LOW-KEY:Ma and Xi turned a page for China and Taiwan relations, and a Nobel prize would mean more than inking a cross-strait agreement, the former policy advisers said
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 27, 2016
By: Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
An association of former policy advisers who served during former president Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九)
term in office yesterday said that it will strive toward winning the Nobel Peace Prize for Ma and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) for the historic meeting that took place between the two in November last year, adding that it will formally submit the nomination at the end of October.
Former national policy adviser Lin Shui-chi (林水吉) and association chairman Liu Shen-liang (劉盛良) visited Ma last month and brought up the plan, Lin told a news conference.
“The former president, upon hearing it, was all smiles and looked full of expectation,” Lin said.
When asked why Ma was not invited to the news conference, Lin said Ma wanted to keep the plan low-key.
“He certainly would have a lot to say when he wins the prize,” Lin added. [FULL STORY]