Mainland Quotes
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The moment the first American soldier sets foot on the Japanese mainland, all prisoners of war will be shot.
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More Mainland Quotes
On the fifth day following the murder of the ship's officers, land was sighted by the lookout. Whether island or mainland, Black Michael did not know, but he announced to Clayton that if investigation showed that the place was habitable he and Lady Greystoke were to be put ashore with their belongings.
Edgar Rice Burroughs— Ch. 2 : The Savage Home
[We should] set our eyes on the future. The political differences between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan should eventually be solved step by step, and [we] can not let these problems hand on from generation to generation.
xi jinping— As quoted in "Xi calls for peaceful development of cross-Straits ties" in China Daily (6 October 2013)
In my lifetime all our problems have come from mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking nations across the world.
margaret thatcher— Speech to Scottish Tories in 1999
Our relationship with mainland China is very subtle. We don’t have a state-to-state relationship and we do not view mainland China as a foreign state.
— Ma Ying-jeou (2013) cited in: "Ma says he will only talk with Xi ‘as president’" in The Taipei Times, 27 July 2013.
— Statement made at the Presidential Office in Taipei commenting on the possibility of Ma Ying-jeou meeting up with Xi Jinping before end of Ma's term in 2016, 25 July 2013.
We know that Hong Kong, after the handover to mainland China, has been trying for universal suffrage ... We know that mainland China has made promises and we're of course pleased to see Hong Kong changing in this direction.
— Ma Ying-jeou (2013) cited in: "Ma says meeting with Xi Jinping rests on popular approval" in The China Post, 27 July 2013.
— Statement made at the Presidential Office in Taipei commenting on the handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China, 25 July 2013.
It is impossible for us to recognize (mainland China) as another nation within our (Republic of China) territory.
— Ma Ying-jeou (2013) cited in: "Cross-strait political issues not being shied from: Ma" in Taipei Times, 23 October 2013.
— Statement made during the meeting with Kuomintang delegation at the Presidential Office in Taipei heading to the cross-strait forum with the Communist Party of China in Nanning, Guangxi Province, 22 October 2013.
I will look to my left and see Esther Donnelly, flying beside me. I will look to my right and see Paul Jakobson, flying beside me. They will leave white lines carved into the air to reach the mainland, where help will be sent.
— Who:The Narrator
— Source: Dear Esther (2008)
— Notes:
In 1992, the two sides (Taiwan and mainland China) reached a consensus that each side would verbally express their adherence to the one China principle.
— Ma Ying-jeou (2013) cited in: "Ma dishonest in avowal of the ‘1992 consensus’" in The Taipei Times, 26 July 2013.
— Statement made in response to the congratulating message sent by Xi Jinping via telegram after Ma Ying-jeou was reelected as the Chairman of KMT, 20 July 2013.
The timing and conditions are ripe for the two sides to set up representative offices (ARATS in Taiwan and SEF in mainland China). There are no political implications to the plan and the functions of the offices will be basically neutral.
— Ma Ying-jeou (2013) cited in: "Taipei, Beijing yet to reach consensus on visitation rights" in Taipei Times, 19 September 2013.
— Statement made to defend the creation of the representative offices as a practical plan amid increasing cross-strait exchanges, 18 September 2013.
The more areas in which we (Taiwan and mainland China) agree, the greater the chances of resolving our differences.
— Wu Po-hsiung (2013) quoted in: "Taiwan, China should put aside disputes: KMT’s Wu" in Taipei Times 19 September 2013
— Statements were made during the visit of Yunnan Communist Party of China secretary, Qin Guangrong, and his delegation to Taiwan in September 2013.
