According to Taiwan's "China Times," the KMT presidential election will be voted on 25 July, and Zhu Lilun, Jiang Qichen, Zhang Yazhong, and Zhuo Boyuan, four candidates, attended the "Kuomintang Chairman's Big Stand - Have the Courage to Defend" debate held by Zhongtian News yesterday. In view of the cross-strait issue, Jiang Qichen proposed to restart the cross-strait opportunity with the "1992 Consensus", stressing that if he is re-elected as party chairman, he will personally go to the other side to carry out high-level talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Zhu Lilun advocated "seeking common ground while reserving differences and respecting each other," and alluded to the fact that Zhang Yazhong's proposal to sign a "Memorandum of Peace" with the mainland was not pragmatic or feasible. Zhang Yazhong criticized the "seeking common ground among different countries" instead of resolving the issue of cross-strait hostility, and all he said was empty talk.
During the golden week of the kmt's presidential election, Zhu Lilun, Jiang Qichen, Zhang Yazhong, and Zhuo Boyuan jointly attended the live webcast debate hosted by Zhongtian News yesterday. During the meeting, Zhu Lilun and Zhang Yazhong confronted each other, especially on cross-strait issues, and questioned each other's proposals.
During the questioning stage of media people, Wang Mingyi, editor-in-chief of China Times, asked how the KMT should explain to the outside world how the "1992 Consensus" was "stigmatized" by the DPP and strive for more Taiwanese to understand, recognize, and accept it; in addition, how the KMT views the positioning and connotation of the "1992 Consensus."
Zhu Lilun said that the basis for cross-strait exchanges is "seeking common ground while reserving differences," which is the basic spirit of the "1992 Consensus" and the creation of new ambiguities.
However, Zhang Yazhong criticized that Zhu Lilun's proposal to "seek common ground while reserving differences" is an ignorance of the "1992 Consensus." Zhang Yazhong said: Of course, the "1992 Consensus" is a needle in the haystack, but the "1992 Consensus" can only handle transactional issues; for example, during the period of the Ma authorities, it was only a "diplomatic truce, which could not end the state of hostility between the two sides of the strait and bring the two sides of the strait toward peace. Zhang Ya mentioned that if he is elected party chairman, he will put forward a "memorandum of peace" and find a consensus acceptable to both sides, not their own ideas, but the product of compromise and acceptance.
Zhu Lilun countered that the KMT is now an "opposition party," not a "ruling party," and should not think one step at a time or violate the "regulations on cross-strait relations" to sign agreements and memorandums; what the KMT can do now is "social force exchanges," such as culture, religion, cities, sports, economy and trade, and academia.
Jiang Qichen said: The cross-strait consensus is to "have one China and each other's own expressions," seeking common ground while reserving differences, shelving disputes, carrying out exchanges, and resolving people's problems. However, in recent years, the "1992 Consensus" has been smeared and smeared, and if he is re-elected as party chairman, he will personally lead a team to the mainland to carry out high-level talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
Zhuo Boyuan held that the "1992 Consensus" is an important foundation for peace between the two sides of the strait, and the DPP's abandonment of the "1992 Consensus" after "taking power" has caused tension in cross-strait relations, and if it continues to deteriorate, there may be war; if it can evolve and sublimate, to ensure cross-strait peace and exchanges, this is what the people expect.