00:00Taiwan's government has issued an interpretation of a law involved in the recent controversy over a Chinese citizen who became
00:08a legislator in Taiwan.
00:10Taiwan's cross-strait law says that Chinese citizens who want to run for office in Taiwan must have held Taiwanese
00:16household registration for a period of 10 years.
00:19Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council clarified that this period starts only when proof of canceling Chinese household registration is submitted to
00:28Taiwan authorities.
00:29This comes after the consul had argued Li Zhenxiu, the first Chinese citizen to become a legislator in Taiwan, was
00:36ineligible to take office in part because of this very issue.
00:40Li argued that 10 years had passed since she had given up her Chinese household registration, but the consul said
00:47it hadn't been 10 years since she submitted proof because she did so much later.
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