Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/22
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, Oct. 22 (CNA) Beijing will continue to pressure Taiwan after the Communist
John Burns (left), honorary professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong
Party of China’s (CPC) 19th Party Congress, a visiting expert on Chinese politics said in Taipei on Saturday, urging Taiwan to acknowledge the “1992 consensus” to maintain its “autonomy.”
John Burns, honorary professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong, was invited by the Lung Ing-tai Cultural Foundation to give a speech titled “Xi Jinping and the Reinvention of the CPC” at the Taipei Salon, attracting a group of foreign dignitaries.
In answering questions from the audience, including Israeli representative Asher Yarden, on what message Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) was sending to Taiwan in his report at the congress on Oct. 18, Burns said Xi emphasized “continuity” of policy towards Taiwan. [FULL STORY]
