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Taiwan''s main opposition presidential candidate addresses enterprise institute

(13 Sep 2011) 1. Wide of Taiwanese presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen being introduced and walking to podium 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tsai Ing-wen, Democratic Progressive Party Presidential Candidate: "Our over-arching goal of managing relations with China is to maintain a peaceful and stable environment so that the Taiwanese people can have the opportunities to develop a prosperous economy, while preserving the hard-won political freedoms and way of living. Ultimately, we want to ensure that the right to determine Taiwan''s future rests in the hands of the people of Taiwan." 3. Wide of Tsai at podium 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tsai Ing-wen, Democratic Progressive Party Presidential Candidate: "Any change of the status quo must be agreed by the people of Taiwan through democratic means. At the moment, most Taiwanese seem to accept the status quo - that Taiwan, is by all practical definition, already an independent country. Although people are frustrated by international discrimination, the desire to maintain political separation from China is commonly apparent." 5. Wide of audience 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tsai Ing-wen, Democratic Progressive Party Presidential Candidate: "Anyone who governs Taiwan must have an accurate understanding of the practical realities as well as the wishes of the Taiwanese people. And major policy must be formulated through democratic procedures. I have raised the concept of a Taiwan consensus which highlights the democratic process of decision making and emphasises the fact that policy is only sustainable when it is a realistic response to the consensus and needs of the people." 7. Wide of audience, pan to Tsai 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tsai Ing-wen, Democratic Progressive Party Presidential Candidate: "We acknowledge that Beijing insists on the one China principle as its fundamental position toward Taiwan. However, Beijing must also understand the reality that the Taiwanese people, having gone through the historical processes of freeing themselves from foreign rules and seeking democratisation, are opposed to one party system, and committed to upholding the independence of their sovereignty." 9. Cutaway cameras 10. Wide end of news conference, audience applause STORYLINE: Taiwanese Presidential Candidate Tsai Ing-wen is in the US for a round of meetings with Washington officials and members of the local Taiwanese community. Tsai, the leader of Taiwan''s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), brought a message of continued friendship with the United States, but also a call for a pragmatic solution to issues of concern. She called for the sale of sophisticated weapons systems to Taiwan so the island could continue a positive defensive role in the South China Sea and Taiwan Straits. She said the Chinese People''s Liberation Army had created an unbalanced military situation across the Taiwan Strait. Tsai warned that this situation suggested a more aggressive anti-Taiwanese military policy in the region. She also said the DPP approach to China would be balanced and in line with the wishes of Taiwanese society, both civil and economic sectors. Sounding a conciliatory note, Tsai said her government, should she win, would be willing to take a strategic approach that benefited the people of both sides of the strait. Raising again the concept of a "Taiwan consensus" Tsai said that any governing party must understand and acknowledge the political desires of the Taiwanese people before major policy decisions. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...