“(Mainland China) has the necessary patience as well as a strong determination to see cross-strait unification, but that does not mean waiting passively without doing anything.”

—  Zhang Zhijun

Zhang Zhijun (2013) cited in " Taiwan under pressure to engage China in political dialogue http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1330565/taiwan-under-pressure-engage-china-political-dialogue" on South China Morning Post, 13 October 2013.

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