Formosa News
Date: 2019/01/17
Today China’s Taiwan Affairs Office held a press conference to blast President Tsai Ing-wen for her remarks on the so-called “1992 Consensus.” The Chinese authority said President Tsai was misleading Taiwanese about the consensus, specifically on what President Xi Jinping thinks it means. At the press event, the office issued a lengthy clarification on Xi’s definition Taiwanese lawmakers say their explanation only makes a bad situation worse.
Earlier this month, President Tsai had urged Taiwan’s political parties to reject the “1992 Consensus,” saying Xi had equated it with the “one country, two systems” framework. This week in China, the Taiwan Affairs Office took issue with her interpretation. [FULL STORY]