Taiwan and China both pledge to promote peace:
President Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday that both Taiwan and China have pledged to improve relations and promote cross-strait peace.
It is reiterated in the part on external relations that China stands firmly for peace, development and cooperation, pursues the independent foreign policy of peace, sticks to the path of peaceful development and the win-win strategy of opening-up, safeguards China's sovereignty, security and development interests, and is ready to work with other countries to build a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity.