A top contender to be Taiwan’s next leader has pledged to keep the peace with China and roll back an extension of mandatory military service that has been one of President Tsai Ing-wen’s main achievements since taking office seven years ago. Know more:
A top contender to be Taiwan’s next leader has pledged to keep the peace with China and roll back an extension of mandatory military service that has been one of President Tsai Ing-wen’s main achievements since taking office seven years ago.
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party was forced to extend the military service to one-year because it’s made cross-strait relations very tense and dangerous, the current mayor of New Taipei City added in an interview run by local broadcaster TVBS late Monday. Hou said on Monday for the first time that he accepted the tacit understanding between China and the KMT known as the “1992 consensus” that there is just “one China.” He added that he rejects the “one country, two systems” formulation that Beijing has said could be used as its model for running Taiwan.
He also pledged to delay phasing out three nuclear plants and restart a fourth one to ensure stable electricity supplies. Vice President Lai Ching-te, the ruling DPP’s presidential candidate, said in May that the government was considering keeping nuclear power plants on standby in case of emergencies, signaling a loosening of policy to phase out the energy source.
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