For more news and videos visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://facebook.com/NTDTelevision<br /><br />Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou is looking to reopen talks with the Chinese regime if he wins his presidential re-election bid. A US diplomatic cable recently released by WikiLeaks details Taiwan's vice president revealing some of Mr. Ma's second term goals for Taiwan's political relationship with the Mainland.<br /><br />If elected to a second term, Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, would seek, "a peace treaty, a formal end to hostilities, and the development of bilateral military confidence mechanisms" with the CCP regime in China. This is according to a US diplomatic cable published recently on WikiLeaks. It details commentary on the issue from Taiwan's vice president, Vincent Siew.<br /><br />According to the leaked cable, the pursuit of some sort of peace treaty would be the next phase in President Ma's plan to build closer cross-straight relations with the Mainland.<br /><br />Mr. Siew acknowledged in the cable that the pursuit of a treaty with the Chinese regime by the Ma government would be a "highly political" endeavor, and would likely be met with strong resistance from the opposition DPP party and from a large segment of society.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />The Chinese regime has maintained that the island nation is still part of China, and has threatened military action if Taiwan tries to formalize its status as an independent country.<br /><br />President Ma has previously said that the CCP regime must remove the roughly 13,000 missiles it has targeting Taiwan before he would be willing to re-open diplomatic talks. In the cable published on WikiLeaks, Vice President Siew does not mention that condition.<br /><br />Beijing was recently angered by a US decision to upgrade Taiwan's fleet of aging F-16 fighter jets.<br /><br />The United States is treaty-bound to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese regime attack.
