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MAINLAND STICKS TO PEACEFUL DEVELOPMENT IN CROSS-STRAITS TIES
    2018-11-26  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

A MAINLAND spokesperson said yesterday the mainland will continue to enhance solidarity with Taiwan compatriots and follow a path of peaceful development of cross-Straits relations.


Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the remarks when asked to comment on the local elections in Taiwan over the weekend.


“We have noticed the results of the elections,” said Ma, adding that the results reflected the strong will of the public in Taiwan in sharing the benefits of the peaceful development across the Taiwan Straits, and desires to improve the island’s economy and people’s well-being.


“We will continue to uphold the 1992 Consensus, and to resolutely oppose separatist elements advocating ‘Taiwan independence’ and their activities,” said Ma.


With a correct understanding on the nature of the cross-Straits relations and the nature of exchanges between cities across the Straits, more counties and cities in Taiwan are welcome to participate in such exchanges and cooperation, said Ma.


The failure of the so-called “referendum” on a name-changing motion for Taiwan to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics showed that putting Taiwanese athletes’ interests at stake is against people’s will, Ma said.


Ma said the attempts of “Taiwan independence” are doomed to fail.


Taiwan held local elections Saturday, which is widely deemed as a mid-term examination of the Tsai Ing-wen administration since it took power in 2016, as well as a barometer of the island’s election in 2020.


Among the 22 county and city chief posts, the Kuomintang Party, the largest opposition party in Taiwan, won 15 seats, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) landed six, and the remaining one went to an independent candidate, according to the island’s election affairs authority. The elections also chose city councilors and village leaders.


Ko Wen-je, the independent candidate, won the election of Taipei mayor with about 3,200 more votes over Ting Shou-chung, a candidate from the Kuomintang. Ting filed a lawsuit to challenge the validity of the election yesterday.


Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as the chair of the DPP late Saturday, to take responsibility for the party’s defeat in local elections.


(Xinhua)

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