Beidaihe targeting independence, ‘patriotic’ forces

By Chen Yun and Esme Yeh / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has reportedly set four priorities for its Taiwan policy at its Beidaihe (北戴河) summer meeting, including opposing “Taiwanese independence” and supporting “patriotic forces” in Taiwan’s November nine-in-one local elections, an official said yesterday.The two-week Beidaihe meeting started on Monday last week, with this year’s theme being “Striving Forward in the 15th Five-Year Plan.” Aside from discussing the agenda of the CCP Central Committee’s fifth plenary session in late October and the 21st CCP National Congress, former and current Chinese officials would focus on strategies toward the US and Taiwan, as well as domestic personnel affairs.A Taiwanese national securit