Taiwan president says no war with China

Source: International Herald-Tribune

TAIPEI, Taiwan: Taiwan's president said Tuesday that there will be no war with rival China during his first four-year term as president.

Ma Ying-jeou's comments before a group of high-ranking military officers came amid his five-month long effort to dampen down the deep-seated Taiwan-China tensions that developed under his pro-independence predecessor.

"We should be able to reduce the threat (from China) and turn the enemy into a friend," Ma told the Taiwanese officers. "I am going to say boldly that there will be no war ... in the next four years."

Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949. China continues to claim the island as part of its territory to be unified by persuasion if possible, by force if necessary.



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My business there is safe, then.

The last thing any of us needs is another long war. We need to rebuild, not continue to destroy.