Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/24
By: Miao Zhong-han and William Yen
Taipei, Dec. 24 (CNA) The “1992 consensus” China wants Taiwan to adhere to does not acknowledge that the two sides can interpret the meaning of “one China” based on their own definition but is meant to wipe out the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) warned Monday in a statement.
The MAC issued the statement following recent media reporting polls showing more acceptance among Taiwanese of the “1992 consensus” and partly attributing that to popular Kaohsiung Mayor-elect Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) winning over voters by publicly stating his support for the consensus.
A Chinese-language China Times report Monday said it found in a poll Want Want China Times Media Group conducted recently that over 60 percent of people in Taiwan agreed to developing relations with China under the “1992 consensus.”
The MAC questioned the validity of the results because of problems with the way the poll was designed. Because of the flaws, it said, 30 percent to 50 percent of respondents misunderstood the “1992 consensus” as acknowledging different countries on each side of the Taiwan Strait. [FULL STORY]
