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“The key to cross-strait relations lies not in radical confrontation, but in profound mutual trust,” Hung Hsiu-chu wrote on a popular mainland online platform on Thursday.
She also called for a return to the 1992 consensus, an unofficial agreement between Beijing and the then-ruling KMT in Taiwan. It states that there is only one China but the two sides may disagree on what that refers to. For Beijing, the consensus is the bedrock of relations across the Taiwan Strait.
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Her social media post came days ahead of sitting KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s visit to mainland China at the invitation of Beijing.
In her post on Thursday, Hung said the prevailing cross-strait tensions stemmed from eroding political trust, pressure from great power rivalry and intensifying military stand-offs – likening it to a “state of cold peace.”
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“Without institutional security arrangements, even the smallest friction could ignite a crisis,” she wrote. “Therefore, we need a politician who has vision and can shoulder responsibilities, in order to again find a long-lasting peaceful path for both sides.”
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