Taiwan's two main political camps clashed over cross-strait policy at the same war memorial, a sign that tensions with Beijing remain a domestic fight as much as an external one.

• KMT chair Cheng Li-wun said peace with Beijing is simple: President Lai only has to accept the 1992 Consensus under the Republic of China constitution, and talks and exchanges could restart.
• She spoke at Kinmen's 823 war museum and the Taiwu Mountain military cemetery, where Lai was separately leading the official memorial ceremony for the 1958 battle.
• She accused Lai of hollowing out the constitution, ignoring laws passed by the legislature by refusing to countersign them, and creating a two-year constitutional deadlock.
• She also charged that the courts are being used to go after political opponents, and challenged Lai to drop the ruling party's independence platform if he really considers independence a non-issue.

Outlook: Expect the standoff between the presidency and the opposition-controlled legislature to keep hardening, with cross-strait policy the main dividing line into the next election cycle.