Hao Baicun’s Memoirs on Cross-Strait Relations: The Time for “Taiwan Independence” with the “Republic of China” as its signature has passed

The former "President of the Executive Yuan" Hao Baicun, who has turned a hundred years old this year, wrote 250,000 words into the "Memoirs of Hao Bocun" in 10 years. He paid special attention to cross-strait relations, and many chapters mentioned related discourses, especially China in 1972. The "Shanghai Communique" signed by the mainland and the United States ended "the unconfirmed theory of Taiwan's status." He also emphasized that the "92 Consensus" of is the right path towards peaceful reunification. There is no ambiguity between "reunification" and "independence". The time for "Taiwan independence" with "Republic of China" as its signature has passed, and we stand in the position of the Chinese nation. , The era of using "virtual reunification" to cover "real independence" has passed.

Hao Baicun was still recuperating from a stroke in April, and his son and KMT vice chairman Hao Longbin attended the "Hao Baicun Memoirs New Book Release Conference" on the 8th, including Ma Ying-jeou, the first secretary-general of the SEF, Chen Changwen, who also retired at the age of 100 this year General, Xu Linong, honorary chairman of the New League, as well as Jiang Jingguo's courage and former deputy secretary general of the "Presidential Palace" Zhang Zuyi were invited to attend.

In his memoirs, Hao Baicun spent a long time talking about "changes in cross-strait relations" and the "1992 consensus."

The following is the full text of this part of his book:

Qin Shihuang unified China more than two thousand years ago. He not only unified the territory by force, but more importantly, unified the book with the same text and the same track with the car. Therefore, the true Chinese nation is based on Chinese culture, integrating Han, Manchu, Mongolia, Hui-Tibet and other minorities, including the aborigines of Taiwan.

Taiwanese are part of the orthodox Chinese nation regardless of their blood, language, writing, customs and habits. Confucian Temple, Guan Gong, and Ma Jie are all faith centers revered by Taiwanese, just like all ethnic groups in mainland China.

Taiwan was ceded to Japan after the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Despite 50 years of colonial rule, except for 2% of imperial families, the vast majority of Taiwanese still inherited Chinese cultural traditions until 1945. .

In 1945, the Second World War ended and Japan surrendered. In accordance with the Cairo Conference Declaration and the Potsdam Agreement, Taiwan returned to the embrace of the Republic of China. The following year, the "Constitution of the Republic of China" was enacted in Nanjing. More than a dozen representatives of the National Congress of Taiwan participated in the "constitution" and subsequent "constitution". Taiwan became part of the inherent territory of the "Republic of China." The successful formulation of the "constitution" was Jiang Gong's only political achievement during the Civil War.

After the "central government" moved to Taiwan in its inherent territory in 1949, it made the short-term goal of ensuring that Taiwan is not ruled by the Communist Party on the one hand, and on the other hand it set Taiwan as a "model province of the Three People's Principles" and unified China. The long-term "national policy."

1. The "Shanghai Communiqué" ended the "indeterminate status of Taiwan"

Since the cross-strait confrontation in 1949, the completion of reunification was a policy adhered to by the governments of the two sides of the strait. At the beginning, they all demanded reunification by force, and Taiwan was ready to counterattack the mainland. The mainland called for the liberation of Taiwan by force. Therefore, the period of 30 years from 1949 to 1979 was the stage of military warfare between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. The climax was the Battle of Kinmen, which shocked the world in 1958. During the cross-strait firefight.

In addition, from 1949 to 1971, the battle for representation in the United Nations was the main battlefield of cross-strait diplomacy. For 22 years, both sides adhered to the one-China principle. In the meantime, International has made a compromise proposal, that is, the Chinese Communist regime replaces the permanent seat of the UN, and the "Republic of China" is reduced to an "ordinary member state", that is, there are "two Chinas" seats in the United Nations. But we categorically rejected it, because if the sovereignty and territory of the "Republic of China" are internationally recognized as limited to Taiwan, Penghu, Jinma, the "Republic of Taiwan" may be established at any time, and Taiwan will always be separated from China's territorial sovereignty.

