Taiwan should stabilise cross-Strait relations by emphasising a Chinese identity, but refrain from discussing an eventual political solution in its conflict with China, a presidential hopeful from the opposition Kuomintang has said.
“We want to, first of all, pull back to the line that we are all part of the Chinese nation,” Eric Chu, the frontrunner to be KMT’s candidate in next January’s presidential elections, told the Financial Times in an interview.
The pledge signalled to Beijing the KMT hoped to return to the mode of cross-Strait relations under Ma Ying-jeou, the KMT president until 2016, who pushed closer economic and cultural integration with China.