“If we work to (make) the welfare of the people our goal based on the concept that both sides (Taiwan and Mainland China) belong to one family, increase the exchange and cooperation between the two sides so as to construct a cross-strait community of a common destiny and to pursue a better future for people on the both sides, then certain deadlock we're facing at the moment can be broken.”

— Ko Wen-je

Ko Wen-je (2017) cited in " UPDATED: Ko meets China's Taiwan chief but eases up on rhetoric http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2017/07/03/499165/updated-ko.htm" on The China Post, 3 July 2017.

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