MOVING AHEAD:President Tsai Ing-wen’s government should take the initiative and contact overseas leaders to explain its stance, KMT Legislator John Wu said
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 14, 2016
By: Tseng Wei-chen / Staff reporter, with CNA
China has stepped up efforts to promote cross-strait unification after the inauguration of President
Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission Minister Wu Hsin-hsing speaks at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times
Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) government on May 20, Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission Minister Wu Hsin-hsing (吳新興) said yesterday.
Wu said that Beijing has reactivated the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, a government-backed organization, and has convened a series of meetings with overseas leaders and compatriots in different regions and “openly condemned” Tsai’s government.
“The Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission has taken note of the trend and its development, and is mapping out contingency plans,” Wu said.
He made the remarks at a legislative hearing in which Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lo Chih-cheng (羅致政) asked if China has been actively wooing overseas Chinese. [FULL STORY]
