Editing 1992 Consensus (section)

=== Ma Ying-jeou and Hu Jintao era===

The election of Ma Ying-jeou to the presidential office and the victory of KMT in the parliament election saw both sides of the Taiwan strait moving closer. In his inauguration speech on 20 May 2008, Ma stated that both sides of the strait reached a consensus in 1992, which saw "one China with different interpretations" and the ROC would resume talks with the PRC as soon as possible based on the 1992 Consensus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcc.com.tw/bcc_event/520/520.htm |script-title=zh:中華民國第12任總統就職演說全文 |publisher=Broadcasting Corporation of China |language=zh |date=2008-05-20 |access-date=2008-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330130153/http://www.bcc.com.tw/bcc_event/520/520.htm |archive-date=2009-03-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2008, CCP invited the chairman of KMT, [[Wu Po-hsiung]], to engage in an intraparty dialog in Beijing where Wu met the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]], [[Hu Jintao]] on 28 May. After the meeting, the state news agency [[Xinhua News Agency|Xinhua]] reported that participants in the meeting declared that both sides across the strait will lay aside disputes, and work for a win-win situation on the basis of the 1992 Consensus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/29/content_8279828.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330142746/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/29/content_8279828.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 30, 2009 |title=KMT chairman appeals for more cross-Strait economic, cultural exchanges| publisher = Xinhua News Agency | date = 2008-05-29 | access-date=2008-05-30}}</ref> The semi-governmental dialog between the SEF from Taiwan and the ARATS from China was scheduled to re-open on the basis of the 1992 Consensus, with the first meeting held in June. The first priority for the SEF-ARATS meeting was the establishments of the [[three links]], especially direct flights between mainland China and Taiwan. On 4 July 2008, [[Cross-strait charter|Weekend direct chartered flights]] between mainland China and Taiwan commenced subsequent to the semi-official talk in Beijing.

In an interview by the Mexico-based newspaper ''[[El Sol de México]]'' on 2 September 2008, Ma was asked about his views on the subject of "[[two Chinas]]" and if there is a solution for the sovereignty issues between the two. The ROC President replied that the relations are not between two sovereign states, not between "two Chinas". "It is a [[Special non-state-to-state relations|special relationship]]", he said. Ma also stated that the sovereignty issues between the two cannot be resolved at present, and then quoted the 1992 Consensus, as a temporary measure until a solution becomes available.<ref>{{cite news|title=Taiwan and China in "special relations": Ma |publisher=China Post |date=2008-09-04 |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan%20relations/2008/09/04/173082/Taiwan-and.htm |access-date=4 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906092524/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan%20relations/2008/09/04/173082/Taiwan-and.htm |archive-date=6 September 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The spokesman for the ROC Presidential Office [[Wang Yu-chi]] later clarified the President's statement and said that the relations are between two regions of one country, based on the context of ROC Constitution, the [[Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area]] and the 1992 Consensus.<ref>{{cite news|title=Presidential Office defends Ma |work=Taipei Times |date=2008-09-05 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/09/05/2003422339 |access-date=24 September 2008  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911200500/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/09/05/2003422339 |archive-date=11 September 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>

CCP and its leader Hu didn't evaluate any new meaning of the Consensus from the other side of the strait. A phone call between the heads of state of China and [[United States of America|United States]], the most important ally of Taiwan, occurred in 2008. The English website of Xinhua reported that [[Hu Jintao]] told President [[George W. Bush]] that it is PRC's "consistent stand that the Chinese Mainland and Taiwan should restore consultation and talks on the basis of the 1992 Consensus, which sees both sides recognize there is only one China, but agree to differ on its definition".<ref name=ft20080403>{{cite news |last=Hille |first=Kathrin |date=3 April 2008 |title=Hopes rise for Taiwan-China dialogue |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2a1e1adc-00c8-11dd-a0c5-000077b07658 |work=Financial Times |archive-date=6 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220106084016/https://www.ft.com/content/2a1e1adc-00c8-11dd-a0c5-000077b07658 |quote=According to a US account of the talks, Mr Hu said: It is China's consistent stand that the Chinese mainland and Taiwan should restore consultation and talks on the basis of 'the 1992 consensus', which sees both sides recognise there is only one China, but agree to differ on its definition. |access-date=23 January 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=PRCVancouver20080326>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=26 March 2008 |title=Chinese, U.S. presidents hold telephone talks on Taiwan, Tibet |url=https://www.mfa.gov.cn/ce/cgvan//eng/news/t418638.htm |publisher=Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Vancouver}}</ref><ref name=bw20080327>{{Cite web |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080327005800/en/CORRECTED-Press-Briefing-National-Security-Advisor-Stephen#.VUoRqtNViko |title=Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on the President's Trip to the NATO Summit |publisher=White House Press Office |agency=Business Wire |archive-date=2015-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930143911/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080327005800/en/CORRECTED-Press-Briefing-National-Security-Advisor-Stephen#.VUoRqtNViko |url-status=dead |quote=He said that it is China's consistent stand that the Chinese mainland and Taiwan should restore consultation and talks on the basis of the 1992 consensus, which sees both sides recognize there is only one China, but agree to differ on its definitions.}}</ref> The Chinese version of the same agency only mentioned that the resumption of the talks should be on the basis of the 1992 Consensus without expanding into the meaning of the Consensus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/tw/2008-03/26/content_7865604.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401223404/http://news.xinhuanet.com/tw/2008-03/26/content_7865604.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 1, 2008 |script-title=zh:胡锦涛:在"九二共识"基础上恢复两岸协商谈判|language = zh | publisher = Xinhua News Agency | date = 2008-03-27 | access-date=2008-05-30}}</ref> On 12 January 2011, Xinhua reiterated Beijing's position on this issue by saying that "under which both sides adhere to the One-China Principle", which is a highlight of the first half of the Consensus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-01/12/c_13687724.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107083009/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-01/12/c_13687724.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |title=Chinese spokeswoman stresses importance of '1992 consensus' to improving cross-Strait relations |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |date=2011-01-12 |access-date=2011-09-11}}</ref>

During the [[Ma-Xi meeting|cross-strait summit]] in 2015, the Consensus was stressed by both Ma and [[Xi Jinping]], the successor of Hu Jintao.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bush |first1=RIchard C. |title=What the historic Ma-Xi meeting could mean for cross-Strait relations |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2015/11/09/what-the-historic-ma-xi-meeting-could-mean-for-cross-strait-relations/ |access-date=10 March 2021 |work=[[Brookings Institution]]}}</ref>  During the meetings, Ma brought up the second half of the Consensus "different interpretations of one China" in front of the leader of China, but Xi made no remarkable response.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Stacy |title=MAC releases Ma-Xi meeting transcript |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/11/10/2003632096 |access-date=10 March 2021 |work=[[Taipei Times]]}}</ref>