ACTION WANTED:The TSU said the government should call an international news conference to reject the so-called ‘1992 consensus,’ as it is an under-the-table deal
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 26, 2016
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) yesterday urged the government to take measures in response to
Taiwan Solidarity Union legislators yesterday hold a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, urging the government to take a more forceful response to China’s obstruction of Taiwan’s participation in this year’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) assembly in Canada. Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times
China’s obstruction of Taiwan’s participation in this year’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) assembly in Canada, with the party calling on the government to openly denounce Beijing and reject the so-called “1992 consensus.”
The TSU said the government should take action in response to Beijing’s hostility after China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Friday last week attributed Taiwan’s exclusion from the assembly to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government’s refusal to acknowledge the “1992 consensus.”
The “1992 consensus” — a term former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi (蘇起) admitted making up in 2000 — refers to a supposed understanding between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese government that both sides acknowledge there is “one China,” with each side having its own interpretation of what “China” means.
TSU Publicity Department deputy director Chen Chia-lin (陳嘉霖) said the nation’s exclusion from the ICAO assembly once again highlights China’s agenda to coerce Taiwan to the point of removing it from a nonpolitical flight safety body. [FULL STORY]
