Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/04/27
By: Wang Chao-yu and S.C. Chang
Taipei, April 27 (CNA) A statue of China’s former Premier Wen Jiabao was unveiled as a
The unveiling of the statue appeared to have been a public relations stunt by Yong Heng Creative Culture Park, which invited the media to the ceremony, saying only that it was a statue of a “Taiwan hero.”
Many of the people at the ceremony seemed surprised when they saw the statue, which depicts a barefooted Wen holding a pair of leather shoes.
At the base of the statue there are two Chinese characters that mean harmony, while on each side there is a couplet, one reading “Opened up Chinese tourism to Taiwan as part of China’s Taiwan-friendly policy,” and the other saying “Maintained cross-strait peace and expanded trade and economic exchanges.”
They referred to cross-strait policies implemented during Wen’s tenure as premier from 2003-2013.