Besides the common ancestral roots and cultural heritage of the Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, the geographical proximity between Taiwan and the mainland also underlines the fact that they are two parts of Chinese territory.
林主席說，從國家民族大義言，台灣和中國大陸具有歷史和血緣關係，文字、語言和風俗習慣也相同，讀的同是四書五經，地理位置近在咫尺，是一個完整的民族國家，任何中國人都不該有所謂台灣獨立的主張。