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China's Hu sends telegram to Taiwan's Ma: KMT+
TAIPEI, July 27 Kyodo -
Chinese President Hu Jintao sent on Monday a telegram to Taiwanese President Ma
Ying-jeou congratulating him on winning his election as ruling party chief,
marking the first known direct communication between the rival leaders.
Ma was elected chairman of the ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) on Sunday,
significantly bolstering his ability to influence Taiwan's relations with
China.
''It is my sincerest hope that the Chinese Communist Party and the KMT can
continue contributing to the peaceful development across the Taiwan
Strait...and restore greatness to the Chinese people,'' Hu's telegram said,
according to a KMT release.
Hu concurrently serves as general secretary of the Communist Party of China,
the party's top post.
Ma sent a return telegram, in which he said the two parties ''must face reality
squarely, foster mutual trust, shelve disputes and together create a win-win
situation,'' according to a separate KMT release.
The exchange set a precedent for direct communication between the presidents of
the two rival governments, with party-to-party contacts serving as the pretext
for interaction at the highest political levels.
In fact, the KMT has developed a tradition since 2005 of facilitating
Beijing-hosted meetings between the KMT chief and Hu.
For his part, Ma has dismissed as premature speculation whether he plans to
meet Hu in his capacity as KMT chairman.
Pressure from KMT heavyweights, however, has mounted for such a meeting to
materialize in the short-term.
China and Taiwan have been rivals since 1949, when the KMT lost a civil war on
the mainland against the Chinese communists.
The KMT was forced to flee that year to Taiwan, some 160 kilometers off the
coast of southeastern China. Though the two sides have since been governed
separately, China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to bring
the island into its political fold, by force if necessary.
But since Ma took power last year, relations across the Taiwan Strait have
warmed, as Ma has ratcheted down Taipei's pro-sovereignty rhetoric while
forging new economic and logistical links with Beijing.
Serving as KMT chairman will allow Ma to wield both cross-strait party and
government channels to advance his China-related policies, considered the
centerpiece of his presidency.
==Kyodo
2009-07-27 23:41:33
Chinese President Hu Jintao sent on Monday a telegram to Taiwanese President Ma
Ying-jeou congratulating him on winning his election as ruling party chief,
marking the first known direct communication between the rival leaders.
Ma was elected chairman of the ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) on Sunday,
significantly bolstering his ability to influence Taiwan's relations with
China.
''It is my sincerest hope that the Chinese Communist Party and the KMT can
continue contributing to the peaceful development across the Taiwan
Strait...and restore greatness to the Chinese people,'' Hu's telegram said,
according to a KMT release.
Hu concurrently serves as general secretary of the Communist Party of China,
the party's top post.
Ma sent a return telegram, in which he said the two parties ''must face reality
squarely, foster mutual trust, shelve disputes and together create a win-win
situation,'' according to a separate KMT release.
The exchange set a precedent for direct communication between the presidents of
the two rival governments, with party-to-party contacts serving as the pretext
for interaction at the highest political levels.
In fact, the KMT has developed a tradition since 2005 of facilitating
Beijing-hosted meetings between the KMT chief and Hu.
For his part, Ma has dismissed as premature speculation whether he plans to
meet Hu in his capacity as KMT chairman.
Pressure from KMT heavyweights, however, has mounted for such a meeting to
materialize in the short-term.
China and Taiwan have been rivals since 1949, when the KMT lost a civil war on
the mainland against the Chinese communists.
The KMT was forced to flee that year to Taiwan, some 160 kilometers off the
coast of southeastern China. Though the two sides have since been governed
separately, China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to bring
the island into its political fold, by force if necessary.
But since Ma took power last year, relations across the Taiwan Strait have
warmed, as Ma has ratcheted down Taipei's pro-sovereignty rhetoric while
forging new economic and logistical links with Beijing.
Serving as KMT chairman will allow Ma to wield both cross-strait party and
government channels to advance his China-related policies, considered the
centerpiece of his presidency.
==Kyodo
2009-07-27 23:41:33
