Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/01
By: Chiu Kuo-chiang and Christie Chen

Weifang City, China, Sept. 1 (CNA) Zhang Zhijun (張志軍), head of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office

(TAO), said Thursday that cross-strait relations are facing a “grave challenge” as the current Taiwan government has refused to recognize the “1992 consensus” and its core meaning.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration has adopted a “vague attitude” toward cross-strait relations, and has refused to acknowledge the “1992 consensus,” which means at the core that both sides belong to one China, Zhang said.

“(This has) undermined the political foundation for peaceful development of cross-strait relations,” Zhang said at the opening of a cross-strait innovation forum at the 22nd Shandong-Taiwan Economic & Trade Fair in Weifang City in Shandong Province.

However, he said, there will be no major changes to China’s Taiwan policy.     [FULL  STORY]