Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/27
By: Chen Chi-fong and Ko Lin

Taipei, Nov. 27 (CNA) All matters pertaining to Taiwan’s cross-strait policy remain

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文/CNA file photo)

under the authority of the central government, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Tuesday in response to Kaohsiung’s plan to set up a new working platform to deal with China.

“It is still unclear how they plan to do it,” Tsai told reporters after a meeting with Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁), who lost the mayoral race in the city, run by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for nearly 20 years, to the Kuomintang’s Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) by more than 150,000 votes last Saturday.

During the election campaign, the mayor-elect said he agreed with the “1992 consensus” and that he would set up a cross-strait working group to promote bilateral trade once he takes office.    [FULL  STORY]