Abstract
Cross-strait relations took a dramatic turn in 1993, when the two sides of the Taiwan strait held the first series of high-level unofficial talks in Singapore in forty-four years. Named after the main negotiators from the two sides—Wang Daohan, chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), and Gu Zhenfu (Koo Chen-fu), chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)—the Wang-Gu talks (or "Gu-Wang talks" according to reports from Taiwan) resulted in four agreements between the two sides and paved the way for further high-level unofficial contacts across the strait. In the meantime, however, Beijing seemed to toughen its stand against foreign intervention and separatist forces in Taiwan. President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Jiang Zemin made an eight-point proposal suggesting political talks between the two sides of the strait, and President of the Republic of China (ROC) Lee Teng-hui countered with a six-point proposal.
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