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Mainland official: Taiwan faced with choice between 'peace and war'
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Song Tao (R), head of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, meets with Andrew Hsia, vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, in the city of Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, northwest China, August 30, 2023. /Taiwan.cn
Song Tao (R), head of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, meets with Andrew Hsia, vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, in the city of Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, northwest China, August 30, 2023. /Taiwan.cn

Song Tao (R), head of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, meets with Andrew Hsia, vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, in the city of Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, northwest China, August 30, 2023. /Taiwan.cn

The Chinese mainland's senior Taiwan affairs official said on Wednesday that the Taiwan region is now faced with a major choice between peace and war and between prosperity and recession.

Song Tao, head of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the remarks during a meeting with Andrew Hsia, vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, in the city of Yuncheng, northwest China's Shanxi Province.

At present, "Taiwan independence" separatist forces are colluding with external forces to take provocative actions designed to divide the country, which harms the interests of Taiwan compatriots and undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, Song said.

Song said the mainland will work with the KMT and other relevant political parties, organizations and people from all walks of life on the island on the common political foundation of adhering to the 1992 Consensus and opposing "Taiwan independence" to bring cross-Straits relations back to the right track of peaceful development and contribute to national rejuvenation.

Hsia said that on the political basis of upholding the 1992 Consensus and opposing "Taiwan independence," the KMT is willing to continue strengthening exchanges and cooperation with the mainland and promoting the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations, thus benefiting compatriots on both sides.

(With input from Xinhua)

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