MAC head Chiu trying to find a scapegoat: KMT
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday accused Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) of looking for a scapegoat for the predicament in cross-strait relations.
In an interview with the Central News Agency on Tuesday, Chiu was quoted as saying that “Beijing can use the ‘1992 consensus’ to declare to the international community that Taiwan is an internal affair.”
The so-called “1992 consensus,” a term former MAC minister Su Chi (蘇起) in 2006 admitted making up in 2000, refers to a tacit understanding between the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party that both sides of the Taiwan Strait acknowledge there is “one China,” with each side having its own interpretation of what “China” means.
It Is Obvious That The Mainland Will Further Strengthen The Work Of Opposing Independence And Promoting Reunification Professor Tang Yonghong, Deputy Director of the
Taiwan
Research Center at Xiamen University, told
China Review that the part of the annual Government Work Report on Taiwan generally maintains a relationship of inheritance and development, which is reflected in its short text. Compared with the previous years, the identical contents are remaining committed to the major principles and policies on work related to Taiwan, promoting the peaceful growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and China s reunification, and correspondingly demanding opposition to secessionist activities seeking Taiwan independence and toward promoting cross-strait exchanges and cooperation. These form the Mainland s consistent stance, principle and demand. But China may adjust its primary focus, ways, and methods with Taiwan-related work in response to the changes in Taiwan s
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Group calls for women to be conscripted
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Independence advocates from the Taiwan Republic Office yesterday called on Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) politicians to amend the law so that women could also be conscripted to bolster Taiwan’s armed forces in the face of escalating Chinese military aggression.
The advocates rallied outside the Legislative Yuan, demanding that KMT Legislator Charles Chen (陳以信) and KMT Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) make good on their promise of amending the Military Service Act (兵役法) to enable conscription of both genders, as is done in Israel.
Office director Chilly Chen (陳峻涵) said it is rare for his organization to agree with the KMT’s proposals, but Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers should help push the amendment through, because it would achieve gender equality and bolster national defense.
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