Taipei Times
Date: Sep 10, 2017
By: Shih Hsiao-kuang / Staff reporter

Taiwan’s China policy — and the reasoning for it — remains the issue Beijing is most concerned about regardless of how “Taiwanese authorities adjust their staffing,” China’s Taiwan Affairs Office Minister Zhang Zhijun (張志軍) said on Friday.

Zhang made the remark when asked to comment on Premier William Lai’s (賴清德) inauguration on Friday.

“The fundamental question facing the Democratic Progressive Party [DPP] administration is: What is the nature of cross-strait relations? Is it one nation under ‘one China,’ two nations or ‘one China, one Taiwan’?” Zhang said.

The “1992 consensus” is essential, as it clearly defines both sides of the Taiwan Strait as belonging to one nation, China, he said, adding that it has moved China and Taiwan toward a peaceful path since 2008, allowing both sides to make remarkable achievements.    [FULL  STORY]