Staff writer, with CNAPresident Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Monday said that she would consider meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) as long as it was on an equal footing. In an interview with SET News, Tsai said that she would be willing to meet with Xi based on the four principles she says are needed to stabilize the relationship across the Taiwan Strait: peace, parity, democracy and dialogue. According to Tsai, “peace” means that China must abandon threats of force against Taiwan, while “parity” means that neither side of the Taiwan Strait should deny the other’s existence. Tsai and the DPP have long rejected the “1992 consensus.”Beijing has not hinted at any possibility of Tsai meeting Xi, but the media has continued to ask about her willingness to meet with him. During the interview, Tsai said she hoped that China would listen carefully to what Taiwanese implied with their votes, especially when considering policies on Taiwan.

Source: Taipei Times January 21, 2020 16:01 UTC