Executive Yuan: China Uses Zheng-Xi Meeting to Pave Way for "Peaceful Unification," but it's Essentially Annexation of Taiwan

Kuomintang Chairman Cheng Li-wen met with Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping today in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Their discussion mentioned the "1992 Consensus, opposing Taiwan independence" as the so-called "common political foundation" between the KMT and CCP, and also stated that the Taiwan Strait does not tolerate "external forces" intervention.

Executive Yuan spokesperson Li Hui-chih stated via media groups this evening that the Beijing authorities have long attempted to incorporate Taiwan into a "one China" framework through interactions with some Taiwanese political parties, positioning cross-strait relations as "China's internal affairs." However, Taiwan will not accept such claims that obliterate Taiwan's sovereignty and eliminate the Republic of China, and 23 million people firmly oppose them.

Li Hui-chih said that China clearly interprets the so-called "1992 Consensus" based on the "one China principle," and uses "one country, two systems" as the ultimate political arrangement for Taiwan. In other words, the political signal conveyed by this meeting is China's attempt to incorporate Taiwan into the "one China framework" through party interactions, laying a political foundation for so-called "peaceful unification" to achieve the substantive goal of annexing Taiwan.

She stated that in a democratic society, political parties can have different stances, but on issues involving national sovereignty and Taiwan's overall interests, any political party interacting with China should clearly express and uphold Taiwan's subjectivity. Furthermore, defining the international community's concern for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait as "external force intervention" is inconsistent with the widely recognized international consensus and puts Taiwan at high risk.

Li Hui-chih emphasized that Taiwan is the Taiwan of Taiwanese people, and the Taiwan of the world. Taiwan's future can only be decided by its 23 million people. She also stated that the Taiwan Strait is a free passage for the democratic world, and maintaining its freedom, openness, peace, and stability is in the common interest of the international community. Any political attempt to incorporate democratic Taiwan into the "one China framework" will not shake the government's stance on defending the sovereignty and democratic system of the Republic of China (Taiwan). (Edited by Lin Hsing-meng) 1150410