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The election of a new Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chair last month has reignited the debate about the definitions of being Taiwanese and being Chinese, and the tenuous relationship between the two concepts.
In his communication with Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping (習近平), newly elected KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) vocally reinforced his “anti-Taiwan independence” stance, and declared his commitment to “finding common ground and respecting [Taiwan’s and China’s] differences.”
While Chu’s exchange with Xi unsurprisingly invited criticism from the pan-green camp, which saw it as kowtowing to authoritarian Beijing, it was consistent with his previous statements.
During the