Taipei Times
Date: Nov 15, 2015
By: William Lowther / Staff reporter in Washington
Senior US officials on Friday said that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu, center, talks to reporters on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Friday. Photo: Shih Hsiao-kuang, Taipei Times
candidate Eric Chu (朱立倫) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) had been given exactly the same reception in Washington.
“We do not play favorites,” Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Daniel Russel said.
Russell was addressing a Foreign Press Center briefing on US President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to the G20 summit in Turkey, as well as Malaysia and the Philippines.
Speaking as Chu ended his two-day visit to Washington, Russel was adamant that the two Taiwanese presidential candidates were treated equally. [FULL STORY]
