Formula opposed by both pro-independence and pro-China candidates
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/01/07
By: Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer\
Pro-democracy activists hold up placards of Chinese President Xi Jinping at a ferry terminal in Hong Kong. (AP photo)\
The idea of China ruling Taiwan under the “one country, two systems” framework has been rejected by both of the two main contenders in the election, incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) of the Kuomintang (KMT) party, said Li Da-jung (李大中), associate professor at Tamkang University's Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies.
As mainstream public opinion widely opposes the scheme, whoever is elected as the leader of Taiwan for the next four years is not likely to put the option on the table, the report quoted Li as saying. [FULL STORY]
