The China Post
Date: October 24, 2016
By: The China Post news staff
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Kuomintang (KMT) Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) said there must be a
Kuomintang Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin speaks in Kaohsiung on Saturday, Oct. 22. He dodged questions on whether he would run for party chairman, saying the party’s top priority was to “unite in the time of difficulty.” (CNA)
communication channel between both sides of the strait and that an upcoming meet with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would serve as one.
Hau made the remarks to Taiwan press before delivering a speech at the KMT’s Fengshan office in the Kaohsiung at the invitation of office head Huang Po-lin.
KMT Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu will lead a party delegation to attend the 11th KMT-CPC forum in early November to discuss peaceful cross-strait development.
She is slated to meet her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, who is also China’s president.
Hau said that although the KMT, unlike the CCP, was now an opposition party, it was imperative for the KMT to convey the voices of people in Taiwan and present concrete measures for promoting peaceful cross-strait development at the forum. [FULL STORY]
