Tsai declares 'KMT unwilling to critisize China'
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/10/13
By: Ko Lai, Taiwan News, Contributing Writer
Tsai Ing-wen, Han Kuo-yu, and Annette Lu (L to R) (By Wikimedia Commons)
“The Kuomintang Party doesn’t dare to criticize China, they only make a fuss about Taiwan’s domestic issues.”
The Kuomintang (KMT) Party presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu has criticized current cross-strait relations declaring that they are “like a runaway train. Tsai’s cross-strait policy is simply ‘Hatred of China, self-harm to Taiwan (仇中害台).’” In response, Tsai called the KMT’s outlook towards international relations outdated, and said that the times have changed.
China has adopted an extreme attitude towards the region, and Taiwan must be cautious, warns President Tsai. The KMT needs to have a proper understanding of the situation. If the KMT is unwilling to criticize China, then they can only feed conflict within Taiwan. “This position does not contribute to social unity in Taiwan, and (the KMT) is not promoting Taiwan’s sovereignty or the dignity of the Taiwanese people.”
“As president, standing up for the nation’s sovereignty is not an act of provocation.”
On the National Day celebrations on Oct. 10, Tsai gave an address with the theme of “A Strong Nation, Advancing Globally” (堅韌之國, 前進世界). In the address, she rejected the notion of “One Country, Two systems” and declared that this was the shared consensus across Taiwan’s blue and green political camps. She observed that “Hong Kong is on the verge of disorder because of the failure of the ‘One County, Two systems.’” [FULL STORY]