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Tsai tells Beijing to find the 'olive branches' in her platform

TAIPEI--The presidential candidate of Taiwan's opposition party asked China Thursday to look for “many olive branches and good will” in her recently unveiled platform, one day after China blasted her on her stance toward Beijing.

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen said China should “spend more time thinking over and reviewing” her 10-year platform.

A day earlier, Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office Spokesman Yang Yi said that dialogue and negotiations between both sides of the Taiwan Strait will not be able to proceed if the DPP implements its stance of denying the “1992 Consensus.”

The Consensus refers to what the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) describes as a tacit understanding reached between the two sides of the strait that “there is only one China with each side free to interpret what that means.”

“We had already expected Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office would respond (to our 10-year platform and its related issues) like this in the first place,” said the DPP presidential candidate.

“In fact, there's a lot to think over for everyone. Simply put, there are actually many olive branches and good will in it,” she added.

There must be some “force of reason” within China, she said, hoping that China can look at this issue “at a higher level.” “Otherwise, neither a stronger base nor a longer relationship can be built between the two sides,” she said.

According to Tsai, the biggest interest of the two sides is to deal with all the people in Taiwan, not just the KMT or the “1992 Consensus.”

The 54-year-old Tsai also urged the KMT to tackle with cross-strait relations in an order of priority, first seeking a consensus within the country before negotiating with China.

“The KMT should stand on the same side as the people in Taiwan and make an appropriate judgment,” she said.

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August 26, 2011 mordrake@

Here we go again. Double speak meaning "we fully intend to push the envelope as far as we can in declaring independence, in order to garner all the deep green votes, but mask our words in a vagueness about pseudo-olive branches so that swing voters can be hoodwinked into thinking we're all about maintaining the status quo"