Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/17
By: Chai Sze-chia and Kuan-lin Liu 

Taipei, Nov. 17 (CNA) The two Chinese scholars scheduled to attend a conference Friday on historical trade ties between Taiwan and China were no-shows, likely because of political factors.

The Commerce Development Research Institute, which organized Friday’s conference, was notified at the last minute that the Chinese scholars would be unable to attend, according to Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) deputy chief Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正).

The two scholars, Sheng Jiuyuan (盛九元), head of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Taiwan Research Center, and Chu Lei (朱磊), a Taiwan specialist at Nankai University, had already arrived in Taiwan for the seminar but decided at the last minute not to attend and returned to China in the afternoon.    [FULL  STORY]