Yok Mu-ming (; born 19 July 1940) is a Taiwanese politician and was the chairperson of the New Party from 2003 to February 2020.

Cross-strait relations

2005 Mainland China visit

Yok and delegates from the New Party made an 8-day visit to

Mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

in July 2005 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of China's victory in the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

. The delegates visited

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, Dalian,

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and

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

in a tour called "Journey of the Chinese Nation". In Guangzhou, Yok and his delegates paid tribute at the Huanghuagang Mausoleum of 72 Martyrs honoring the deceased during the

Second Guangzhou Uprising The Second Guangzhou (Canton) Uprising, known in Chinese as the Yellow Flower Mound Uprising or the Guangzhou Xinhai Uprising, was a failed uprising took place in China led by Huang Xing and his fellow revolutionaries against the Qing dynasty i ...

to overthrow the

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and establish the Republic of China.

2010 Mainland China visit

In May 2010, Yok visited the

National Museum of China The National Museum of China () flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The museum's mission is to educate about the arts and history of China. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic ...

in which he met with the museum director Lu Zhangshen. Lu briefed Yok about the current situation of the museum renovation. He also expressed hope for future collaboration between the museum and Taiwan, as well as strengthening ties with various cultural organizations in Taiwan.

2012 Tiaoyutai Islands dispute

In 2012, responding to the dispute of Tiaoyutai Islands between Taiwan, Mainland China and Japan, Yok published a written statement saying that trilateral negotiation between the three sides cannot be realized at the current time,

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should hold a dialogue with

so that the two sides could jointly discuss issues related to defending the islands.

2014 Mainland China visit

During his visit to China in end of September 2014 to meet with the President of the People's Republic of China and General Secretary of the

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(CCP)

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, Yok attended Xi's speech on peaceful unification and one country, two systems in resolving Taiwan issues and how Beijing would not tolerate a

Taiwan independence movement The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement which advocates the formal declaration of an Independence, independent and Sovereign state, sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Str ...

. The statement marked the first time Xi Jinping spoke of one country, two systems as a reunification model for Taiwan before Taiwanese politicians since he became General Secretary of the CCP on 15 November 2012.

2016 Mainland China visit

Yok attended the 150th anniversary of the birthday of Sun Yat-sen event in

in November 2016 led by General Secretary

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yok, Mu-ming New Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Living people 1940 births Chinese nationalists Taiwanese people from Shanghai Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan Taoyuan City Members of the Legislative Yuan Republic of China politicians from Shanghai Taiwanese political party founders Leaders of the New Party (Taiwan)