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| Traditional Chinese | 一個中國各自表述 | ||||||||
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One China with respective interpretations (Chinese:一中各表;pinyin:Yīzhōng Gèbiǎo;Wade–Giles:I1-chung1 Ko4-piao3) orone China, different interpretations is one of the discourses oncross-strait relations, proposed by theKuomintang (KMT). It originated from the Kuomintang-ledRepublic of China'sGuidelines for National Unification Program, which argued that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are one China and two political entities, and that theRepublic of China and thePeople's Republic of China can each express their own representation of China. "One China with respective interpretations" was not accepted by theChinese Communist Party (CCP)-ledPeople's Republic of China, which considered it insufficient to reflect the spirit of "the two sides of the Taiwan Strait jointly seeking national unification" (两岸共同谋求国家统一).
After 2000, this statement was often replaced by the term "1992 Consensus, with the KMT using the "One China with respective interpretations" as the basis for its assertion of the 1992 Consensus. The Chinese mainland has repeatedly claimed that the 1992 Consensus should not only be interpreted as the "One China with respective interpretations" but also includes the requirement that “both sides of the Taiwan Strait work together to seek national unification".[1]
On August 1, 1992, theNational Unification Council of the ROC made a resolution on the meaning of "One China", stating:
Both sides of the Taiwan Strait adhere to the principle of One China, but the meanings given to it by the two sides are different. The Chinese Communist authorities believe that one China means the People's Republic of China, and that after reunification, Taiwan will become a special administrative region under their jurisdiction. The Taiwanese side, on the other hand, believes that one China should refer to the Republic of China (ROC), which was founded in 1912 and whose sovereignty extends to the whole of China, but whose jurisdiction at present extends only to Taiwan, Penghu, and Jinma. Taiwan is certainly a part of China, but the mainland is also a part of China.[2]
On June 20, 2000, after assuming the presidency, Chen Shui-bian said in his first international press conference:
If there is a "consensus", it should be the "verbal expression of each side of the one China", but the other side of the Taiwan Strait thinks that there is no such consensus, so if there is a "consensus", it is a "consensus" without consensus. Therefore, if there is a "consensus", it is a "consensus" without consensus, the so-called "AGREE TO DISAGREE".[3]
The phrase "both sides recognize that there is only one China, but agree to differ on its definition" has been interpreted by theMa Ying-jeou administration in ROC as "One China with respective interpretations".[4] In 2015, President Ma Ying-jeou of the ROC stated that the China in "One China with respective interpretations" refers to the ROC.[5]
In 2016, Taiwanese singerTzuyu raised theflag of the Republic of China, which was reported byHuang An as supporting Taiwan independence, as theTzuyu Flag Incident. Tzuyu later released a film apologizing and claiming to be 'Chinese'.Jason Hu, the main committee member of the KMT presidential candidate's campaign headquarters, considered Tzuyu, who was born in Taiwan, holding the flag of the Republic of China to be a typical example of the One China with respective interpretations.[6]
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