point consensus on February 24 to spell out their positions on cross-strait and internal political reconciliation. Soong said Chen has stood by his stand that constitutionally, there is only one China, the basis Beijing has said could lead to government-to-government talks. Constitutionally, Taiwan still considers itself as the Republic of China, a sovereign body which continues to exist after the Nationalists was defeated by the Chinese Communists in the civil war and moved the government to Taiwan in 1949.