DPP's China policy very clear, thanks

Drying squid in Kaohsiung.

The DPP mission in the US sent this around. The DPP's position on cross-strait affairs is quite clear; those who claim that it isn't are doing the work of Beijing and the KMT. It looks like the "DPP's lack of clarity" on cross-strait affairs is going to be a KMT talking point this election, as I noted a couple of weeks ago in The Coming Pressure on the DPP, and as this Taipei Times piece again clarifies:

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative caucus yesterday urged Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to clarify her stance on cross-strait relations.

The call came after former DPP chairman Hsu Hsin-liang (許信良) said the DPP should not exclude the unification option and that the idea of independence was outside the party’s mainstream opinion — comments that were criticized by several prominent DPP members, who affirmed the party’s platform upholding independence.

The Taipei Times should have noted that after being DPP Chair, Hsu and other DPP turncoats formed the Mountain Alliance which was allied to the KMT -- Hsu switched sides. Hsu's complicated and shifting allegiances are rarely made clear in media presentations on Hsu, even local media presentations. The DPP keeps taking him back, because of his old connections to the tangwai era. He looks to me like a pathetic has-been attempting to remain relevant.

So if anyone claims to you that the DPP has no clear China policy, just refer them here.

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DPP China Affairs Committee: 

Maintain Cross-Strait Status Quo

April 9, 2015 - The Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) China Affairs Committee (CAC) today convened its second meeting to analyze and discuss the current major trends in cross-strait and international dynamics. Taoyuan City Mayor Cheng Wen-tsang and Deputy Mayor Chiu Tai-san provided a briefing on the status of Taoyuan City’s Cross-Strait Committee and its experiences with city-to-city cross-strait exchanges, and Secretary General Joseph Wu reported on recent interactions between the DPP and the United States (con't below).