“Only through dialogue and exchanges and mutual respect can we promote goodwill and resolve the estrangement between the two sides of the strait.”

—  Eric Chu

Source: Eric Chu (2021) cited in " KMT's Chu laments Nicaragua switch to Beijing https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202112100014" on Focus Taiwan, 10 December 2021.

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