Visiting Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Party Chairman Lien Chan Friday urged some people in Taiwan to give up the old thinking and seek the well-being of people across the Taiwan Straits.
In his speech delivered at Beijing University, Lien said, "some people in Taiwan say my visit aims to seek the third KMT-CPC cooperation to 'contain Taiwan.'"
"That's a very grave distortion," Lien said. "The mentality of these people are still in the state of the 1920s and 1930s."
"Why couldn't we pay more attention to the present and create a better future," said Lien.
"Why couldn't we proceeding from goodwill, trust each other, take into consideration of the well-being of both sides and the long-term interests of the Chinese nation" in handling across- Strait affairs, said Lien.
Calling for giving priorities to the interests and well-being of the people, Lien said, "I believe that's a trend supported by both the 23 million people in Taiwan and the 1.3 billion people in the mainland."