CLOSED-DOOR:Isolationist policies have led to a slowdown in tourism and other industries, the KMT said as it attempts to win votes in a mayoral by-election
Taipei Times
Date; Aug 25, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday urged Hualien County residents to vote against the
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Hualien mayoral candidate Wei Chia-hsien, second right, is accompanied by KMT Legislator John Wu, right, and other KMT members yesterday as he stumps for votes in Hualien. Photo: Wang Chun-chi, Taipei Times
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate in the by-election for Hualien mayor, saying it would serve as a vote of confidence in President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration, which it said has devastated the nation’s tourism industry with a refusal to face the so-called “1992 consensus.”
Speaking at a news conference in Taipei, KMT Culture and Communications Committee director Chow Chi-wai (周志偉) said Tsai’s reluctance to accept the “1992 consensus” has caused cross-strait relations to run aground.
The “1992 consensus,” a term former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi (蘇起) admitted to making up in 2000, refers to a supposed understanding between the KMT and the Chinese government that both sides of the Taiwan Strait acknowledge there is “one China,” with each side having its own interpretation of what “China” means.
Chow said stalled cross-strait ties have taken a toll on the tourism industry, the effects of which are particularly felt by Hualien residents. [FULL STORY]
