National Unification Council
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| Traditional Chinese: | 國家統一委員會 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese: | 国家统一委员会 | ||||||
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The National Unification Council, established in 1990, was a governmental agency of the Republic of China on Taiwan whose aim was to promote unification with the People's Republic of China. It was abolished in early 2006. The council had already been out of operation under the administration of Chen Shui-bian since 2000, who has leant towards Taiwanese independence and opposed Chinese reunification. At the same time, in his "Four Noes and One Without" policy, Chen promised not to abolish formally the Council or the Guidelines for National Unification, in order to allay international concern about his possible moves toward declaring independence.
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[edit] History
The National Unification Council held 14 meetings from its founding to April 8, 1999. [1]
The guidelines stipulate that "both the mainland and Taiwan areas are parts of Chinese territory. Helping to bring about national unification should be the common responsibility of all Chinese people."[2]
The meaning of "one China" adopted by the "national unification council" on August 1, 1992 says that "both sides of the Taiwan Straits agree that there is only one China. However, the two sides of the Straits have different opinions as to the meaning of 'one China'."[3]
[edit] Abolition
Following the defeat of Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party in the ROC local elections, 2005, however, in his lunar new year speech in 2006 Chen instructed the DPP to begin formal debate on the permanent abolition of the National Unification Council and the guidelines set out therein.[4] On February 27, 2006, Chen formally announced that the council would "cease to function" and its guidelines would "cease to apply".[5]
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[edit] References
- ^ http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/28/eng20060228_246451.html
- ^ http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/28/eng20060228_246451.html
- ^ http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/28/eng20060228_246451.html
- ^ *BBC News: Alarm at hint to scrap Taiwan body, 2006-02-06
- ^ BBC News: Taiwan scraps unification council, 2006-02-27
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