BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson said Wednesday that Taiwan's new leader Tsai Ing-wen must, without any equivocation, clarify her stance on cross-Strait ties.
Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said at a regular press conference that Taiwan must clarify this issue with practical action and allow the examination of the people and history.
In her inaugural address Friday, the new Taiwan leader chose to be ambiguous, despite cross-Strait relations being the utmost concern to the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, Ma said.
Tsai did not explicitly recognize the 1992 Consensus and offered no concrete proposal to ensure the peaceful and stable growth of cross-Strait relations, he said.
"The issue is a question that must be answered -- it cannot be evaded," said Ma.
"I want to reiterate that the mainland and Taiwan belong to one and the same China, and cross-Strait ties are not state-to-state relations," added Ma.
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