KMT, CCP back ‘1992 consensus’ at Beijing forumBy Sam Garcia / Staff writer, with CNAChina’s Taiwan Affairs Office Director Song Tao (宋濤) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Deputy Chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen (蕭旭岑) both spoke about upholding the so-called “1992 consensus,” opposing Taiwanese independence and “rejuvenating the Chinese nation” as pillars of cross-strait relations at a KMT-Chinese Communist Party (CPP) think tank exchange forum in Beijing today. People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait hope for cross-strait relations to stabilize and improve, Song said in his opening remarks. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Deputy Chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen speaks at a KMT-Chinese Communist Party think tank exchange forum in Beijing today. The KMT and CCP are responsible for the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and protecting the “Chinese homeland,” Song said. The past 30 years have shown that cross-strait exchanges and cooperation best serve the common interests of people on both sides, Hsiao said.
Source: Taipei Times February 03, 2026 13:50 UTC