{"id":2333,"date":"2015-04-05T17:38:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T09:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:55:51","slug":"20150405-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/20150405-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue and Green Jointly Propose \u201cFive Principles for Handling Cross-Strait Issues\u201d to Defend Taiwan\u2019s Sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2333\" class=\"elementor elementor-2333\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1281c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d1281c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b81fd28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b81fd28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We, who once belonged to different political parties and who during the martial-law era stood on different sides, have \u2014 out of loyalty to our nation and deep love for Taiwan \u2014 broken through the shackles and barriers of the mind. After months of meetings and discussion, we now, in our individual capacities, put forward \u201cFive Principles\u201d as a proposed solution to the \u201cChina question\u201d or \u201cTaiwan question\u201d that has long troubled the governments and peoples on both sides of the Strait:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol><li>Respect the status quo, and do not change the status quo unilaterally.<\/li><li>The status quo is this: the Republic of China and the People\u2019s Republic of China have coexisted since 1949, and the two governments have moved from being \u201cbelligerent governments\u201d to \u201cseparately governing governments.\u201d<\/li><li>The \u201cOne China principle\u201d has been narrowed and ossified by some into a synonym for \u201cthe People\u2019s Republic of China.\u201d It neither reflects the cross-strait status quo nor is it increasingly acceptable to the 23 million Taiwanese people of the Republic of China. We propose replacing it with a \u201cGreater One China Framework,\u201d which alone accords with the status quo and opens the road to reconciliation.<\/li><li>The \u201cGreater One China Framework\u201d envisions the \u201cRepublic of China\u201d and the \u201cPeople\u2019s Republic of China\u201d jointly forming, above themselves, an incomplete international legal person that handles matters of mutual concern by consensus, as a transitional arrangement for the present stage of cross-strait relations.<\/li><li>Under the \u201cGreater One China Framework,\u201d the two sides should end hostilities and jointly maintain peace and security in the region. Both sides commit not to use force against each other, and not to sign with any other country military agreements detrimental to the other side; both sides shall enjoy the right to participate in the United Nations and other international organizations and to establish normal relations with other countries.<\/li><\/ol><p>In the twentieth century, China went through a bloody civil war, and Taiwan endured long years of martial-law rule, leaving deep hostility and painful hatred. These emotions have become the cheapest fertilizer for partisan power struggles; manipulated through elections, they have made dialogue between Blue and Green difficult and kept the nation in a state of bloodless division, robbing it of a common direction of struggle. Even cross-strait policy, on which the nation\u2019s survival and economic development depend, has been left to ideological manipulation, unable to break out of deadlock. A broken Taiwan has no future.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The step we take is only an opening \u2014 a beginning. We hope these principles, through the exchange of wisdom among people from all walks of life, will gradually become a consensus between the governing and opposition parties, a consensus of Taiwan, a consensus of the Republic of China, and in turn a cornerstone for the peaceful development of cross-strait relations. We pray earnestly: may our nation never forget the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity; may our government always remember the Constitution\u2019s promise of government of the people, by the people, and for the people; may the light of tolerance and reconciliation lead all the people of Taiwan toward a better future, and leave hatred and hostility in the twentieth century.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Co-signatories:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Chang Wu-ueh (Graduate Institute of China Studies, Tamkang University)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Chiao Jen-ho (former Vice Chairman, Straits Exchange Foundation)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Hong Chi-chang (former Chairman, Straits Exchange Foundation)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Chen Ming-tong (former Minister, Mainland Affairs Council)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Su Chi (former Minister, Mainland Affairs Council)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Chen Chien-jen (former Minister of Foreign Affairs)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Shih Ming Te (former Chairman, Democratic Progressive Party)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98ccb42 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98ccb42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2784\" height=\"1856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2336\" alt=\"Two men in suits smiling for the camera, standing side by side against a dark background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic1.jpg 2784w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2784px) 100vw, 2784px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02498e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02498e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Meeting with candor: Blue and Green should not be divided on cross-strait issues.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96b198d elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96b198d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2337\" alt=\"Three men in business suits posing together against a purple backdrop.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39407f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39407f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>All of them are seasoned in cross-strait affairs within the nation\u2019s different parties, and all understand that cross-strait affairs are the nation\u2019s affairs, not partisan affairs. What matters is national consensus. From left to right: Chang Wu-ueh, Chiao Jen-ho, Chen Ming-tong.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bc3340 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3bc3340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2338\" alt=\"Man in a white blazer delivering a speech at a podium with a microphone and pink flowers in front of him.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-911e232 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"911e232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over nine months, Shih Ming Te brought together political leaders from both the Blue and Green parties who handle cross-strait affairs. They sat down and talked, and finally reached consensus on the \u201cFive Principles for Handling Cross-Strait Issues.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17af563 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17af563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2339\" alt=\"Panel of five men in suits seated in a row on stage, against a purple backdrop with large white Chinese characters behind them.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150405-1_pic4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd6376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dd6376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Blue or Green, we have only one Taiwan. If we sit down and talk sincerely, we can find solutions to every problem and move toward the future together.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We, who once belonged to different political parties and who during the martial-law era stood on different sides, have \u2014 out of loyalty to our nation and deep love for Taiwan \u2014 broken through the shackles and barriers of the mind. After months of meetings and discussion, we now, in our individual capacities, put forward \u201cFive Principles\u201d as a proposed solution to the \u201cChina question\u201d or \u201cTaiwan question\u201d that has long troubled the governments and peoples on both sides of the Strait:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"post_folder":[19],"class_list":["post-2333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-23"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3159,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions\/3159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}