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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 Ma Ying-jeou (2013)

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Statement made to defend the creation of the representative offices as a practical plan amid increasing cross-strait exchanges, 18 September 2013.

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