Is There a ＂92-Consensus＂ between Taiwan and China? - Just a Lie

Li Lin

《Tamkang Journal of International Affairs》 24卷2期 (2020/10) Pp. 153-170

https://doi.org/10.6185/TJIA.V.202010_24(2).0005

摘要

Can the so-called ＂92-Consensus＂ be the guarantee of the peace of the ＂Cross-Strait Relationship＂? The answer can only be a definite ＂No＂! This comment first points out that in 1992 there was no new agreement, i.e., the ＂92-Consensus＂ between the KMT and the CCP. Then it explains how and why the fiction of the so-called 92-Consensus was created. Later on the CCP has cleverly used this so-called 92-Consensus as slogan without concrete content. Nevertheless, the attitude of the CCP has been changing. Whenever the CCP wants to exert more pressure on the KMT, it interprets the so-called 92-Consensus more according to the doctrine of the CCP and hence makes the KMT embarrassed. The 92-Consensus cannot serve as the guarantee of Taiwan's security. On the contrary, the interaction between Taiwan and China operated under the precondition of the 92-Consensus will just lead to an easy annexation of Taiwan.