“While both insist there's only 'one China,' we have different interpretations of 'one China.”

— Wu Po-hsiung

Wu Po-hsiung (2012) quoted in: " '1 country, 2 areas' new basis for dialogue: KMT http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2012/03/23/335555/p2/1-country.htm" in The China Post 23 March 2012.
Statements were made during his visit to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to meet with Secretary-General of the Communist Party of China, Hu Jintao when both agree on One-China Principle under 1992 consensus in governing cross-strait relations between Taiwan and Mainland China, 22 March 2012.
Wu lauds DPP’s China department (2012)

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