Taiwan never independent: KMT’s Cheng

By Liu Wan-lin and Hsu Yong-ching / Staff reporters Add TT as Preferred Source Taiwan has never been independent and has never been a country, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said in an interview broadcast online on Friday.Cheng was asked by show host Dennis Peng (彭文正) to choose among “peaceful unification [with China], unification by force, peaceful independence or independence through force.”Cheng said that both sides of the Taiwan Strait must first establish a peaceful and stable framework based on the practical needs of the public. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun, left, speaks during an interview aired on Friday with host Dennis Peng. Photo: Screen grab from True Voice of Taiwan’s YouTube channel “If one day we need to change the st