Ma criticizes government on China ties, ‘consensus’FINDING MEANING: Rebuilding ties requires the ‘1992 consensus,’ Ma said, but the Mainland Affairs Council said that ‘history has already turned the page’ on itBy Chen Yun and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerFormer president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday criticized the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the state of Taiwan-China relations, and urged it to recognize the so-called “1992 consensus.”Speaking at a Taipei symposium on Taiwan-China relations, Ma said that President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration had failed to come up with an alternative to the “consensus” and had fostered ill sentiment toward China. Former president Ma Ying-jeou speaks at a symposium on cross-strait relations yesterday in Taipei. Ma called on both sides of the Strait to strive for better relations and demonstrate good will. The Mainland Affairs Council said that Beijing had already defined the “consensus” as meaning the “one China” principle, with no room for any other interpretation. “History has already turned the page on the ‘1992 consensus.’ There is no need to discuss it any longer,” it added.

Source: Taipei Times May 08, 2021 15:56 UTC