In comments intended to criticize Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, Lu claimed the reason Taiwanese athletes at the 2017 Taipei Universiade performed so well, was because China did not send their best athletes to the competition
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/13
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The former Vice President of Taiwan during the Chen Shui-
Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) (By Central News Agency)
bian administration, and possible Taipei mayoral candidate, Annette Lu (呂秀蓮), is making headlines for her remarks concerning the 2017 Universiade held in Taipei last year.
Lu claimed that Team Taiwan’s success achieving so many medals, was only possible because China chose to host their national games during the same period, and therefore, the best Chinese athletes were not present to challenge the Taiwanese athletes.
Lu further claimed that Beijing had somehow communicated to Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (呂秀蓮) that they would “take it easy on him,” by allowing the games to proceed, and presumably to give the Taiwanese athletes a better chance without competition from China’s “best athletes.” [FULL STORY]
