http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33322-2004Mar29.html
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Post Interview Transcript
Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian
Monday, March 29, 2004; 12:36 PM
Following is a transcript of the interview with President Chen Shui-bian of
Taiwan by Philip P. Pan, the Washington Post's Beijing bureau chief, and
David E. Hoffman, foreign editor. The interview was conducted at the
presidential palace in Taipei on March 29, 2004, with a government translator.
Q: The Chinese government refused to deal with you during your first term
because you would not accept their "one China" principle. You recently put
forward a proposal for a peace and stability framework, but they rejected it.
What new policies will you adopt in your second term toward China?
A: I think the key issue is not that I personally refuse to accept the "one
China" principle. It's the 23 million people of Taiwan who cannot accept the
so-called "one China" principle. Because the "one China" principle denotes
the "one country, two systems" formula, making Taiwan into the second Hong
Kong, making Taiwan into a special administrative region of China, and also
making Taiwan a local government of China, which is totally unacceptable to
our people.
Only a small minority of Taiwanese society is willing to accept the "one
China" principle. I think Beijing should be very clear about this and also
understand this, because they have repeatedly said they will place their
hopes on the people of Taiwan. And it is very obvious the majority of our
people do not want to accept the "one China" principle and the "one country,
two systems" formula. Therefore it is unreasonable for them to force us to
accept such a "one China" principle.
I think the fundamental reason why I won this presidential election,
garnering 50.1 percent of the total vote, compared with 39.3 percent of the
total vote four years ago, is because there is a rising Taiwan identity and
it has been solidified. I think the Beijing authorities should take heed of
this fact and accept the reality.
Four years ago, in my inauguration speech, I mentioned that it is up to the
leaders of the two sides of the strait to use their wisdom and sincerity to
deal with the future one China question. However if China insists on the
precondition of forcing Taiwan to accept the "one China" principle, I think
it is totally unacceptable to both the people and government of Taiwan. If
they insist on having dialogue and consultation based on such a precondition,
the "one China" principle, I think it will be rather difficult for both sides
to sit down and talk. That is why I proposed the idea of establishing a
framework of peace and stability for cross-strait interactions based on the
"one peace" principle to deal with four major issue areas. I think only
through this framework of peace and stability can we seek the highest welfare
for peoples on both sides.
Q: In your answer, you said very little about your second term. Do you have
any initiatives or anything in mind that will be different from the status
quo?
A: I have said before the election that the future goal and mission that I
shoulder upon me is to unify Taiwan and promote stable cross-strait relations
as well as to stabilize our society and reinvigorate our economy. Among
which, stabilizing cross-strait relations is one of our key issues.
Therefore, I called for the establishment of a special task force to deal
with the cross-strait relations and also to promote the establishment of a
framework for peace and stability. We will have Academica Sinica President
Lee [Yuan-tseh] head this task force in order to promote cross-strait
interactions.
We hope that under "one principle, four issues," we can push and establish a
cross-strait peace and stability framework. The one principle is the
principle of peace, because if the "one China" principle is emphasized, then
Taiwan will have other demands in response, for example, "one country on each
side of the strait" versus the "One China" principle. Then I believe the two
sides will be forever deadlocked, major differences cannot be solved and it
will be impossible for both sides to sit down and talk. We understand this in
our hearts. So don't raise the "one China" principle. Don't raise "one
country on each side of the strait." We figure it's best for the interests of
both parties to negotiate on the principle of peace.
In the four Major Issue Areas, as I mentioned before, number one is to
establish a mechanism for negotiation. Number two, to conduct negotiations
based on equality and reciprocity. Three is to establish political relations.
Number four is to prevent any sort of military conflict. Of course, among
these four major issues, this includes the issue of the three links, direct
links that are of major importance to our economy and trade across the strait.
And in terms of maintaining stability across the strait, our highest goal is
to maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait, and to maintain stability and
security of the Asia Pacific region. Therefore, in the future, when we proceed
with our major reform process we will do so upon the principle of maintaining
the status quo and not changing the status quo.
Take for example the peace referendum held on March 20. It is very clear that
I have honored my pledges and commitments. We hold steadfast to our
commitments and we have not violated the "five no's" that I pledged in my
inauguration speech. This peace referendum has no bearing on the issue of
unification and independence.
Therefore, in the year 2006, we will hasten the birth of a new constitution
for Taiwan, and in 2008, we intend to enact this new constitution, a
tailor-made, efficient constitution that is suitable for Taiwan. And this is
just a timetable for our constitutional reform. It is not a timetable for
independence or any attempt to change our status quo.
In other words, our future efforts at re-engineering our constitution and
constitutional reforms will only be done on the principle of not changing the
status quo and maintaining the status quo.
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