Taipei Times
Date: Dec 15, 2016
By: Shih Hsiao-kuang and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Taiwan should stay clear of potential confrontation between the US and China, Chinese Nationalist

Party (KMT) Vice Chairman Steve Chan (詹啟賢) said yesterday, calling on President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to be cautious in pursuing relations with US president-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

Chan made the call at a meeting of the KMT Central Standing Committee at the party’s headquarters in Taipei following a presentation about the Taiwan-US-Chinese relationship in the wake of the Dec. 2 telephone call Tsai made to Trump.

The presentation was given by Chinese Culture University political science professor Edward Chen (陳一新).

Chan said the major and sudden shifts in international politics recently showed the KMT is the “guarantor of peaceful cross-strait development,” without whom Taiwan’s survival “would have been in doubt.”

Chan also issued a three-point statement, which he said represented the KMT’s view of recent events.

“The Democratic Progressive Party government should not lose its head in chasing perceived opportunities. Instead, it should take a cautious and risk-aware approach by prioritizing the well-being of Taiwanese. It must not be dragged into a confrontation between the US and China, and it should not rely on a minority’s ideology or wishful thinking; otherwise it will entrap Taiwan in danger,” the statement said.    [FULL  STORY]