U.S. State Dept.: Chen Shui-bian Willing to Engage in China Dialogue Under Flexible "One China"

[Dioneae muscipula]

On September 15, 2005, James Keith, a senior adviser with the U.S.
State Dept. Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, made the
following interesting statement on U.S. Relations with China and Taiwan
to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

Read the document in
http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2005/53266.htm
where he said,

......
People's First Party Chairman James Soong followed
with his own trip to Beijing two weeks after Lien.
Soong asserted in a May 11 speech at Beijing's
Qinghua University that independence was not an
option for Taiwan's future, a comment that many of
Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's staunchest
supporters criticized. Soong met PRC President Hu
Jintao and other PRC leaders in Beijing on May 12
and passed the message that Chen Shui-bian was
willing to engage in dialogue with Beijing using a
flexible formulation about what constituted "one
China."
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[Dioneae muscipula]

During the Daily Press Briefing session on September 19, 2005, Deputy
Spokesman Adam Ereli did not elaborate further on Chen's plan to engage
in China dialogue.

There are also many other additional questions about Taiwan asked in
this session, including President Chen's Miami transit, and the planned
U.S. visit by former president Teng-hui Lee. As done in the past, Adam
addressed Chen as "President Chen", though he also said, "I would note
that President Chen's activities while he is in the United States will
be private and unofficial, consistent with the purposes of a transit,"
which sounds more like a reminder than a comment.

Read the whole session in
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2005/53511.htm
where Adam said,

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QUESTION: Sure. Mr. James Keith mentioned in his
congressional testimony last week that
when Taiwan's opposition party visited
in China, President Chen Shui-bian asked
a position -- the political party leader
to pass a message about one China and
about Taiwan's Government has denied --
there is such a thing. I wonder is there
any clarification in --

MR. ERELI: I don't have anything to add to what Mr.
Keith said in his testimony.
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