This morning, Lien went to Beijing University and delivered another important speech which has been reported by CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily and most popular websites like Sina.com.

The speech started at 9:45 this morning. The audience included the KMT delegation, representatives from the CCP and more than 400 students and teachers from Beijing University. The speech was a brief review of Chinese modern history including some highlights about the KMT and CCP'S governing theory, as well as the important roles of Beijing University. Here I picked out some sections and translated them into English:

...At such a situation (about 1920s), Chinese people could not think calmly. As one of the sophisticated ideologies, liberalism flourished in the university campus at that time. But, in terms of practice, only KMT's Three People's Principles (nationality, civil rights and people's livelihood) and CCP's socialism could motivate the young people to struggle for a better future...

Mainland China is developing very fast in both economy and politics. As I know, a democratic election system has already been set up at a basic level, and property rights have already been added to the Constitution as basic human rights. All of these good signs are in the right historic direction and should be developed...

During the speech, Lien also said:

Some people in Taiwan said my visit aims to seek the third KMT-CPC cooperation to "contain Taiwan". That's a very grave distortion. The mentality of these people is still in the state of the 1920s and 1930s. Why can't we pay more attention to the present and create a better future? Why can't we proceed from goodwill, trust each other, and take into consideration the well-being of both sides and the long-term interests of the Chinese nation? I believe that's a trend supported by both the 23 million people in Taiwan and the 1.3 billion people on the Mainland.

Before Lien and his KMT delegation left Taiwan for the Chinese mainland, Lien said a poll conducted in Taiwan indicated 66 percent of the Taiwan people support cross-Straits reconciliation and dialogue, while about 30 percent say it is unlikely to produce any concrete result.