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WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- In a meeting with a senior Chinese official, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich emphasized the need for peace if the China is to continue to prosper.
Gingrich told Jia Qinglin, a senior official of the Chinese Communist Party, the United States recognizes how China feels about Taiwan but remains opposed to the use of force to settle the question.
"The government of Taiwan should not undertake any unilateral action," Gingrich told Jia during an Aug. 19 meeting, "and the United States would not support such an action."
Jia, a protege of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, is frequently described as the No. 4 man in the country's current leadership.
China could strengthen its case for the "one country with two systems" approach to Taiwan if it were to permit, Gingrich said, "real elections in Hong Kong in 2007" and by extending religious liberties "to Roman Catholics and other persecuted faiths."
Gingrich also raised the issue of protecting intellectual property, advising Jia that the United States might be forced to retaliate with sanctions if China fails to pursue the problem of counterfeiting aggressively.
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