日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
China / HK Macao Taiwan

Vote rule could hurt at 'sensitive time'

By Peng Yining and Zhang Yunbi (China Daily) Updated: 2016-05-18 07:57

Editor's Note: China Daily is publishing a series of reports on cross-Straits relations ahead of Taiwan's new leader taking office. The reports are jointly compiled with the Taipei-based China Post. This, the third in the series, looks at some of those who crossed the Straits to experience the wave of entrepreneurship sweeping the Chinese mainland and embrace the challenge and opportunities of a larger market with a common history.

A proposal for amending Taiwan's Referendum Act has attracted extensive attention as the island's leadership is about to change, and might sabotage current cross-Straits relations, experts said.

Proposed by the island's New Power Party and Democratic Progressive Party, the amendment would subject new cross-Straits political agreements to approval at the ballot box before taking effect. It would also reduce the number of votes needed to pass a referendum and require a vote for any government decision involving territory.

The amendment was given preliminary approval by the island's "legislature" on May 11.

On Friday, Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of the DPP, will assume leadership and deliver a speech.

"Once the amendment is passed, many political subjects, including 'Taiwan independence', would be subject to referendum," said Li Yihu, director of Peking University's Taiwan Institute. "The amendment is an extremely sensitive issue at an extremely sensitive time. We are keeping a close eye on it."

Li said any act that aims at undermining territorial integrity is unacceptable and will destroy the status quo of cross-Straits relations.

"If national sovereignty and territorial integrity were threatened, it would be possible for China to invoke the Anti-Secession Law," Li said. "Cross-Straits relations are now at a turning point. Which way to go depends on the activity of the island's new leadership."

Yang Lixian, a researcher at the National Taiwan Research Association, said the current proposal simply lowers the threshold for public votes. The key point is what do people vote for, she said.

She said the island's former leader, Chen Shui-bian, who was also a member of the DPP, launched a few referendums in order to split Taiwan from China, but they all failed.

"Tsai adjusted her strategy after Chen's failures and became less aggressive on independence because, on one hand, cross-Straits relations have been rapidly developing in the past eight years, and on the other, international society wants a peaceful strait."

Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the United States on Monday to "properly tackle the Taiwan question" during a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry.

It is hoped the US will uphold its one-China policy and firmly maintain its commitment to key joint statements released by the two countries, Wang was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry.

Kerry said the US has not and will not change its position regarding Taiwan question, and it does not support Taiwan independence.

Although Tsai has talked about preserving the status quo in cross-Straits relations, she has not yet convinced people that the DPP will give up its pursuit of the island's full independence from the mainland, said Zhang Guanhua, deputy director of the Institute of Taiwan Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Tsai and the DPP have long refused to endorse the 1992 Consensus that says Taiwan and the mainland are both parts of one China, Zhang added.

"The proposal lowers the threshold for a referendum but pushes up barriers to cross-Straits talk and cooperation," Zhang said. "If the new leadership continues to equivocate on the 1992 Consensus, the exchange, especially economic cooperation across the Straits, would face growing pressure."

Contact the writers at [email protected] and [email protected]

Highlights
Hot Topics
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲午夜电影 | 国产精品福利视频免费观看 | 久久中文字幕一区二区三区 | 午夜成人免费视频 | 国产午夜精品理论片免费观看 | 欧美日韩国产在线 | 综合久久av | 精品一区二区三区的国产在线观看 | 最近最新中文字幕 | 91精品国产91久久久久久 | 欧美成人久久 | 欧美亚洲黄色 | 欧美区一区二区三 | 冰封侠:时空行者 | 国产精品91久久久久 | 国内精品久久久久影院老司 | 高清视频在线播放 | 久久AV亚洲精品一区无码 | 午夜av毛片 | 国产色视频一区 | 欧美一级片在线播放 | 亚洲精品国偷拍自产在线观看蜜桃 | 青青草视频破解版 | a毛片视频| 亚洲精品久久 | 国产日韩一区二区三免费高清 | 91看片淫黄大片在看 | 亚洲一区二区三区免费在线观看 | 久色视频在线观看 | 亚洲欧美综合乱码精品成人网 | 欧美综合中文字幕久久 | 草樱av| 在线观看国产 | 欧美白人战黑吊 | 精品久久久久久国产 | 亚洲一区二区久久 | 91热久久免费频精品黑人99 | 欧美午夜一区 | 亚洲精品无码国产爽快A片百度 | 久久99精品久久久久久噜噜 | 国产手机在线αⅴ片无码观看 |