The following is the full text of the white paper entitled "The One-China Principle and the Taiwan Issue", which was released by the Taiwan Affairs Office and the Information Office of the State Council in February, 2000.

Foreword

I. The Basis for One China, de Facto and de Jure

II. The One-China Principle--the Basis and Prerequisite for Achieving Peaceful Reunification

III. The Chinese Government--Staunch Champion for the One-China Principle

IV. Several Questions Involving the One-China Principle in the Cross-Straits Relations

V. Several Questions Involving Adherence to the One-China Principle in the International Community

Conclusion