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Personal Early life Wang Yeping (wife) Jiang Mianheng (son) Selected Works of Jiang Zemin Reflections on Energy Issues in China Administration 1992 reelection as General Secretary 1997 reelection as General Secretary Shanghai clique Policies and theories Three Represents Socialist market economy Grasping the large, letting go of the small Three Stresses campaign Three things that can be discussed Program 973 Project 211 Project 985 China Western Development Go Out policy Key events Deng Xiaoping's southern tour 1993 constitutional amendment Three Gorges Dam Third Taiwan Strait Crisis Handover of Hong Kong 1998 China floods 1999 constitutional amendment Persecution of Falun Gong Handover of Macau Diplomatic activities International trips 1998 Japan visit US Belgrade embassy bombing 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship 2002 Germany, Libya, Nigeria, Tunisia and Iran visit
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The "three things that can be discussed" (Chinese:三个可以谈;pinyin:Sāngè kěyǐ tán) was a proposal proposal put forward byJiang Zemin, thenGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, in his report to the16th CCP National Congress in November 2002, outlining how to conduct political negotiations withTaiwan in order to achieveChinese unification.

In his report to the14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1992, Jiang Zemin proposed that "under the premise ofone China, all issues can be discussed, including the issue of the method of formal cross-strait negotiations, and we should discuss with the Taiwan side to find a solution that is appropriate for both sides." In January 1995, Jiang put forwardeight propositions on Taiwan. In 1997, the report of the15th CCP National Congress reiterated these propositions.^[1]

Jiang Zemin advocated that under the premise of one China, any issue could be discussed. The three things that can be discussed refers to:^[1]

1. The issue of formally ending the state of hostility between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can be discussed
2. The issue of Taiwan's economic and cultural activity space in the international arena that is commensurate with its status can be discussed
3. The issue of the political status of the Taiwan authorities can also be discussed.

On November 27, 2002, after the release of the report of the16th CCP National Congress,Zhang Mingqing, spokesperson for theTaiwan Affairs Office, said at a press conference that the "three things that can be discussed" demonstrate the consistency and continuity of the mainland's policy toward Taiwan and reflect the mainland's positive attitude and great sincerity on the issue of cross-strait political negotiations. The "three things that can be discussed" make the topics of cross-strait political negotiations more specific and more operational. For example, the first "things that can be discussed" end the state of hostility between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. The "three things that can be discussed" further expand the space for cross-strait political negotiations, point out the way to break the cross-strait political deadlock, and show the compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait a bright prospect of jointly striving for peaceful reunification.^[1][2] Professor Chen Kongli of the Institute of Taiwan Studies atXiamen University believes that "three things that can be discussed" are the key to breaking the cross-strait (political) deadlock.^[3]

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