Cheng’s comments harmed Taiwan: DPPBy Chen Cheng-yu, Fang Wei-li and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writerChinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s (鄭麗文) comments in China have harmed the nation’s legitimacy, government officials and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers said yesterday, as the opposition leader visited the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing amid fanfare. Democratic Progressive Party legislative caucus chief executive Chuang Jui-hsiung, second right, speaks at a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. “Cheng’s furtive references to the ROC served to only placate a domestic audience in Taiwan and went entirely unnoticed by Chinese media,” it said. Simultaneously, China uses cross-strait exchanges with specific people and groups as a pretext to sow division in Taiwan, with the goal of making Taiwanese accept a peace dictated by Beijing, Tsai said. These targeted exchanges are choreographed to yield certain benefits to promote pro-Beijing political factions and weaken Taiwan, he said.

Source: Taipei Times April 08, 2026 17:13 UTC