No change on Taiwan for CCP: officialEYE ON PRIZE: Although a CCP resolution mentions the ‘unswerving historical mission’ of ‘unifying’ China, its primary focus was on solidifying Xi’s position, Wellington Koo saidBy Hsieh Chun-lin and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe absence of a timeline for addressing the “Taiwan issue” in a “historical” Chinese Communist Party (CCP) resolution adopted last week indicates there is no change in Beijing’s Taiwan policy, despite saying it is central to party philosophy, National Security Council Secretary-General Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said yesterday. Presidential Office Secretary-General David Lee, left, and National Security Council Secretary-General Wellington Koo attend a legislative hearing in Taipei yesterday. The Taiwan comment was an obligatory mention that does not differ from previous CCP statements, he added. After his call with Xi on Monday, Biden told reporters in New Hampshire on Tuesday that Taiwan is “independent. US policy toward China is gradually becoming clearer, first by it firmly opposing any change in cross-strait stability by non-peaceful means, Koo said.

Source: Taipei Times November 18, 2021 19:10 UTC