NANJING, China: People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are ethnically Chinese and share the same ancestor, former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Tuesday (Mar 28) at the start of a historic visit to China that Taiwan's ruling party has criticised. Ma, in office from 2008 to 2016, is the first form
NANJING, China: People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are ethnically Chinese and share the same ancestor, former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Tuesday at the start of a historic visit to China that Taiwan's ruling party has criticised.
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party has questioned why he is visiting just after China took away another, on Sunday, leaving the island with official diplomatic ties with only 13 countries. "People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese people, and are both descendants of the Yan and Yellow Emperors," Ma said, in comments provided by his office.
Sun is also lauded by the Communist Party for the overthrow of the Qing dynasty, but the governments in Beijing and Taipei do not recognise each other.
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