January 21, 1993
The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs makes public the White Paper on ROC Foreign Policy. It stipulates that the ROC's foreign policy is one-China, two entities, and equality at the interim. The policy paper says that the government will pursue an international space, with a long-term goal of returning to the United Nations and the eventual goal of China's unification.
August 31, 1993
Kao Koong-lian, vice-chairman of the ROC Mainland Affairs Council, tells a news conference that MAC has a five-point analysis of the PRC's White Paper. Kao believes that the issuance of the White Paper will have nothing but a negative effect on the development of cross-strait relations.
September 9, 1993
Premier Lien Chan orders MAC and other government agencies to make short-term, medium-term, and long-term responses to the PRC's White Paper to ensure that Mainland China and the world understand the ROC's bid and position on returning to the United Nations.
September 16, 1993
The MAC publishes a comment on the PRC's White Paper on Taiwan Unification, saying that "There is no 'Taiwan Question,' there is only a 'China Question.'"