A Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) delegation’s visit to China could cause the international community to misinterpret the will of Taiwanese to defend their country from China, the New Power Party (NPP) said yesterday.
KMT Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia (夏立言) yesterday departed for China on a nine-day visit that he said was intended to address issues related to Taiwanese living and working in China.
“Hsia went to China after US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken last week canceled a scheduled trip to Beijing following the discovery of a Chinese spy balloon in US skies, after Beijing conducted live-fire military exercises following a visit to Taiwan in August last year by [then-]US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi, and after US Air Mobility Command General Mike Minihan last month warned in a memorandum that the US could get into a war with China in 2025 over Taiwan,” the party said in a statement.
Beijing has banned imports of pineapple sugar apples and other agricultural products over the past few years, it said.
In spite of these hostile actions, Hsia and KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) were eager for a delegation to visit China after Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office Director Song Tao (宋濤) on Sunday said that negotiations between Taiwan and China could resume so long as Taipei recognizes the so-called “1992 consensus,” the party said.
The “1992 consensus,” a term former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi (蘇起) in 2006 admitted making up in 2000, refers to a tacit agreement between the KMT and the Chinese government that each side acknowledges the existence of “one China,” but maintains its own interpretation of what that means.
Beijing’s recent military, political and economic actions regarding Taiwan have been designed so that pro-China groups in Taiwan can spin issues in their favor, the NPP said.
“We strongly condemn the KMT for sending Hsia to visit China when Beijing has not ceased operations to influence politics in Taiwan. The trip compromises the interests and safety of Taiwanese,” it said.
Hsia’s trip is the KMT’s way of seeking the approval of the Chinese Communist Party ahead of next year’s presidential election, it said.
“Hsia should use the opportunity to tell China to stop its military threats against Taiwan and not make the life of ordinary people difficult. He should convey the Taiwanese resolve to pursue democracy and freedom,” it said.
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