“The two sides (Mainland China and Taiwan) should learn a lesson from history and never fight each other again.”

— Andrew Hsia

Source: Andrew Hsia (2015) cited in " Hsia, Zhang evoke the past at Taiwan-China meeting http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201505230020.aspx" on Focus Taiwan, 23 May 2015.

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