Zhu Lilun delivered a speech at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, saying that “the 1992 consensus is a consensus without consensus.”Figure: Flip through Zhu Lilun’s Facebook
When Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun visited the United States, he stated that the Kuomintang was a pro-American party, not a pro-China party, and also called the 1992 Consensus a “consensus without consensus” and a kind of “creative ambiguity”. The Kuomintang would not waste time arguing regarding this matter . Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of China’s state-run Global Times, satirized the Kuomintang as a “century-old party.” Now Zhu Lilun’s remarks are more retrograde than those of Ma Ying-jeou, showing the Kuomintang’s “weakness under the dual pressure of public opinion on the island and the attitude of the United States.”
Hu Xijin said in a post on Weibo on the 7th that Zhu Lilun, who was visiting the United States, emphasized following a speech that the Kuomintang “will always be pro-American” and that it is wrong to label the Kuomintang “pro-China” and “the 1992 consensus is that there is no consensus. The consensus of “, like the one-China policy of the United States, is a kind of creative ambiguity.” I believe that when Zhu Lilun’s words spread to China, it will make many people listen to it harshly and feel uncomfortable.
Hu Xijin believes that Zhu Lilun’s public statement is obviously a step back from the Kuomintang’s statement during the Ma Ying-jeou period, showing the Kuomintang’s “weakness under the dual pressure of public opinion on the island and the attitude of the United States.” Under the continuous shaping of Taiwan’s electoral system, the Kuomintang may compromise its belief in one China in the future to cater to voters. Hu Xijin pointed out: “Their goal is to win the election. For them, winning is everything else.”
Hu Xijin lamented that China certainly doesn’t like the Kuomintang’s backward attitude, but even calling them “a hundred-year-old rotten party” is useless. China must rely on itself to change Taiwan’s political atmosphere and allow the One China’s proposition to expand its political living space in Taiwan. The first method is to promote Cross-strait integration, the second is to strengthen military deterrence. He also warned the Kuomintang that if it abandons one China and becomes a “little DPP”, it will not only be unable to gain a foothold on both sides of the strait, but it will also become a bubble in Taiwan.
