Taipei Times
Date: Dec 24, 2016
By: Staff writer, with CNA

A senior Chinese official responsible for Taiwan affairs yesterday reiterated Beijing’s insistence that the so-called “1992 consensus” is an important anchor for cross-strait peace and stability.

Over the past eight years, cross-strait relations have developed peacefully mainly because both sides established a common political foundation by “sticking to the 1992 consensus and opposing Taiwanese independence,” China’s Taiwan Affairs Office Minister Zhang Zhijun (張志軍) said.

The importance of the “1992 consensus” lies in the fact that it answers a fundamental question, that “the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are one country, rather than two,” Zhang said during a meeting with a Taiwanese delegation led by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Vice Chairman Chen Chen-hsiang (陳鎮湘).

“Precedent has shown that sticking to such a political foundation allows continued healthy development of cross-strait ties,” Zhang said.    [FULL  STORY]