By Shih Hsiao-kuang and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) must clarify its stance on the so-called “1992 consensus,” former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said yesterday, adding that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) definition of the term is different from that of the KMT’s. Ma rejected the notion that acknowledging the “1992 consensus” equates to embracing the “one country, two systems” concept, saying that the KMT’s definition has always been a stop-gap prior to unification. Former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) responded to former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s (鄧小平) “one country, two systems” proposal by saying: “A country needs only one good system,” Ma said. The “1992 consensus” is the most important political foundation for cross-strait relations, Ma added. Ma also called on Tsai’s administration to allow local governments to initiate talks with their Chinese counterparts.

Source: Taipei Times January 03, 2019 15:56 UTC