Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/01/06
By: Claudia Liu and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) The consensus of “one China, different interpretations” reached between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in 1992 cannot be overturned by a political party or individual, former Vice President Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) said Friday.

Until the governments on either side agree to make a major change, the consensus will remain in place, Wu said during a meeting with a group of scholars from Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, who were interested in the Kuomintang’s China policy.

He told the visitors that cross-strait relations were peaceful and stable during the eight years when former President Ma Ying-jeou was in power from 2008 to 2016 mainly because he abided by the consensus and adopted an approach of “no unification, no independence, no use of force.”

He stressed that the consensus was not something that could be overturned by a political party or individual.    [FULL  STORY]