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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 Ma Ying-jeou (2013)

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Statement made in commenting his record-low approval rating and saying that he has no desire to change the cross-strait relations policies, 25 October 2013.

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