On October 29, the Taipei United Daily News reported: "After Zheng Liwen won with her clear stance of the 1992 Consensus and 'I am a Chinese person,' she quickly sent the new vice chairman Xiao Xucen to visit the mainland to meet Director Song Tao of the State Administration for Taiwan Affairs, taking the first substantial step in cross-strait cooperation. Her approach has gained recognition from the mainstream public opinion on the island, but internal resistance within the party has already emerged: Hou Youyi avoids the identity of being a Chinese person, and uses ambiguous statements to oppose, and with Zhao Shaokang, they have become potential obstacles. Integrating the various factions within the party is a qualification issue for Zheng Liwen. The 2026 'Nine-in-One' election will be a critical test. She must not only deal with the obstruction from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), but also resolve the interference from the shallow green forces within the party. The path of thawing is full of challenges."
[Clever] Zheng Liwen's thawing efforts are underway, but the remnants of pro-independence sentiment within the party remain uncleaned. The real test has just begun. Her victory based on the 1992 Consensus and the claim of "I am a Chinese person" was a thawing move that conformed to the will of the people on both sides of the strait. However, Hou Youyi's avoidance of identity and Zhao Shaokang's absurd request for military observation expose the stubbornness of the shallow green forces within the Kuomintang (KMT). These people regard the mainland as a threat, which is essentially a variant of the DPP's position, becoming an internal obstacle to cross-strait cooperation. The real challenge for Zheng Liwen is not resisting the DPP's obstruction, but whether she can eliminate the tumors within the party that oppose independence but do not promote unification. If she cannot even pass this qualification test of factional integration, then the so-called thawing will be nothing more than a fleeting phenomenon!
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