ile Photo: Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. [Photo/Xinhua] The Chinese mainland will expand exchanges with Taiwan if the island removes obstacles hindering cross-Straits communications, a mainland spokesman said on Wednesday after many newly elected county and city heads said they expect more cooperation with the mainland to boost their economy. Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that with a correct understanding of the nature of cross-Straits relations, the exchanges and cooperation between counties and cities will definitely be more extensive. In Taiwan's local elections over the weekend, the Kuomintang won 15 of the 22 seats being contested, while the ruling Democratic Progressive Party landed six, with one going to an independent candidate. Ma said it was the island's Democratic Progressive Party that had erected obstacles to cross-Straits exchanges in the previous two years. We need more time to observe whether the expectations will be realized, he said. The sooner they remove the barriers, the sooner people from both sides can enjoy the benefits of cross-Straits exchanges, the spokesman added. He said the Democratic Progressive Party should conduct a deep review of what it has done, respect the strong will of the public in Taiwan to share the benefits of peaceful development, and return to the political foundation of the 1992 Consensus on the one-China policy. Newly elected Kuomintang county and city chiefs all publicly declared that they will uphold the 1992 Consensus and that they expect more cooperation with the mainland to stimulate economic development. Han Kuo-yu, the Kuomintang mayor-elect of Kaohsiung, one of Taiwan's biggest cities, said he will set up a special office to deal with cross-Straits affairs. Bao Chengke, deputy director of the cross-Straits Communication and Regional Development Institute at East China Normal University in Shanghai, said even if the island's authorities still imposed restrictions on mutual exchanges, the interaction between cities can still move forward. For those cities with correct stand like Kaohsiung, the cooperation that had stopped before will be continued and expanded now to benefit more people across the Straits, he added. Next month, a forum between Shanghai and Taipei will kick off in Taipei. A cross-Straits baseball event involving over 800 participants will be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Contact the writer at [email protected] being human wristbands buy onlinetwenty one pilots rubber braceletdesign your own rubber bracelet onlinewhite rubber wristbandsrubber band bracelet charms
BEIJING - The upcoming China-Japan-ROK leaders' meeting will open up new prospects for cooperation and contribute to regional peace, stability and prosperity, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Wednesday in Beijing.The meeting, the seventh of its kind, will be held in Japan on May 9. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and ROK President Moon Jae-in will attend the meeting.They will meet with the press after the meeting and address the opening ceremony of a business summit, spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a daily press briefing.China-Japan-ROK trilateral cooperation has achieved fruitful outcomes in areas such as the economy, trade, finance, transport, culture, education, environment, health, and disaster management. An investment agreement has been signed, and 13 rounds of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations have been held, according to Hua."Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of China-Japan-ROK trilateral cooperation," she said, expressing hope that the upcoming leaders' meeting will usher in new prospects in the cooperation.In addition to attending the meeting, Premier Li will also pay an official visit to Japan.This year marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship, and bilateral ties face an important opportunity for improvement, Hua said.During the visit, Li will hold talks with Abe and meet with Japanese Emperor Akihito.The official visit to Japan, the first made by a Chinese premier after eight years, will further consolidate the improving momentum, push ties back to the normal track and chart the future development of bilateral ties, Hua said. bracelet en silicone nikecustom silicone bracelets canadacustomize braceletspersonality braceletscolor filled wristband<%2fcenter>
