Page has turned on ‘1992 consensus’: MACUNDERMINING RELATIONS: Both sides of the Strait must foster the stable environment needed for virus recovery, Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chen Ming-tong saidStaff writer, with CNA“A page in history has already been turned” on the issue of the so-called “1992 consensus” in cross-strait relations, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chen Ming-tong (陳明通) said yesterday at a legislative committee meeting, when commenting on China’s response to President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) inaugural address the previous day. In her first inaugural address, on May 20, 2016, Tsai said that she respected the historic fact that a cross-strait meeting in 1992 reached a shared understanding that sought common ground while retaining differences. Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chen Ming-tong gestures as he speaks to lawmakers at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. However, Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party government has undermined cross-strait relations by refusing to recognize the “1992 consensus,” Ma added. Commenting on Ma’s statement at a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Internal Administration Committee, Chen said that “a page in history has already been turned,” so there is no longer any need to discuss the “1992 consensus” further.

Source: Taipei Times May 21, 2020 15:56 UTC