Taipei Times
Date: May 27, 2018
By: Shih Hsiao-kuang and William Hetherington  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Former minister of foreign affairs Francisco Ou (歐鴻鍊) on Friday criticized President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) for not seeking Taiwanese independence, accusing her of wrongly blaming the loss of the nation’s allies on China.

“There is no problem of pressure [from China],” Ou said. “If you’re so capable, then why not seek independence? If you’re not capable and you lose, blaming others is useless.”

Ou made the comments on Friday at a forum held by a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) think tank in response to the loss of diplomatic ally Burkina Faso on Thursday, at which he blamed the loss of allies on Tsai’s refusal to accept the so-called “1992 consensus.”

The “1992 consensus” — a term former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi (蘇起) in 2006 admitted making up in 2000 — refers to a tacit understanding between the KMT and the Chinese government that both sides acknowledge there is “one China,” with each side having its own interpretation of what “China” means.
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