China and Taiwan on Wednesday launched a first hotline to build mutual trust between the longtime rivals following their top leaders’ historic summit.
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Ma Xiaoguang of Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office told a press conference that the conversation saw their director, Zhang Zhijun, and Taiwan’s mainland affairs chief, Andrew Hsia, acknowledge the successes in developing cross-Strait relations, according to state news agency Xinhua.
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Since Chinese nationalist leaders fled to Taiwan in 1949 after a brutal civil war with Mao Zedong’s Communists, China has seen the region as a breakaway province that will eventually return.
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In response to expanding the admission quota for Chinese students pursuing associate to bachelor’s degrees in Taiwan, the Mainland Affairs Council stated that the decision will not only improve understanding between students from both sides of the strait, but will also positively develop cross-strait relations. China says it will never countenance an independent Taiwan.
Reuters reports that China is warily looking towards Taiwan’s January elections, in which the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party is expected to take power from Ma Ying-jeou, who has favoured close ties with Beijing. The historical Xi-Ma meeting, Xi’s disarmament of 300,000 troops, and the 23 deals signed between Taiwan and China-mainly covering trade, transit and investment-show that Xi and Ma have provided “the best examples for the world and regional peace and stability”, making both of them eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize, Taiwan-based digital publication Storm Media reported (link in Chinese).
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“Let’s not wait until the road light has been extinguished before we feel its brightness, and let’s not wait until the fruits of peace and development have been lost before we realise their value”, Mr Zhang said.
