Ma Ying-jeou, "freedom and democracy as the mutual `language' of the two sides of the Strait."

In an article in yesterday's Chinese-language United Daily News, the Kuomintang's(KMT) presidential candidate, Ma Ying-jeou, said on the 18th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre that he would particularly like to emphasize the idea of having "freedom and democracy as the mutual `language' of the two sides of the Strait."

Ma said China's reform is limited to issues concerning people's livelihoods, but that it "has not relaxed its oppression of freedom of the press or other human rights."

"We are confident that Taiwanese democracy will be more mature. As a result, we are not afraid of pursuing exchanges with China but support broadening the scope of cross-strait exchanges because doing so will be advantageous to not only the Taiwanese economy but also China's democratic development," he said.

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