One of China’s “democratic” minority political parties, the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK) yesterday urged Beijing to end its political impasse with Taiwan once and for all and to build a cross-strait military mechanism to promote mutual trust.
RCCK Vice Chairman Zheng Jianbang (鄭建邦) said that based on the (so-called) “1992 consensus” and an “anti-Taiwan independence” stance, Taipei and Beijing should seek to put an end to their political impasse and build a mutual trust mechanism for specifically for military matters.
The CKRC is one of China’s eight registered minority parties.
CKRC Vice Chairman Zheng Jianbang (鄭建邦) made the proposals at the fifth meeting the 11th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on behalf of the party.
Zheng said ending hostilities and building mutual trust were necessary to secure long-lasting peace across the Taiwan Strait, adding that both sides should work to remove barriers to facilitate the creation of a cross-strait peace accord through dialogue.
He also advocated that China and Taiwan deepen their economic cooperation by synchronizing China’s 12th five-year economic plan (from last year to 2015) with President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) economic vision of a “golden decade” for Taiwan.
The two sides should also cooperate more closely in the cultural and creative sector to help sharpen the competitiveness of their products in global markets, Zheng said.
The idea of a cross-strait military trust mechanism has been floated for a number of years and calls for such a development have intensified in recent years.
Earlier this month, Major General Luo Yuan (羅援), a former Chinese deputy minister at the Academy of Military Science, said at the same CPPCC conference that Taiwan and China should strive to emphasize a shared military culture.
However, Luo bemoaned the lack of progress in cross-strait exchanges, which he attributed to foot-dragging on Taipei’s part.
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