KMT leadership field backs 1992 Consensus

Candidates running for the chairmanship of Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang at an election this month have advocated developing relations with the Chinese mainland under the 1992 Consensus, a crucial cross-Straits agreement that recognizes the one-China principle.

How to restore relations across the Taiwan Straits became the focus during a television debate on Saturday between the four candidates for the KMT leadership in an election scheduled for Sept 25.

The 1992 Consensus refers to an agreement reached by the two sides in 1992, in which both sides recognize there is only one China－with both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan belonging to it.