Cross-Straits relations boost

THE FOUR "NOT" PRINCIPLES GENERAL SECRETARY Xi Jinping of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed when meeting Taiwan's People First Party Chairman James CY Soong on Wednesday, can be expected to stabilize the interrupted relations across the Taiwan Straits.

The principles emphasize that the policy to promote peaceful development of cross-Straits relations will not change, neither will the pragmatic measures to boost exchanges, cooperation and mutual benefit, and the mainland's sincere enthusiasm to unite Taiwan compatriots for common endeavor will not diminish, nor will the determination to prevent "Taiwan independence" falter.

The meeting took place as relations across the Straits have experienced a wave of turbulence after the adoption of the service trade agreement was interrupted on the island, and as some have wondered how the mainland will react to the interruption and whether the smooth development of cooperation and exchanges will continue.