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Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je has come under fire for his proposal to build a bridge linking Taiwan’s offshore islet of Quemoy and the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen, with opponents claiming the span would be a “Trojan horse” serving only to aid any potential attack by the People’s Liberation Army. Ko, known for his friendly stand towards the mainland, revived.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) members and aides of Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) are accused of making baseless claims and spreading disinformation in support of Ko’s proposal for a bridge from Kinmen County to China’s Xiamen (廈門), the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday.
KMT members and Ko’s aides did not check their facts, DPP spokeswoman Hsieh Pei-fen (謝佩芬) said yesterday.
They are trying to deceive the public by saying that “President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and former vice president Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) supported a Kinmen-Xiamen bridge as part of their election platform,” she said.
“This is completely
Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) is currently in home isolation after returning a positive COVID-19 rapid test result, the city government said Sunday.