‘DESINICIZATION’: A senior Chinese official said a small number of pro-independence advocates have tried to prevent the development of a peaceful cross-strait relationship
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 07, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Reiterating the importance of the so-called “1992 consensus” and anti-independence

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin, left, meets with Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman Wang Yang in Xiamen, China, yesterday. Photo: CNA
efforts as the foundation of cross-strait cooperation, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) yesterday said he hoped that both sides of the Taiwan Strait can go from “feeling as close as one family” (一家親) to “becoming actual family members” (一家人).
Hau made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 10th annual Straits Forum in Xiamen, China.
The forum aims to boost private-sector exchanges across the Taiwan Strait and is this year focused on four areas: youth, grassroots, cultural and economic exchanges.
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman Wang Yang (汪洋) attended the forum after meeting with Hau earlier in the day. [FULL STORY]