“Cross-strait relations are not nation-to-nation based. These are special relations.”

— Wu Po-hsiung

Wu Po-hsiung (2013) quoted in: " Ma not reserved on cross-strait issues: Xi http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/06/14/381157/Ma-not.htm" in The China Post 14 June 2013. Statements were made during KMT-CPC Forum in Beijing in June 2013. Wu lauds DPP’s China department (2012)

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