The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Thursday continued to question KMT presumptive presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu’s (洪秀柱) cross-strait policy platform, accusing her of constantly changing her stance.
While President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has based his cross-strait policy on the principle of “one China, different interpretations,” Hung said that position would lead to Taiwanese independence, so she proposed the idea of “one China, same interpretation.”
Hung’s new proposal immediately triggered controversy and criticism, especially after she said that she could not say that the Republic of China (ROC) exists, because that would imply there are two Chinas.
The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) leadership also had concerns, with KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) reiterating that “one China, different interpretations” is the party’s official stance and all official KMT candidates should abide by it.
Hung was then quoted by KMT officials as saying that she would change her stance, and she said she would stop using the term “one China, same interpretation,” but she never officially clarified her stance.
“The KMT will officially adopt its political guidelines at the weekend, when Hung will officially be nominated as its presidential candidate, but the KMT and the Hung team have yet to explain who will have the final say on the KMT’s official stance on cross-strait issues,” DPP spokesperson Wang Min-sheng (王閔生) said at a news conference at the DPP headquarters in Taipei. “It seems like, while Hung said she would follow the KMT’s official stance, she did not actually give up her ‘one China, same interpretation.’”
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