China has a warning for Taiwan opposition
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China’s mainland told Taiwan’s main opposition Democratic Progressive Party that it should heed the lessons of the last time it was in power and not push for independence.
The warning came as the DPP announced its candidate for next year’s election on the island.
The DPP’s cross-Strait relations policy is being dragged down by its “one country on each side” concept, said Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman with the State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office, commenting on remarks on cross-Strait relations by DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen.
The DPP yesterday endorsed Tsai’s candidacy in the 2016 election.
Both sides of the Taiwan Strait agreed to the 1992 Consensus and opposed Taiwan independence, which is the political foundation for peaceful cross-Strait relations, Ma said at a press conference in Beijing.
“The anchor of cross-Strait relations is the common understanding that both the mainland and Taiwan belong to China,” he said.
The two sides should not forget the tension between 2000 and 2008, he said.
During that time, the island’s leader was a member of the DPP.
“We hope compatriots on both sides can honor the political foundation for peaceful cross-Strait relations and work together to maintain a favorable situation,” he said. “We should also continue with progress that benefits the people on both sides.”
Tsai is seeking the Taiwan leadership for the second time having lost to Ma Ying-jeou in 2012. The 58-year-old, a fluent English speaker educated at Cornell and the London School of Economics, was uncontested in the DPP primary.
The ruling Kuomintang party started its nomination process for the 2016 election yesterday.
Hung Hsiu-chu, deputy head of the island’s legislature, is the only KMT member who has publicly announced a bid so far.
Other leadership candidate hopefuls, including KMT chairman Eric Chu and Wang Jin-pyng, the island’s top legislator, have, so far, not declared.
Ma, who cannot run again after two terms in office, has overseen a series of landmark economic deals with China’s mainland.
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