In 1971, the United Nations voted to join the Chinese Communist Party. Our government resolutely withdrew from the United Nations to adhere to the one-China principle. The following year, the relationship between the CCP and the United States was unfrozen and the "Shanghai Communique" was signed. The United States has three positions:

(1) The two sides recognize that there is only one China in the world, which is the common proposition of the people on both sides of the strait, and the United States has no objection to this.

(2) Taiwan is a part of China.

(3) The Taiwan issue must be resolved peacefully.

said in the previous item that the so-called China does not refer to the "People's Republic of China" or "Republic of China". It is strategically ambiguous, which is beneficial to us. The CCP immediately claimed that there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is a part of China, and the People’s Republic of China is China’s only legitimate government. Our position is that "Republic of China" is the only cooperativeThe French government, therefore, Mr. Jingguo responded with the "three no policy", that is, no contact, no negotiation, and no compromise with the Chinese Communist regime. The meaning is that although he has withdrawn from the United Nations, he still adheres to the one-China principle. The "Republic of China" is China. The only legal government. The framework of cross-strait relations was actually decided by the two powers of the United States and the Chinese Communist Party in the "Shanghai Communique." Although we did not participate, the text does not violate our one-China position. Since then, the essence of cross-strait relations is an internal affairs issue with international changes, but non-state-to-state relations. Taiwan is the territory of the "Republic of China," and the "Shanghai Communiqué" also put an end to the "indeterminate status of Taiwan" and cut off the road to "Taiwan independence", which is beneficial to us.

2. Since 1979, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have ceased fire and exchanges have begun.

In 1979, the United States and the Chinese Communist Party established diplomatic relations. The United States used the three conditions of "severing diplomatic relations, withdrawing troops, and annulment of the treaty" with China in exchange for Deng Xiaoping's announcement that the shelling of the Golden Horse would cease at 0:00 on January 1, 1979, that is, unilaterally announcing a ceasefire and implementing the United States' peaceful settlement in the "Shanghai Communique" Proposition on the Taiwan issue.

It is not good for the United States to break diplomatic relations with us, but it is good for us in exchange for a ceasefire in the Taiwan Strait. However, in ancient and modern times, there have never been two warring groups that have ceased fire without contact, negotiation, or compromise.

In this situation, we can neither publicly announce our acceptance of the ceasefire, nor should we announce that we will not accept it. We dealt with it internally. Since midnight on January 1, 1979, the commander of the Outer Islands has not given the "Ministry of National Defense" order to shoot at the mainland. The two sides of the strait have entered a period of military ceasefire, and it has been 40 years. Up.

What is consensus? My explanation: "A consensus is an agreement without words." A consensus is not one-sided or can be reached overnight. It takes a long time to run in, and its effect is equivalent to an agreement.

Actually, as early as after the outbreak of the Battle of Kinmen, Jiang Zhongzheng "President" and US Secretary of State Dulles issued a joint statement on October 23 of the same year, stating that the "Republic of China" counterattacked the mainland mainly relying on Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Three People’s Principles, not Rely on force.” When the CCP established diplomatic relations with the United States, it published a "Letter to Compatriots in Taiwan", revealing the basic policy of striving for the peaceful reunification of the motherland, and on September 30 of the following year, it proposed to seek further peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issue under this basic policy. Efforts. At this point, the development of cross-strait relations has officially moved towards a peaceful settlement.

With the development of the cross-strait ceasefire, Chiang Ching-kuo’s "President" has called for the freedom, democracy, and equal wealth of the "Three People's Principles" as the basic policy of peaceful reunification, but Resolutely opposed to "one country, two systems." In 1987, he announced the lifting of martial law and opening the mainland to visit relatives. The long-standing "three no policy" began to loosen. In particular, the cross-strait ceasefire was lifted, and the illegal exchanges between people on both sides of the strait increased. The mainland people’s illegal immigration is the most serious. Tens of thousands of people have been detained in Jinglu, and the tragedies of jumping into the sea and suffocation occurred during the forceful repatriation.

