The China Post
Date: September 6, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Newly appointed Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) chairman Tien Hung-mao (田
In a radio interview conducted on Monday, newly appointed chairman Tien Hung-mao of the Straits Exchange Foundation denies press reports about his alleged role as a secret envoy to mainland China in 1993 for President Lee Teng-hui. (CNA)
弘茂) expressed hopes of engaging in dialogue with senior mainland Chinese authorities over an alternative to the “1992 Consensus” on Monday, saying that current cross-strait relations cannot get any worse.
Tien, speaking during a radio interview, said that while top Chinese authorities have yet to say anything about cross-strait relations, he hoped that he still had room for both sides to agree on an alternative solution to the “1992 Consensus.”
“(The alternative solution) could allow us to reach mutual respect and understanding,” Tien said. Tien said that any alternative to the “1992 Consensus” must be forged on terms that Beijing can fully accept.
“Cross-strait relations are at their worst at the moment,” he said. “It cannot get any worse.”
Tien also said that comments by Taiwan Affairs Office head Zhang Zhijun (張志軍) are not sufficient to represent the stance of senior Chinese representatives [FULL STORY]
