Beijing hails Taiwanese scholar’s rare proposal on reunification

Beijing has hailed a “one country, two systems” proposal by a Taiwanese scholar in a rare official statement on an issue regarded as politically sensitive on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

“We are pleased to see that more and more Taiwan compatriots are facing up to reunification, beginning to understand and discuss the specific content of a one country, two systems plan for Taiwan, and offering suggestions and proposals for such a plan through various means,” Chen Binhua, a spokesman for mainland China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said last week.

Chen was referring to a detailed proposal by Li Ci-ze, an associate professor at Taiwan’s National Changhua University of Education, on how one country, two systems could be applied to Taiwan.

Li submitted the proposal in late August to a mainland social media channel that has long focused on cross-strait issues.