On Wednesday during a historic meeting with former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou, Chinese President Xi Jinping asserted that no foreign interference can prevent the family reunion between China and Taiwan.
Xi added, ‘Compatriots on the two sides are both Chinese. There is no problem that cannot be resolved. No problem that cannot be talked about and there are no forces that can separate us’.
He added that external interference will not stop the historical trend of reunion of the country and family. The talks between Xi and Ma are the first time that the leadership of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has received a serving president of Taiwan which Xi claims as China’s province and has sworn to annexe.
Ma, the president of Taiwan between 2008 and 2016 from the Kuomintang Party (KMT), is the first former Taiwanese leader to visit China after its government fled to the island in 1949. This is his second visit to mainland China after his first just over a year ago.
Ma has been on an eleven-day tour of peace and friendship to China, since April 1. According to the media reports, Ma said ‘If there is a war between the two sides, it will be unbearable for the Chinese people as Chinese on both sides of the (Taiwan) have enough wisdom to handle all disputes peacefully and avoid heading into conflict’.
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