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Guo Wei, Head of Office of the People’s Republic of China to the State of Palestine, Publishes a Signed Article “China’s Complete Reunification Is a Process That Cannot Be Halted”
2022-11-06 23:33

On August 12, 2022, Guo Wei, Head of Office of the People's Republic of China to the State of Palestine, published a signed article “China's Complete Reunification Is a Process That Cannot Be Halted” at Ma'an News Agency, interpreting the white paper titled “The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era”, emphasizing the position and policies of the CPC and the Chinese government for national reunification in the new era, and resolutely oppose any separatist activities seeking “Taiwan independence” and external forces interfering in China's internal affairs. The full text is as follows:

Resolving the Taiwan question and realizing China's complete reunification is a shared aspiration of all the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation. It is indispensable for the realization of China's rejuvenation. It is also a historic mission of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The CPC, the Chinese government, and the Chinese people have striven for decades to achieve this goal. On August 10, 2022, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published a white paper titled “The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era” to reiterate the fact that Taiwan is part of China, to demonstrate the resolve of the CPC and the Chinese people and their commitment to national reunification, and to emphasize the position and policies of the CPC and the Chinese government in the new era. 

Taiwan has belonged to China since ancient times. This statement has a sound basis in history and jurisprudence. Resolution 2758 is a political document encapsulating the one-China principle whose legal authority leaves no room for doubt and has been acknowledged worldwide. The one-China principle represents the universal consensus of the international community; it is consistent with the basic norms of international relations. We are one China, and Taiwan is part of China. This is an indisputable fact supported by history and the law. Taiwan has never been a state; its status as part of China is unalterable. 

The CPC has always been dedicated to working for the wellbeing of the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Under the guidance of the CPC, great progress has been made in cross-Straits relations over the past seven decades, especially since the estrangement between the two sides was ended. The volume of cross-Straits trade was only US$46 million in 1978. It rose to US$328.34 billion in 2021, up by a factor of more than 7,000. The mainland has been Taiwan's largest export market for the last 21 years, generating a large annual surplus for the island. The mainland is also the largest destination for Taiwan's off-island investment. By the end of 2021 Taiwan businesses had invested in almost 124,000 projects on the mainland, to a total value of US$71.34 billion. In 1987, less than 50,000 visits were made between the two sides; by 2019, this number had soared to about 9 million. In the past three years, affected by COVID-19, online communication has become the main form of people-to-people interactions across the Straits, and the numbers of people participating in and covered by online communication are reaching new highs.

China’s complete reunification is a process that cannot be halted. At present, the Taiwan Strait is facing a new round of tensions and severe challenges, and the fundamental cause is the repeated moves by the Taiwan authorities and the United States to change the status quo. The Taiwan authorities have kept seeking U.S. support for their independence agenda. They refuse to recognize the 1992 Consensus, go all out to push forward “de-sinicization”, and promote “incremental independence”. The United States, for its part, has been attempting to use Taiwan to contain China. It constantly distorts, obscures and hollows out the one-China principle, steps up its official exchanges with Taiwan, and emboldens “Taiwan independence” separatist activities. These moves, like playing with fire, are extremely dangerous. Those who play with fire will perish by it.

Recently, more than 170 countries and many international organizations have issued just voices, reaffirming their adherence to the one-China principle and supporting China in resolutely safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Both the president of the General Assembly and the Secretary General of the United Nations have clearly stated that the UN will continue to uphold the General Assembly Resolution 2758, the core of which is the one-China principle. The Palestinian leaders affirmed Palestine's longstanding position supporting the friendly China and its sovereignty, territorial integrity and fully respecting the one-China Policy principle. More than 80% of the world's population and nearly 90% of the world's people stand with China on the right side of history and on the side of fairness and justice. 

Peaceful cross-Straits reunification achieved under One Country, Two Systems is of benefit not only to the Chinese nation, but to all peoples and the international community as a whole. The reunification of China will not harm the legitimate interests of any other country, including any economic interests they might have in Taiwan. On the contrary, it will bring more development opportunities to all countries; it will create more positive momentum for prosperity and stability in the Asia-Pacific and the rest of the world; it will contribute more to building a global community of shared future, promoting world peace and development, and propelling human progress.