TT: Is there any chance of Taiwan and China resuming negotiations ? Do you think China wants to negotiate given that Hong Kong newspapers and some non-government groups have quoted China as saying that "the PRC and the ROC are both China?"
Shi: China's desire to negotiate and its refusal to do so are both part of its strategy. Mao Zedong (毛澤東) said that negotiating is a strategy and not negotiating is also a strategy.
The Chinese authorities make different remarks when they receive different Taiwanese visitors. We should not view those remarks too seriously. I will take what they said seriously if Jiang or another official made the remark, "the PRC and the ROC are both China," at the UN. There are many facets to the question of whether there will be negotiations, and its too early to tell.
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