“We should harbor a positive mentality to any cross-strait development and exchange.”

—  Eric Chu

Eric Chu (2015) cited in " MA-XI MEETING: DPP opposition to Ma-Xi exchange ‘inappropriate’ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/11/06/2003631817" on Taipei Times, 6 November 2015.

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