24 quotes
Anyone who embraces the Republic of China with all of their heart definitely does not support the Taiwan independence movement.
Ma Ying-jeou (2016)
Providing compensation (to the victims of White Terror) will not write off the incidents once and for all.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
No ruling out the possibility of unification with China, no support for Taiwanese independence and no use of force.
Ma Ying-jeou (2018)
The two sides of the Taiwan Strait will deepen cross-strait exchanges, and it will be difficult to continue such exchanges without representative offices.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
They (opposition) say we are selling out Taiwan and that we lost something, but they never say what exactly we have lost.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
The military should learn a lesson from the incident and correct its mistakes immediately after a review of its system. We must restore the people’s faith in the military.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
The mistakes of history might be gradually forgotten, but historical truth cannot be forgotten, since forgetting history could lead to the recurrence of the same mistakes.
Ma Ying-jeou (2015)
In 1992, the two sides (Taiwan and Mainland China) reached a consensus that each side would verbally express their adherence to the one China principle.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
It is impossible for us to recognize (mainland China) as another nation within our (Republic of China) territory.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
Since 1949, China has been temporarily divided, and each side of the Taiwan Strait is administered by a separate political entity. This is an objective reality.
Ma Ying-jeou (2012)
There will be no national flags or other kinds of flags designed to specify cross-strait relations inside or outside the offices because we are not foreign nations to each other.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
Our relationship with mainland China is very subtle. We don’t have a state-to-state relationship and we do not view mainland China as a foreign state.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
Pragmatically speaking, there exists no possibility of Taiwan independence. The only option (for Taiwan) is whether to reunify (with Mainland China) or not.
Ma Ying-jeou (2018)
Traditional Chinese characters carry both cultural significance and artistic values and promoting these characters has nothing to do with any political stance. It's very important for us not to sacrifice the characters for tourism.
Ma Ying-jeou (2014)
Not everyone understands this. But we (ROC government) have done what needed to be done, and we will keep doing so until the very end.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
President Tsai will end up with a legacy of broken diplomatic relations if she keeps implementing wrongheaded policies like condemning (mainland) China without ever reflecting upon herself.
Ma Ying-jeou (2019)
The timing and conditions are ripe for the two sides to set up representative offices (ARATS in Taiwan and SEF in Mainland China). There are no political implications to the plan and the functions of the offices will be basically neutral.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
The people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are all Chinese by ethnicity. Cross-strait relations are not international relations. Each side acknowledges the existence of "one China", but maintains its own interpretation based on the 1992 Consensus.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
This (Taiwanese fisherman shot by Philippines coast guard incident) is not a problem between the people of Taiwan and the people of the Philippines. This is a problem between the people of Taiwan and the Philippine administration.
Ma Ying-jeou (2013)
I think mutual denial of each other’s sovereignty (between ROC and PRC) and mutual non-denial of respective jurisdictions would be more appropriate, but any proposal has its pros and cons, and I think it’s up for discussion.
Ma Ying-jeou (2011)