Chinese delegation visits “blue” territories in Taiwan, skipping “green” ones

Political intervention to divide Taiwan into “blue and green” territories can only hurt Taiwanese people’s feeling and intensify the rupture between people, Kaohsiung mayor said.

Taiwan News
Date: 2016/11/2
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer

A Chinese agriculture produce and gift industry delegation arrived in Taiwan on Monday to visit the

A Chinese agriculture produce and gift industry delegation arrived in Taiwan on Monday to visit the eight counties and cities ruled by the KMT, skipping all the other territories ruled by the ruling DPP.(By Central News Agency)

A Chinese agriculture produce and gift industry delegation arrived in Taiwan on Monday to visit the eight counties and cities ruled by the KMT, skipping all the other territories ruled by the ruling DPP.(By Central News Agency)

eight counties and cities ruled by the Kuomintang (KMT) party, skipping all the other territories ruled by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

The delegation, authorized by the Chinese government, came after the chiefs of the eight “blue” Taiwanese counties and cities visited China in September. According to media reports, the delegation plans to spend eight days and seven nights to complete the tour, viewing agricultural products and specialties of these selected areas and paving the way for a planned promotional tour organized by the KMT-ruled counties and cities to promote their agriculture as well as tourism in China, slated to take place at the end of December.

The delegation will reportedly “only transit through and not make any purchases” in the “green” territories.    [FULL  STORY]

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