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Taipei-Beijing modus vivendi acts as an engine of progress

Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of the Democratic Progressive Party who is running for president, denies the existence of the “1992 Consensus.” She cited as evidence the denial by Beijing, former President Lee Teng-hui and the deceased chairman, C.F. Koo, of the Straits Exchange Foundation. Lee, who started the ball rolling to bring about a brief detente before his retirement in 2000, continues to deny its existence, but Jia came out to acknowledge the “1992 Consensus” on behalf of Hu Jintao, who in conversation with President George W. Bush of the United States — on the topic of Ma's election as president in 2008 — agreed to improve relations across the Strait on the basis of the consensus the latter so called. Now, the standard bearer of the opposition party has only Lee as a witness to the non-existence of the “1992 Consensus.”

As a matter of fact, there's no reason why anybody should oppose the modus vivendi called the “1992 Consensus,” simply because it works to improve relations between Taiwan and China. But a few people, including Tsai and her opposition party leaders, are paranoiac, imagining it is a modus vivendi of surrender the Kuomintang, led by Lee then, concluded with China. Should Tsai accept it, there would be no need for reaching her “Consensus of Taiwan” to do business with the People's Republic of China.

One more suggestion. The opposition party may agree to let Taiwan and China reach another modus vivendi. It's one to end the state of war between the two sides of the Strait. It will be a modus vivendi of armistice — call it a peace accord if you will. It will help ensure a lasting peace across the Strait.

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December 22, 2011 csempere109@

But there is no consensus... the Chinese government doesn't accept "with different interpretations"!