evidence: The KMT’s chief rival party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has never endorsed the understanding laid out in the 1992 Consensus. Former President Tsai refused to explicitly accept the consensus. Instead, she has attempted to find another formulation that would be acceptable to Beijing. In Tsai’s 2016 inaugural address, she noted she was "elected president in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of China," which is a One China document, and said she would "safeguard the sovereignty and territory of the Republic of China." However, Beijing rejected this formulation and cut off official contacts with Taiwan. Tsai’s successor, current DPP leader and Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, called for reopening dialogue with China to "replace confrontation" during his 2024 presidential election victory speech and pledged to maintain the "cross-strait status quo," aligned with his party. But experts are skeptical that China will be willing to engage in cross-strait dialogue.