Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai warned Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun against making deals during her upcoming mainland China visit. Speaking in the legislature on Tuesday, he stressed that cross-strait engagements must comply with laws and no individual or group is authorized to negotiate for the government. The trip, invited by Xi Jinping, is scheduled from April 7 to 12.
The Communist Party of China Central Committee and Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, have invited Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of the Kuomintang, to visit the mainland from April 7 to 12, visiting Jiangsu province, Shanghai, and Beijing. Song Tao, head of the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee, announced the invitation on Monday. Cheng expressed thanks and accepted through the KMT chairperson's office, hoping both parties advance peaceful cross-Strait relations.
Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai, speaking in the legislature on Tuesday, said any cross-strait engagement must comply with existing laws and no individual or group was authorised to negotiate on behalf of the government. "Talks involving Taiwan’s interests, security or public authority must strictly follow legal requirements," he said, adding that engagement under the “one China” framework or the “1992 consensus” would “not be beneficial to Taiwan.”
“Public opinion in Taiwan consistently shows that people do not accept the ‘1992 consensus’ as a shared basis, nor do they believe the world follows a ‘one China’ framework,” Cho said. Cheng’s visit has rattled Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party and exposed unease within KMT ranks amid heightened Taiwan Strait tensions. Chinese analysts view the trip as promoting dialogue and warning separatist forces.
