“As the head of Taiwan Affairs Office, this (first visit of him to Taiwan) is very important to me, especially when most of my colleagues have visited Taiwan before.”

— Zhang Zhijun

Zhang Zhijun (2014) cited in " Top mainland Chinese official Zhang Zhijun arrives in Taipei to sound out public https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1541249/top-mainland-chinese-official-zhang-zhijun-arrives-taipei-sound-out" on South China Morning Post, 27 June 2014.

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