Editing 1992 Consensus (section)

=== Tsai Ing-wen and Xi Jinping era ===

In her 2016 campaign, [[Tsai Ing-wen]] did not challenge the 1992 consensus, but did not explicitly accept it either, referring instead to "existing realities and political foundations".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Romberg |first1=Alan D. |url=https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/clm49ar.pdf |title=The "1992 Consensus"—Adapting to the Future? |website=[[Hoover Institution]] |access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tsai's inauguration speech 'incomplete test paper': Beijing |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/05/21/2003646796 |website=[[Taipei Times]] |date=21 May 2016 |access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref>

After Tsai's victory in the presidential election of Taiwan, [[Chinese Communist Party]] [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|general secretary]] Xi Jinping stated on 12 March 2016, that the 1992 Consensus was "the greatest common denominator and political bottom line for the peaceful development of cross-strait relations".<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Zhao |first=Suisheng |author-link=Suisheng Zhao |title=The Taiwan Question in Xi Jinping's Era: Beijing's Evolving Taiwan Policy and Taiwan's Internal and External Dynamics |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2024 |isbn=9781032861661 |editor-last=Zhao |editor-first=Suisheng |editor-link=Suisheng Zhao |location=London and New York |pages= |chapter=Is Beijing's Long Game on Taiwan about to End? Peaceful Unification, Brinksmanship, and Military Takeover |doi=10.4324/9781003521709}}</ref>{{Rp|page=13}}

On 2 January 2019, Xi Jinping marked the 40th Anniversary message to Taiwan compatriots with a long speech calling for the adherence to the 1992 Consensus and vigorously opposing Taiwanese independence.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/01/07/8-key-things-to-notice-from-xi-jinpings-new-year-speech-on-taiwan/|title=8 key things to notice from Xi Jinping's New Year speech on Taiwan|last=Bush|first=Richard C.|date=2019-01-07|website=Brookings|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-09}}</ref> He said the political resolution of the Taiwan issue will be the formula used in Hong Kong and Macau, the one country, two systems.<ref name=":0" /> The ROC President, [[Tsai Ing-wen]] responded to Xi's speech the same day. She stated that "the Beijing authorities' definition of the '1992 Consensus' is 'one China' and 'one country, two systems'", and that "we have never accepted the '1992 Consensus.'"<ref>{{cite news|title= President Tsai issues statement on China's President Xi's "Message to Compatriots in Taiwan"|date=2018-01-02|url=https://english.president.gov.tw/News/5621}}</ref> Tsai later called for the PRC to conduct negotiations with the Taiwanese government to resolve the political status of Taiwan rather than engage in political consultations with individual Taiwanese political parties to advance their reunification goals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2180830/taiwan-president-tsai-ing-wen-open-cross-strait-talks-has-some|title=Taiwan's president open to cross-strait talks, but has some demands|date=2019-01-05|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-01-09|author-last1=Chung|author-first1=Lawrence}}</ref> A January 2020 piece in ''[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]'' noted that the CCP, KMT, and DPP were all currently challenging their own conceptions of the 1992 consensus.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Zihao |title=Is This the End of the 1992 Consensus? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/is-this-the-end-of-the-1992-consensus-2/ |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat |access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref> A task force convened by the Kuomintang's reform committee issued new guidelines on cross-strait relations in June 2020. The task force found that public trust in the consensus had declined due to the actions of Beijing and DPP. The consensus was described as "a historical description of past cross-strait interaction," and the task force proposed that the consensus be replaced with a commitment to "upholding the Republic of China’s national sovereignty; safeguarding freedom, democracy and human rights; prioritizing the safety of Taiwan; and creating win-win cross-strait relations."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shih |first1=Hsiao-kuang |last2=Xie |first2=Dennis |title=KMT task force unveils four pillars for stable, peaceful cross-strait relations |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/06/20/2003738531 |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=20 June 2020}}</ref>

Following the landslide defeat of the KMT in the [[2020 Taiwanese presidential election]], some commentators speculated that the KMT would remove the 1992 Consensus from the party platform due to its associations with "one country, two systems".<ref name="rand2020" />  However, KMT chairman [[Johnny Chiang]] ultimately kept the 1992 Consensus.  However, he rejected the "one country, two systems" as a feasible model for Taiwan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blanchard |first1=Ben |last2=Lee |first2=Yimou |title=Taiwan opposition chief in no rush for China meeting |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwan-opposition-chief-in-no-rush-for-china-meeting-idUSKCN2AU0IV |access-date=11 March 2021|website=Reuters}}</ref> In 2021, the [[Taiwan Affairs Office]] stated that the meaning of the 1992 consensus is "both sides of the strait belong to one China, and work together to strive for national unification".<ref name="tao2021">{{cite news |title=江啟臣提九二共識立基於憲法 國台辦正告KMT：謀統不能模糊 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3484715|access-date=2021-03-31 |work=[[Liberty Times]] |date= 2021-03-31|language=zh-hant}}</ref>  The KMT platform under newly elected chairman [[Eric Chu]] also continued to include the 1992 consensus while rejecting "one country, two systems".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Cheng-chung |last2=Liu |first2=Kuan-ting |last3=Liu |first3=Kay |title=KMT vows to 'defend Taiwan, protect democracy, fight for future' |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202110300015 |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=[[Central News Agency (Taiwan)]]}}</ref> In 2022, Chu called the 1992 Consensus a "'no consensus' consensus."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chin-yeh |first1=Chiang |last2=Pei-ju |first2=Teng |title='1992 consensus' key to KMT's engagement with Beijing: Eric Chu |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202206070019 |website=focustaiwan.tw |date=7 June 2022 |publisher=Focus Taiwan |access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>