and resolution of the issue. Article ten sets the date of operation. Article one states that the aim of the law is to prevent "Taiwan's secession from China" and promote unification. Stabilizing the Taiwan Straits area and protecting the interests of the Zhonghua Minzu are also purposes of the law. Articles two to four outline the PRC government's view of the present political status of Taiwan. This view is that mainland China and Taiwan belong to one China, that there is only one China and that the sovereignty of that one China is indivisible; the "Taiwan issue" is a residual problem of the Chinese Civil War and is an internal affair of China. Article five maintains that the one China principle is the basis for resolution of the issue and that the State must seek all possibilities of "peaceful reunification." The same section also states that, following "peaceful reunification," Taiwan will enjoy a high level of autonomy and operate under a system different from mainland China. Although this would appear to be similar to the "one country, two systems" scheme, highly unpopular in Taiwan, it is not so named. Article six deals with cross-strait relations. It states that in order to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan straits and to foster cross-strait relations, the State should encourage people-to-people contact to foster closer relations and understanding encourage cross-strait economic exchanges encourage scientific and cultural exchanges joint efforts to fight crime and encourage efforts to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan straits. Article seven deals with cross-strait negotiation. It states that the State shall support negotiations and consultations on both sides of the straits with equal status, with different modalities, and in differing stages. The topics of such talks can include ending the states of hostilities across the straits developing rules for cross strait relations the means of promoting unification the political status of the Taiwanese authorities appropriate means by which Taiwan can participate in international organizations, and any other issues relating to unification. Article eight deals with non-peaceful action, and is the article which has caused the most controversy and attention. It states that the State shall use non-peaceful and other necessary means under these alternative conditions: if "Taiwan independence" forces, under whatever name and method, accomplish the fact of Taiwan's separation from China, or if a major event occurs which would lead to Taiwan's separation from China, or