Following the nine-in-one elections in Taiwan on Nov. 29, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office held a news conference reiterating its adherence to the so-called “1992 consensus” and its opposition to Taiwanese independence. The office’s spokesperson said it would not change its guiding policy of peaceful cross-strait development, while expressing hope that this development would continue at a stable momentum and that “compatriots” on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will protect the fruits of this process.