Cao Juren is a famous journalist and writer in the Republic of China. A native of Jiang Fa Village, Duntou Town, Pujiang, Zhejiang. Graduated from Zhejiang First Normal School. In 1922, he went to Shanghai and taught at Patriotic Girls' High School, Jinan University, Fudan University and other schools. He has edited magazines such as Taosheng and Mangzhong. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he worked as a war correspondent and reported on the Battle of Songhu and the victory of Taierzhuang. In 1950, he went to Hong Kong and served as a special correspondent for Singapore's Nanyang Business Daily. In the late 1950s, it hosted newspapers such as The Cycle Daily and the High Noon Newspaper. Later, he returned to the interior many times to promote the cause of the reunification of the motherland.
In his later years, Cao Juren wrote many family letters to his brother Cao Yi and his wife Wang Chuncui, revealing many of the little-known contents of his rush for cross-strait peace talks.
He once wrote in his family letter: Originally, I should have returned to China, but this matter was so big that Neither Beijing nor that side (referring to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo and his father and son in Taiwan) would let me let go. A few years ago, I was able to hold the situation back, but I was right to live in the country.
In 1965, when Li Zongren, the number two figure in the Kuomintang, returned to the mainland and was warmly welcomed, Chiang Kai-shek's father and son also took action. Wang Jun, who was in charge of liaison work between Hong Kong and Taipei, often traveled to inform Cao Juren that Chiang Ching-kuo would personally visit Hong Kong in the near future and take him to Taiwan to discuss important matters. Cao Juren hurried to Beijing, discussed the outline of the negotiations with the Chinese Communist Leaders, and then returned to Hong Kong to wait for Chiang Ching-kuo.
One day, Wang Jun came to Cao Juren's residence and asked him to board the boat to talk with Mr. Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Ching-kuo asked Cao Juren to give more briefings on the situation in Beijing, hoping that Cao Juren would thoroughly understand the situation between the two sides so that Cao and Chiang Kai-shek could meet and talk in a short time and be highly efficient.
Soon, the ship arrived in Taiwan, and Chiang Kai-shek, accompanied by Chiang Ching-kuo, at the official residence, received Cao Juren and began to talk in great secrecy. The whole conversation was just the three of them. After several discussions, six consensuses were quickly reached, the main contents of which were:
1. When Chiang Kai-shek returned to the mainland with his old ministry, he could settle in any province or region other than Zhejiang Province and still serve as the president of the Kuomintang. Beijing proposed setting aside the Lushan area of Jiangxi for Chiang Kai-shek's residence and office, Tang Muyi (meaning the living and office of Taiwan's top official in Chinese mainland).
2. Chiang Ching-kuo is the governor of Taiwan. In addition to Taiwan's diplomatic and military handovers, Beijing only insists that in agriculture, the cultivators must have their own land, and other administrative affairs are completely handled by the Taiwan provincial government for a period of 20 years, and then negotiate at the end of the period.
Taiwan shall not accept any aid from the United States. If there are financial difficulties, Beijing will allocate subsidies according to the amount of US support.
4. Taiwan's navy and air force were merged into the control of Beijing. The Army was downsized to 4 divisions, one of which was stationed in the Xiamen and Kinmen areas and three in Taiwan.
Xiamen and Kinmen were merged into a free city as a buffer and liaison area between Beijing and Taipei. The mayor of the city is also the commander of the garrison division. The division commander was appointed by Taipei with Beijing's consent, and his qualifications should be that of lieutenant generals and be politically accepted by Beijing.
6. The ranks and treatment of current officials in Taiwan remain unchanged. The people's living guarantee can only be raised, not lowered.
After that, Cao Juren immediately returned to Hong Kong and reported the negotiation situation and six conditions to the CCP. The Taiwan side will send representatives to hold further negotiations with the representatives of the Chinese Communists, so that the great cause of the reunification of the motherland is just around the corner. However, in the event of 1966, this storm also affected Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek had doubts about the resumption of negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communists, so he changed his mind, and the resumption of negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communists was once again stranded.
For the sake of the reunification of the motherland, Cao Juren gave up liberalism and went to a patriotic road of loneliness and no complaints and no regrets. For the cause of peaceful reunification of the two sides of the strait, he ran for the shouts, worked hard, bowed down, and died. He upholds the great national righteousness, is concerned about the two sides of the strait, and earnestly hopes for reunification.
On July 23, 1972, Cao Juren died in Macau, and Premier Zhou praised him as a "patriot" and instructed him to "return to his roots" in a coffin. The ashes were sent to Nanjing and buried in Wangjiangji on the side of Yuhuatai.