Special non-state-to-state relations

Special non-state-to-state relations

The President of the Republic of China, Ma Ying-jeou on 2 September 2008 stated in a interview with the Mexico based press, Sol de Mexico, that the relations between mainland China and Taiwan are "special," but "not that between two states", because neither the Constitution of the People's Republic of China nor the Constitution of the Republic of China allows for another state to exist in their respective claimed territory. He conceded the sovereignty issues between the two cannot be resolved at represent, but citing the 1992 Consensus as a temporary measure for the issues, as both accept the One China policy but agrees to differ on the definition of that one China. [cite news |title=Taiwan and China in 'special relations': Ma|publisher=China Post|date=2008-09-04|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan%20relations/2008/09/04/173082/Taiwan-and.htm] [cite news |title='Non-state-to-state' discourse based on Constitution: spokesman|publisher=Central News Agency of the Republic of China|date=2008-09-11|url=http://times.hinet.net/times/article.do?newsid=1727002&option=english]

Presidential Office spokesman Wang Yu-chi later elaborated the president's statement and said that under the 11th amendment of the ROC Constitution and the "Statute Governing the Relations Between the Peoples of the Taiwan Area and Mainland Area", the relationship between Taiwan and mainland China is one between two regions of one country. From the ROC's perspective, that country is the ROC. [cite news |title=Presidential Office defends Ma|publisher=Taipei Times|date=2008-09-05|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/09/05/2003422339]

Ma Ying-jeou was interviewed by a Japan based magazine "World" on 7 October 2008. In answering questions relating to the "Special non-state-to-state relations", he said that the Republic of China "definitely is an independent sovereign state", and under its constitution, mainland China is part of the territory of the Republic of China. The Republic of China cannot recognise the existence of another state in its territory, nor does the People's Republic of China want to recognize the Republic of China. In other words, the Republic of China does not consider mainland China a state. Accordingly, laws relating to international relations cannot be applied regarding the relations between Taiwan and mainland China. [cite news |title=Ma refers to China as ROC territory in magazine interview|publisher=Taipei Times|date=2008-10-08|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/10/08/2003425320] [cite news |title=馬總統：兩岸關係是現實關係 (President Ma: Cross-strait relations are relations based on current reality)|publisher=Central News Agency of the Republic of China|date=2008-10-08|url=http://www.cna.com.tw/CNA/TodayTopicNews/TodayTopicNews.aspx?NewsID=200810070260|language=Traditional Chinese] [cite news |title=馬：大陸是中華民國領土 (Ma: the mainland is the territory of the Republic of China)|publisher=Liberty Times|date=2008-10-08|url=http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2008/new/oct/8/today-fo3.htm|language=Traditional Chinese]

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*Political status of Taiwan
*Two Chinas
*Special state-to-state relations
*One Country on Each Side

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