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President touts special 'cross-strait model'

ROC Central News Agency

2011/11/03 18:50:15

By Kelven Huang and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday that the government is developing ties with mainland China according to a special "cross-Taiwan Strait model," with the aim of achieving long- lasting peace.

The model is neither a "Hong Kong model" nor a "Tibet model," Ma said.

According to the president, the "cross-strait model" would allow Taiwan to maintain the status quo of "no unification, no independence, no use of force" and promote cross-strait peace on the basis of the so-called "1992 consensus" of "one China, different interpretations."

He said that for Taiwan's part, one China "refers to the Republic of China, which is the only interpretation according to our Constitution."

Ma made the remarks while receiving a foreign delegation that was in Taiwan for an academic symposium on China's development model. Among the delegates was Harry Harding, founding dean of the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.

Ma recalled that Harding had a meeting with former President Chen Shui-bian during a visit he made to Taiwan 11 years ago, at which time Chen said he would accept the "1992 consensus" if Beijing would also accept it.

Twenty-four hours later, however, then-Mainland Affairs Council Minister Tsai Ing-wen denied that Chen's statement represented government policy, Ma said.

Tsai is now the opposition Democratic Progressive Party's chairwoman and presidential candidate.

According to Ma, Tsai's continued denial of the existence of the "1992 consensus" could upset the stability of cross-strait relations in the future if she is elected.