{"id":2347,"date":"2015-05-09T17:58:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T09:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:48:26","slug":"20150509-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/20150509-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A DPP Chairman\u2019s Clear Statement on China \u2014 Not the Least Bit Ambiguous. Who Was This Chairman?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2347\" class=\"elementor elementor-2347\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1281c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d1281c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b81fd28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b81fd28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1994, in the days when the DPP still had leadership, its chairman said this:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08bbbd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08bbbd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201cThe DPP recognizes the People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s authority to govern the mainland \u2026 but Taiwan does not belong to the People\u2019s Republic of China. Taiwan is a sovereign, independent state consistent with international law.\u201d \u2014 Shih Ming Te, Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, August 4, 1994, Taipei<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98ccb42 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98ccb42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shihmingte.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150509_pic1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2351\" alt=\"Chinese newspaper clipping with a large bold headline and dense columns of small text\" 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