More than 3,000 representatives from various circles of Taiwan
attended a meeting in Taipei Sunday to voice support for the one
China principle, according to media reports from Taipei.
A
declaration was passed at the meeting, which was co-sponsored by
three organizations including the Alliance for the Reunification of
China, saying that the people in Taiwan hope for peace, prosperity
and social stability across the Taiwan Straits.
According to the declaration, all participants agreed that the
Taiwan authorities should accept the one China principle, recognize
the consensus reached by the Association for Relations Across the
Taiwan Straits and the Straits Exchange Foundation in 1992, and
promote the comprehensive and direct exchange of mail service,
trade, air and shipping services across the Straits.
It
is the Taiwan authorities' refusal to accept the one China
principle and their distortion and denial of the 1992 consensus
that has led to the worsening cross-Straits relations and the
economic depression and plummeting stock market in Taiwan, the
participants said.
They called on the people in Taiwan to unite to uphold the one
China principle and fight against "Independence of Taiwan."
(Xinhua 12/25/2000)