Focus Taiwan
Date: 10./10/2020 10:10 PM
By: Lin Yu-hsuan, Liu Chien-sheng,
Liu Kuan-ting, Chiu Kuo-chiang and Ko Lin

Taipei, Oct. 10 (CNA) The ruling and opposition parties in Taiwan on Saturday gave mixed reactions to President Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) National Day speech on cross-Taiwan Strait relations, with the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) accusing her of not practicing what she preaches.

"If President Tsai is really sincere about holding a dialogue with Beijing, she should be the one to change," the KMT said in a statement after Tsai remarked in her National Day address that her administration is willing to hold "meaningful dialogue" with Beijing to achieve peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

The KMT argued that the president talked the talk but failed to walk the walk, as evidenced by a recent incident involving the annual Straits Forum, held this year in Xiamen from Sept. 19-25.

The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had urged Taiwanese individuals and political groups not to attend the annual event, as doing so could be in violation of national security laws, adding that the forum has been used by Beijing to drum up support among Taiwanese for Chinese President Xi Jinping's plan to unify China and Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]