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Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party was elected president in May 2016. Ever since her election, she has generally rejected the 1992 consensus, instead only recognized the 1992 historical fact. However, President of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping stressed China’s intent to safeguard its "one-China principle," In addition,China has increased efforts to curb Taiwan Independence, resulting in the suspension of cross-strait official consultation negotiations. In the international arena, China has begun to limit Taiwan’s international space and open up a diplomatic war. It has also unilaterally released benefits of drawing Taiwan’s people to work or live in China bypassing government of Taiwan. This has caused cross-strait relations to regress.
This study explores the origins and implications of the 1992 Consensus, and whether the recognition of the 1992 consensus by the two leaders will have an impact on the cross-strait negotiations and the two-party agreement. It will also affect the degree of cross-strait political mutual trust and impact Taiwan’s national defense and diplomatic policy. Historical facts revealed that during the 30 years of cross-strait exchanges, the 1992 consensus has been the bridge for cross-strait communication and the basis for trust. Once the mutual trust is gone, the negotiations and institutionalized mechanism between the two sides no longer exist. In addition, China has been playing politics to exclude Taiwan from the world stage, such as WHA and ICAO. Marginalizing Taiwan through limiting its international space and snagging four allies from Taiwan in the past 2 years. Beijing considers Taiwan to be a province and to be reunified and demands forty-four global airlines to refer to Taiwan explicitly as a part of China. Also, Chinese aircraft have been circlingTaiwan thirty-nine times. Moreover, Beijing suddenly announced the activation of northbound flights on the M503 air route without consulting Taiwan. Furthermore, Xi implements the ideas of The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Taiwanese, especially the youth by giving them opportunities to work in China with a plan outlining 31 measures to welcome them to investment in some of the nation’s most restricted industries, including finance, entertainment, and energy. Convergence is prosperous; when it is apart, it is hurt is what describe 1992 Consensus and Cross-Strait relations. Although the “1992 Consensus” is just a term, it has been regarded by Beijing as "the consensus between the KMT and the CCP," "the cross-strait consensus," and "the consensus within the Chinese Communist Party." DPP doesn’t like the term, denies the term and does not accept the term. It recommended CCP to find a new term and a new consensus that both sides can accept and establish a mechanism of communication. A peaceful cross-strait relation is the blessing of the compatriots on both sides of the strait.
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