Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/13
By: Miao Chung-hen and Flor Wang

Beijing, July 13 (CNA) Visiting former Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Lien

Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平, right) and former Kuomintang Chairman Lien Chan (連戰, left)

Chan (連戰) put forth four proposals regarding cross-Taiwan Strait ties in a closed-door meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) in Beijing Friday.

According to a press release issued by Lien’s office after the meeting, Lien suggested that the two sides seek common ground under the “one China” principle, despite different interpretations of what “one China” means, build perpetual peace for the people on both sides of the strait and the world, step up two-way exchanges to forge harmony between the two sides, and work together to boost the rights and livelihoods of the people and rejuvenate the Chinese nation.

Prior to the closed-door meeting at the Great Hall of the People, Xi first gave a public speech in a 15-minute session open to the media, in which he vowed to achieve peaceful unification across the strait.
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