Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a top Chinese political advisory body, made the remarks in fron of former KMT chairman Wu Poh-hsiung at the opening of the forum in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
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| Wu Po-hsiung in Beijing |
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) widely refuses to recognize the 1992 consensus and insists it does not exist. To its credit, former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi admitted he coined the term in 2000, just before the beginning Chen Shui-bian's presidency, the first DPP president.
Also discussed at the forum was the issue of increased cross-strait flights for tourists from both countries. With the advent of hi-speed rail, domestic flight numbers have been steadily dropping in Taiwan, and the same is expected to happen with China when it completes its own hi-speed rails. Wu hopes that spare flights can be re-purposed to accommodate cross-strait travel.
Over the years, the KMT's hardline stance against the mainland has softened and now the party seeks to restore and normalize economic and social ties with China. The dialogue is kept alive by a precarious status quo, where China makes no attempt to regulate or govern Taiwan, and Taiwan makes no declarations of independence or radical political moves. However, the DPP favors breaking all past ties with the mainland, for instance, the renaming of the Republic of China (which is Taiwan's present official name) to the Republic of Taiwan. It seems that this needlessly endangers Taiwan by provoking China, and even in the face of gradual reconciliation, the DPP still advocates a hardline independence stance.
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