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No `China fever' within party : DPP

ROC Central News Agency

2010/12/20 20:07:46

Taipei, Dec. 20 (CNA) The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said Monday that there is no "China fever" within the party and that it will try to face China soberly and calmly.

Cheng Wen-tsang, a spokesman of the party that has long advocated Taiwan independence, was rebutting a new report that "a China fever has been arising within the DPP" after DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen decided to establish a party think tank for research mainly on how the party should engage with the other side of the Taiwan Strait.

"We will face China calmly, in stark contrast to the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), which has been `embracing China' enthusiastically," Cheng added.

He said that although the DPP will not exclude the possibility of dialogue with China, such talks can take place only when the sovereignty of Taiwan and the values of democracy and human rights are fully safeguarded.

After becoming operational, the think tank will work out proposals concerning the DPP's China policy, including exchanges between the governments, civic groups, think tanks and cultural organizations on the two sides of the strait.

"In this way, we (the DPP) will not establish an exclusive DPP-Communist Party of China (CPC) communication platform such as the one between the KMT and the CPC," Cheng added.

Another DPP spokesman, Tsai Chi-chang, said that Tsai Ing-wen has unveiled four principles in the DPP's China strategy:

-- The relationship between China and Taiwan must be mutually beneficial rather than mutually discriminatory, must be peaceful rather than based on conflict, and must be built on an equal footing rather than on a superior-subordinate basis;

-- The DPP will only consider Taiwan's relations with China from the perspectives of global strategic balance and regional security, and that the ties will not fall within the "one China" framework demanded by China;

-- The DPP will insist on democracy and demand that the formation and implementation of all China policies must follow democratic procedures and that important issues must be decided by the people through referendum; and

-- The DPP will insist on the universal values of freedom, democracy and human rights, which make Taiwan totally different from China. (By Wen Kuei-haiang & Bear Lee) ENDITEM/J