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1992 Consensus
![Friend or Foe? Beijing Sizes up the KMT’s New Chair Friend or Foe? Beijing Sizes up the KMT’s New Chair](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-16-5.jpg)
Friend or Foe? Beijing Sizes up the KMT’s New Chair
By Jo Kim
The CCP is taking a wait-and-see stance, but it has some cause to worry about Johnny Chiang.
![Where Does China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Stand in 2020? Where Does China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Stand in 2020?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-800px-hong_kong_anti-extradition_bill_protest_48108527873.jpg)
Where Does China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Stand in 2020?
By Derek Grossman
The framework for governing Hong Kong and Macau – and, Beijing hopes, one day Taiwan – is battered but unbroken.
![Is This the End of the 1992 Consensus? Is This the End of the 1992 Consensus?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-48054869131_4097eb4c13_k.jpg)
Is This the End of the 1992 Consensus?
By Zihao Liu
The 1992 Consensus is being challenged by each of the three major forces shaping cross-strait relations: the DPP, the KMT, and Beijing.
![Taiwan’s Presidential Frontrunners Just Tested Very Different Foreign Waters Taiwan’s Presidential Frontrunners Just Tested Very Different Foreign Waters](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-46562093635_6941ce6e3d_k.jpg)
Taiwan’s Presidential Frontrunners Just Tested Very Different Foreign Waters
By Nick Aspinwall
President Tsai Ing-wen visited Taiwan’s Pacific diplomatic allies, while Han Kuo-yu stopped in Hong Kong, Macau, and China.
![Taiwan Is Swept by the ‘Han Wave’ Taiwan Is Swept by the ‘Han Wave’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18328531429517.jpg)
Taiwan Is Swept by the ‘Han Wave’
By Nick Aspinwall
The populist mayor of Kaohsiung is a cultural phenomenon who looks set to make his presence known in Taiwan’s presidential race.
![Is This the End of the ‘1992 Consensus’? Is This the End of the ‘1992 Consensus’?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-14_15-18-23.jpg)
Is This the End of the ‘1992 Consensus’?
By Gary Sands
Tsai Ing-wen is promoting her alternative 'Taiwan consensus,' but the KMT remains committed to the 1992 consensus.
![Was It Wise for Tsai Ing-wen to Reject the ‘1992 Consensus’ Publicly? Was It Wise for Tsai Ing-wen to Reject the ‘1992 Consensus’ Publicly?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-14_15-18-23.jpg)
Was It Wise for Tsai Ing-wen to Reject the ‘1992 Consensus’ Publicly?
By Charlotte Gao
Taipei has to face the fact that it does not have much leverage to resist Beijing’s pressure now.
![Taipei-Shanghai Forum Puts Ko Wen-je’s China Views Into Focus Taipei-Shanghai Forum Puts Ko Wen-je’s China Views Into Focus](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-cqinpsqukaahsbp.jpg)
Taipei-Shanghai Forum Puts Ko Wen-je’s China Views Into Focus
By Nick Aspinwall
City-to-city cross-strait exchanges circumvent the national DPP and appear to be popular among Taiwan’s incoming mayors.
![Taiwan’s Voters Have Dealt a Brutal Blow to the Ruling DPP Taiwan’s Voters Have Dealt a Brutal Blow to the Ruling DPP](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-44206090440_74d4fa3e27_k.jpg)
Taiwan’s Voters Have Dealt a Brutal Blow to the Ruling DPP
By Nick Aspinwall
The KMT rode a “blue wave” in an election more about local concerns than the influence of China or the U.S.
![What Does the 1992 Consensus Mean to Citizens in Taiwan? What Does the 1992 Consensus Mean to Citizens in Taiwan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-31344756118_59575f1437_k.jpg)
What Does the 1992 Consensus Mean to Citizens in Taiwan?
By Austin Wang, Charles K.S. Wu, Yao-Yuan Yeh, & Fang-Yu Chen
Hint: it’s not what either Taiwan or China think it means.
![One China, Two Interpretations, and the Third Alternative for Taiwan One China, Two Interpretations, and the Third Alternative for Taiwan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-22843285625_454c84e914_k.jpg)
One China, Two Interpretations, and the Third Alternative for Taiwan
By Charles I-hsin Chen
The historic 2015 meeting between Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou made a third alternative, beyond unification or separation, more likely.
![Bypassing Tsai Ing-wen, China Offers Perks to Taiwan's People Bypassing Tsai Ing-wen, China Offers Perks to Taiwan's People](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-14_15-18-23.jpg)
Bypassing Tsai Ing-wen, China Offers Perks to Taiwan's People
By Charlotte Gao
Beijing issues 31 detailed measures granting Taiwanese people equal treatment with mainlanders.