馬習會：White House cautious on historic China-Taiwan meeting○AFP(2015.11.04)

【Comment】

白宮對此謹慎歡迎，暗示著情勢瞬息萬變，他們也無法完全掌握。

說，「其一個中國政策」沒有改變。

報導提及馬習會在大選前舉行，又提國民黨對中友好，民進黨對中懷疑。

White House cautious on historic China-Taiwan meeting○AFP(2015.11.04)

Washington (AFP) - The White House on Tuesday gave a cautious welcome to plans for the leaders of Taiwan and China to meet for the first time in more than half a century.

"We would certainly welcome steps that are taken on both sides of the Taiwan strait to try and reduce tensions and improve cross-strait relations," said spokesman Josh Earnest.

"But we will have to see what actually comes out of the meeting."

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday, Ma's office said, in what will be the first meeting between leaders from the two rivals since they split at the end of a civil war in 1949.

Beijing still considers the island part of its territory awaiting reunification.

Earnest reiterated that Washington's "One China" policy has not changed.

The White House has long opposed any military moves toward reunification and has laid its hand on the scales to ensure a military balance between Taiwan and its giant neighbor.

The Xi-Ma meeting comes ahead of January elections in Taiwan.

Ma's relatively Beijing-friendly Kuomintang is widely expected to lose to the more China-skeptic Democratic Progressive Party.