An alliance of pro-Taiwan groups yesterday threw their support behind Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei mayoral candidate Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), calling on voters to end what it called the “24-year-old reign by pan-blue forces” in the capital.
Addressing the crowd, Chen said he was running for mayor to make Taipei and the nation better places to live.
“Taipei is the capital, and it is the locomotive driving the nation in plowing ahead,” said Chen, who spoke mainly in Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese), as he told the groups to call him “A-diong” (阿中).
Chen pointed to his administrative and organizational experience, having served
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) delivered his final annual policy address at the Taipei City Council on Thursday and Friday, during which he said it was unclear what “disturbing Taiwan” meant in the context of Chinese military aircraft operating near Taiwan and that if he were president, he too would “order aircraft to cross the median line of the Taiwan Strait.”
Ko made the comments when asked by city councilors about the city government’s plan to hold the Taipei-Shanghai Twin-City Forum via videoconference next week, even though the Taipei City Council in January approved a budget of nearly NT$1.4 million (US$46,751)
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterCross-strait forums and similar engagements with China are a diplomatic “back door” and an improper “shortcut,” a Democratic Progressive Party （DPP） official said yesterday, adding that Beijing should return to formal government-to-government dialogue with Taiwan,
Cross-strait forums and similar engagements with China are a diplomatic “back door” and an improper “shortcut,” a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) official said yesterday, adding that Beijing should return to formal government-to-government dialogue with Taiwan,
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) delegates are to participate in the Chinese-organized Straits Forum, while the Taipei City Government plans to hold the Taipei-Shanghai Twin City Forum next month, but these are inappropriate diplomatic exchanges, DPP caucus secretary-general Cheng Yun-peng (鄭運鵬) said at the legislature in Taipei.
“In political institutions and democratic nations, the normal conduct of bilateral exchanges are through direct talks between governments,” Cheng said.
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