KMT-CCP forum harms national dignity: DPPBy Jonathan Chin / Staff writerThe Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) cross-strait exchange forum would severely harm national dignity and security, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday. Chinese Nationalist Party Vice Chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen, left, and National Policy Foundation chairman Lee Hong-yuan speak at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times“The uncanny coordination calls into question whether the KMT answers to Taiwan or China,” she said. The KMT’s meek acceptance of Beijing’s arrangements for the meeting surrenders the nation’s agency to Chinese whims, which harms national dignity and creates a national security risk, she said. The forum is an opening to broadening exchanges between Taiwan and China that would contribute to peace, stability and prosperity, he said.

Source: Taipei Times January 28, 2026 16:27 UTC