WAR OF WORDS:Unlike China relations under former president Chen’s administration, the government should reach out to the international community, a DPP legislator said
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 25, 2016
By: Lee Hsin-fang and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Denying Taiwan participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is only part of China’s strategy to pressure Taiwan into accepting the so-called “1992 consensus,” but such tactics are not beneficial to improving cross-strait relations, a high-ranking government official said.
The official, who declined to be named, said thatsince President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was inaugurated on May 20, Beijing has been applying diplomatic pressure on Taiwan because of the Tsai administration’s refusal to recognize the “1992 consensus.”
The “1992 consensus” — a term former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi (蘇起) admitted making up in 2000 — refers to a supposed understanding reached during talks in 1992 that both Taiwan and China acknowledge that there is “one China,” with each side having its own interpretation of what that means. [FULL STORY]