecommunication offices nearly 60 million U.S. dollars every year. Taiwanese spend twice as much as necessary every year to visit their relatives on the mainland, or to come and go for education and other reasons. Most trade products from both sides cannot go directly through the CIQ, which results in an economic loss of more than 10 million U.S. dollars per year.
The people's benefit and demands provide great national motive to further communication; more and more Taiwanese appear to support Lien Zhan's visit to the mainland. They also have great expectations for Song Chuyu's visit. All of this proves that further communication reflects public opinion.
Communication needs sincerity. Chairman Hu Jintao expressed our bona fides by the Four Ideas of developing the inter-coastal relationship. We'd like to talk to anyone no matter the party he belongs to or where he comes from with only one condition, and that is the recognition of only one China. When this recognition is admitted, all talks can resume, not only about how to establish trust in military affairs and Taiwan's international position, but also the political position of the authorities in Taiwan and the framework for a non-jarring, peaceful development. The Communist Party of China will show its utmost sincerity in order to make space for communication between the mainland and Taiwan wider and freer. This will encourage people who love peace all over the world.
Communication also needs to express public opinion. What is the public opinion of China and Taiwan? It is to admit one China and oppose Taiwan's independency; it is trust in politics, respect for each other's ideas and seeking common points while reserving differences; it is the development of au pair negotiation, strengthened communication and enlarged cognition in common; it is further communication and understanding between inter-coastal people.
All of this can be expressed by one China. As long as one China is admitted, inter-coastal people will draw together and China will be stronger. Inter-coastal public opinion cannot be shut out. Only communication can gain trust and resolve conflicts; only communication can reduce bifurcation and enlarge recognition in common.
Though communication can not solve all of the bifurcation, many problems have a chance to be solved and many conflicts may be resolved once the door of communication is opened. The leaders of the Communist Party and the Kuomintang hadn't met each other for 60 years, but they gained great achievements with only one interlocution. Lien Zhan's visitation was successful, so will Song Chuyu's.
Communication brings peace, and peace may bring economic bloom and Inter-coastal people's solidarity. Solidarity is the most important thing, because it can remove estrangement and benefit the welfare of Inter-coastal people generation after generation.
1 Comments:
At 11:33 PM , Mignon Chang said...
The article seems very lame. It is merely a reiteration of a peaceful idea. There are no breakthrough facts or notions. This is not an analysis, it is an inadequat form of journalism.
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