KMT’s Cheng ‘playing with fire,’ Premier Cho saysStaff writer, with CNAChinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is “playing with fire” with her remark that the Taiwan Strait should “never be a chessboard for interference by external forces,” Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday. The Taiwan Strait is an international waterway open to free transit and Cheng’s remark revealed an “erroneous” strategy that unilaterally panders to China, Cho said. Premier Cho Jung-tai, center, speaks with reporters in Taoyuan yesterday. She also deserves criticism for echoing Xi’s remarks about facilitating the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” Cho said. Her comments were a mistake, as they might have added fuel to China’s ambition to absorb the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan, he said.

Source: Taipei Times April 11, 2026 17:13 UTC