Taipei Times
Date: Oct 19, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter, with CNA
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) yesterday echoed
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih, right, talks with KMT vice chairmen Hau Lung-bin, center, and Tseng Yung-chuan during a meeting of the KMT’s Central Standing Committee at the party’s headquarters in Taipei yesterday. Wu said that cross-strait relations should be conducted on the basis of the so-called “1992 consensus.” Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) position on cross-strait ties, reiterating that cross-strait relations should be based on the so-called “1992 consensus.”
Wu stressed at a KMT Central Standing Committee meeting the importance of the framework in rebuilding rapport with China, hours after Xi renewed calls at the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 19th National Congress for Taipei to adhere to the “1992 consensus,” which he said embodies the spirit of the “one China” principle.
However, Xi did not mention the “one China, different interpretations” aspect of the “1992 consensus,” which the KMT has for decades maintained is a core element of the framework. [FULL STORY]