Former Taiwanese president arrives in Nanjing, declares ‘we are all Chinese’
Ma Ying-jeou, former president of Taiwan Arrived in Nanjing the capital of Jiangsu province which is located in eastern China To start a historic visit to China on March 28, making him the first former president of Taiwan to visit China. Since the government of the Republic of China fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to the Chinese Communist Party.
Ma, who served as Taiwan’s president from 2008 to 2016, visited Taiwan amid rising tensions. After the Taiwanese government under the leadership of Ms. Tsai Ing-wen tried to build close ties with the United States. and also opened the house to welcome Mrs. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives. made an official visit to Taiwan last year
Ma’s office issued a statement saying: “People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are all Chinese. He was a descendant of the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor,” a Chinese term that refers to the ancestors of people of Chinese descent.
Nanjing City is also home to the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum. who overthrew the last emperor of China in 1911 and is officially considered the father of the Republic of China. which is the name that Taiwan calls itself to this day
Ma’s visit to China was part of the Kuomintang’s which is Taiwan’s current opposition party hoping to find a way to reduce tensions with China The Kuomintang Party has a policy of fostering close relations with China. But he denied that he was not interested in China.
While the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan The current ruling party under the leadership of Ms Tsai questioned why Mr Ma visited China. after China only removed Honduras which had been a diplomatic ally with Taiwan to abandon relations and adopt the same Chinese policy with mainland China This means that Taiwan is the only country that maintains official diplomatic relations with 13 other countries.
Mr. All he hopes for is peace, he confirmed. And I really hope that both sides will work together to seek peace. avoid war and try to revive China This is the inevitable responsibility of the Chinese people on both sides of the Straits. And we have to work hard.
However, Ma is not scheduled to meet top Chinese leaders during the visit. But he had already met President Xi Jinping in Singapore in 2015.