Based on the humanitarian standpoint, an urgent solution was made by the Cross-Strait Red Cross. At a meeting in Kinmen in 1990, an agreement was reached on cooperative repatriation. This was the first unofficial contact between the two sides of the strait in more than 40 years. Kinmen has changed from the front line of exchanges of fire to the front line of negotiation and exchange. Lawyer Chen Changwen, the secretary-general of the Red Cross Society of the Republic of China, contributed tremendously to the negotiation process.

takes into account the increasingly frequent exchanges between people on both sides of the strait, and there are more rights and disputes. Although the officials on both sides of the strait refused to contact, they also established the SEF and the ARATS separately. It is the official consensus of both sides of the Taiwan Strait to use a senior and respected veteran as the person in charge to handle affairs between the people through white gloves. However, the prerequisite for the two sessions is the one-China principle, which is the primary political issue. , Must be established first.

Representatives from both sides of the strait met in Hong Kong in 1992 to discuss the one-China principle. The mainland says that one China is the "People's Republic of China"; we say that one China is the "Republic of China." Adhering to one's own opinions and unable to reach a written agreement, but in the end reached a consensus that both sides of the strait adhere to the one-China principle, but the connotation of one China will be verbally expressed by each, which is the origin of the "one China, each table".

3. Bush and Jr. Hu Jintao formally proposed the "92 Consensus"

During the running-in period, the "92 Consensus" often has different expressions. The mainland has always said that the two sides have confirmed in oral statements that "both sides of the strait adhere to the principle of one China". "One China" is the main body, and "respectively expressed."

Taiwan said: "The two sides of the strait adhere to the one China principle, but for its implicationsThe two sides agreed to use oral statements for their respective expressions", emphasizing the meaning of "one China, each table". The so-called "one China principle", the CCP initially said: "There is only one China in the world, Taiwan is a part of China, and the Chinese people The Republic is the only legal government in China", of course we cannot accept it. Later, the CCP changed its name to: "There is only one China in the world, and both the mainland and Taiwan are part of China and are not yet unified." This statement is objective and seems to be visible. The attitude of the Chinese Communist Party has gradually become rational.

Although there is no term for the "92 Consensus" in the negotiations between the two parties in Singapore, Mr. Su Qi later named the "92 Consensus", which is convenient for all parties. At the end of March 2008, the President of the United States Bush and Hu Jintao talked on the phone and formally proposed the "92 Consensus", which will be the basis for future trilateral cooperation between the two sides of the strait, while the mainland has extended the "1992 Consensus" to achieve peaceful development across the strait. Since then, nearly 40 years have passed since 1979. Years can be described as a period of cross-strait talks and exchanges. As far as the "National Reunification Guidelines" passed by our subjectively and unilaterally at the time, the process of peaceful development across the Straits is indeed in line with the "National Reunification Guidelines." I use the "92 Consensus". "I have formed the identity of the people who have passed over, and I have a few basic views on the "92 Consensus":

(1) The peaceful development of cross-strait relations at this stage is based on consensus. The so-called political agreement and military mutual trust agreement, in the foreseeable future, It is impossible, unnecessary, and not urgent.

(2) The consensus is an agreement without written words. The DPP cannot find a written agreement, which means that the "92 Consensus" does not exist. This is ignorant of the facts. Sophistry. Is there no written agreement on the ceasefire, so the DPP can fire on the mainland at any time?

(3) The "92 Consensus" is gradual. Starting from the "Shanghai Communiqué", it lasted more than 30 years. The hard-won is the consensus of the three sides of the Strait and the United States.

(4) The "92 Consensus" is the guarantee for the safety and well-being of the Taiwan people at this stage.

(5) The basic line of the "92 Consensus" should be "abandoning independence" and "No military" and "remission."

(6) The "92 Consensus" is the right path towards peaceful reunification. There is no ambiguity about "reunification" and "independence". The time for "Taiwan independence" with the "Republic of China" as its signature is already time. The time has passed. From the standpoint of the Chinese nation, the era of using "virtual reunification" to cover "real independence" has passed.

(7) The so-called peaceful reunification is the unity that either side does not impose one-sided will on the other side. In the process of peaceful development, a consensus on the reunification of the two parties will be cultivated. The people of Taiwan have full veto power over the conditions of reunification that they disagree with, which has made the people of Taiwan invincible under the "Constitutionalism of the Republic of China".