China-Consensus/Taiwan/Expert

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Beijing, China – July 26, 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
1. Meeting in progress
2. Attendees
3. Wang Yang, member of Standing Committee of Political Bureau of Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, speaking
4. Various of attendees

Beijing, China – July 27, 2022 (CGTN – No access Chinese mainland)
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese, dubbed into English) Wu Yi, research fellow, Institute of Taiwan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (ending with shots 6-7):
“The kernel of the 1992 Consensus is the ‘one-China principle’, which means seeking common ground while reserving differences. The 1992 Consensus defines cross-Straits relations as neither state-to-state nor ‘one China, one Taiwan’, but confirms the fact that the mainland and Taiwan belong to one China.”

FILE: Beijing, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of Tian’anmen Square, Chinese national flag

FILE: Taipei City, Taiwan, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of landmark building Taipei 101 Tower

FILE: Taipei City, Taiwan, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of traffic, pedestrians

Beijing, China – July 27, 2022 (CGTN – No access Chinese mainland)
9. SOUNDBITE (Chinese, dubbed into English) Wu Yi, research fellow, Institute of Taiwan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (partially overlaid with shots 10-12):
“Actually, the historical meeting of CPC and KMT (Kuomintang) leaders held in Singapore in November 2015 was held on the basis of the 1992 Consensus. From 2008 to 2016, there has been a lot of cooperation, communication, as well as cultural and people-to-people exchanges. Meanwhile, the ‘Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement’, or ECFA, has also been signed on this basis, promoting economic cooperation between mainland and Taiwan.”

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FILE: Beijing, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
10. Aerial shot of Chinese national flag, Tian’anmen Rostrum, traffic

FILE: Taipei City, Taiwan, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
11. Taipei 101 Tower

Beijing, China – July 27, 2022 (CGTN – No access Chinese mainland)
12. Reporter
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FILE: Taipei City, Taiwan, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
13. Various of traffic, pedestrians

Beijing, China – July 27, 2022 (CGTN – No access Chinese mainland)
14. SOUNDBITE (Chinese, dubbed into English) Wu Yi, research fellow, Institute of Taiwan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (partially overlaid with shots 15-16/ending with shot 17):
“Since the 1992 Consensus has been reached, it has been widely embraced by the international community. The DPP authority’s attempt to deny the consensus aims to cheat and mislead Taiwan compatriots. Their acts of relying on foreign forces and acting as a tool of foreign forces, have gravely undermined the peace and the stability across the Strait and seriously damaged the interests of the Taiwan compatriots.”

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FILE: Taipei City, Taiwan, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
15. Taipei 101 Tower

FILE: Taipei City, Taiwan, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
16. Various of traffic, pedestrians
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FILE: Taipei City, Taiwan, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
17. Various of traffic, pedestrians
18. Cityscape

Storyline

The attempt of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to deny the 1992 Consensus aims to cheat and mislead Taiwan compatriots, said an expert on Taiwan studies.

Last Tuesday, a meeting marking the 30th anniversary of the 1992 Consensus was held in Beijing. Participants shared their views on the significance of the 1992 Consensus reached three decades ago.

Wang Yang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, attended the conference and addressed the meeting. He said promoting the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and peaceful reunification is the common aspiration of all Chinese people.

The 1992 Consensus refers to the consensus reached in 1992 by the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation. They agreed to state that “the two sides of the Taiwan Strait both stick to the one-China principle.”

The consensus lays the political foundation for the development of ties across the Strait.

Wu Yi, research fellow with the Institute of Taiwan Studies of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in a recent interview with the China Global Television Network (CGTN) that the essence of the 1992 Consensus is that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China.

“The kernel of the 1992 Consensus is the ‘one-China principle’, which means seeking common ground while reserving differences. The 1992 Consensus defines cross-Straits relations as neither state-to-state nor ‘one China, one Taiwan’, but confirms the fact that the mainland and Taiwan belong to one China,” said Wu.

The expert said that over the past 30 years, the 1992 Consensus has played a major role in the development of cross-Strait ties.

“Actually, the historical meeting of CPC and KMT (Kuomintang) leaders held in Singapore in November 2015 was held on the basis of the 1992 Consensus. From 2008 to 2016, there has been a lot of cooperation, communication, as well as cultural and people-to-people exchanges. Meanwhile, the ‘Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement’, or ECFA, has also been signed on this basis, promoting economic cooperation between mainland and Taiwan,” she said.

Wu said the current situation across the Taiwan Strait is complex, as Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party authorities have continued to distort the 1992 Consensus.

“Since the 1992 Consensus has been reached, it has been widely embraced by the international community. The DPP authority’s attempt to deny the consensus aims to cheat and mislead Taiwan compatriots. Their acts of relying on foreign forces and acting as a tool of foreign forces, have gravely undermined the peace and the stability across the Strait and seriously damaged the interests of the Taiwan compatriots,” said Wu.

Experts also said that only by fully admitting the 1992 Consensus, can the cross-Straits relations progress in peace and stability along with positive interactions.