Today, 42 years ago, on March 4, 1983 (Lunar Calendar, January 20, 1983) Deng Xiaoping said: "We can no longer use the expression of liberating Taiwan." In March 1983, Deng Xiaoping, in the reception of the US delegation to China, explained to US House Speaker O'Neill China's policy on Taiwan, stating clearly: "We no longer have the expression of 'liberating Taiwan', as long as Taiwan returns to the motherland, we will respect the reality there and the current system.