Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said Tuesday, April 7, that he does not believe people in Taiwan would accept a "lying flat" approach to dealing with Beijing.

Cho made the remarks the same day KMT Chairperson Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) departed for China at the invitation of Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping (習近平).

The KMT leader described her trip, which is aimed at reducing tensions between Taipei and Beijing, as a “historic journey for peace.”

Speaking to reporters at the Legislature on Tuesday, Cho said he offers goodwill toward party-to-party exchanges but will maintain close attention to the visit.

“From a historical perspective, between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party,” Cho said, “it was not only the Wu Shi (吳石) espionage case that caused the deepest harm to the country, but also the 'Beiping Model' of Fu Zuoyi (傅作義) at that time.”

“These were critical factors that pushed the entire country toward its final defeat; namely, using capitulation, non-resistance and inaction as a method of surrender,” he said.

“This is the most well-known 'Beiping Model' in history, and I do not believe anyone in Taiwan today can accept this kind of 'lying flat' model," he added.

Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said the government firmly opposes actions that would sell out national sovereignty and interests or harm Taiwan’s freedom and democracy.

He said the Chinese Communist Party’s intention to annex Taiwan has not changed and he urged Cheng to avoid making herself a tool of China’s "united front" influence operations.

Chiu added that party exchanges cannot replace official mechanisms and said that no agreements involving political authority should be signed without government authorization.