China plans to eventually annex Taiwan using the so-called "one country two systems" formula in Hong Kong, but the island nation has achieved a broad anti-Beijing consensus that makes the formula impossible, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Minister Chen Ming-tong told guests at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd July, 2019) China plans to eventually annex Taiwan using the so-called "one country two systems" formula in Hong Kong, but the island nation has achieved a broad anti-Beijing consensus that makes the formula impossible, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Minister Chen Ming-tong told guests at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday."The ROC [Republic of China] is a sovereign state and Taiwan has never been a part of PRC [People's Republic of China], neither historically nor under international law," Chen said. "We will never accept one country systems. This has become a Taiwan consensus, particularly when Taiwan sees the current situation in Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet."
The Republic of China existed before Chinese communists gained control of the mainland and established the People's Republic of China in 1949.
China regards Taiwan as a rebel region that should be reunited with the mainland.
Taiwanese typically pay close attention to developments in Hong Kong - a benchmark for the one country, two systems formula - and recent anti-government protests in the former British colony are expected to boost Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's bid for a second term in January 2020 elections, according to published reports.
