Taiwan Kuomintang grandee remixes formula for China relations

Party's 'one China' ideology under pressure as it seeks path back to presidency

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A Chinese fishing boat in the Taiwan Strait: A senior politician from Taiwan's KMT has proposed acknowledging the "separate governance" but shared sovereignty of Taiwan and China. © Reuters

THOMPSON CHAU, Contributing writer

TAIPEI -- A heavyweight in Taiwan's main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), has proposed that Taiwan and China coexist under what he described as "separate governance" while "sharing the same sovereignty," marking a rhetorical departure for the party as it faces a chairmanship election next year.

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