The China Post
Date: July 23, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao
Claims that President Tsai Ing-wen rejected the “1992 Consensus” in an interview with the
President Tsai Ing-wen shakes hands with The Washington Post’s Lally Weymouth at the Presidential Office, Taipei, Monday, July 18. (Photo Courtesy of the Presidential Office)
Washington Post were refuted by the Presidential Office Friday, which stressed that Tsai was only responding to the question at hand.
In a Q&A posted on the Washington Post website, senior associate editor Lally Weymouth asked whether it was correct that some academics said mainland China leader Xi had set a certain deadline by which he wanted her to agree to the “1992 Consensus.”
In response, Tsai said, “it isn’t likely that the government of Taiwan will accept a deadline for conditions that are against the will of the people.”
Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang clarified that Tsai was only responding to the part of the question about a “certain deadline set by Chinese authorities.” [FULL STORY]
