‘CONSTITUTIONAL NONSENSE’:Hsu Chih-hsiung said that it is meaningless for the Constitution to say ROC territory includes China, adding that Taiwan is not ‘normal’
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 18, 2016
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Grand justice nominee Hsu Chih-hsiung (許志雄) said that Taiwan and China are sovereign states,
Grand justice nominee Hsu Chih-hsiung speaks at the legislature in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
while the Republic of China (ROC) Constitution, which was formulated in China, is out of touch with Taiwanese society.
“Taiwan is a sovereign country, which no one can dispute. The People’s Republic of China [PRC] is also a country, on which we all agree,” Hsu said in response to Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Ko Chih-en’s (柯志恩) question at a legislative review of the grand justice nominees on how Hsu, a supporter of the “two-nation theory,” understood the cross-strait relationship.
“Both [Taiwan and China] are countries. It is up to the 23 million Taiwanese to decide the nation’s direction,” Hsu said.
The ROC title has different meanings, as it is Taiwan’s official name, while it means the PRC in the UN charter as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Hsu said.
