ANTI-KMT TACTICS? Sources close to Han said a visit to the US may not have helped, as President Tsai Ing-wen’s administration might have engaged in ‘petty actions’
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 19, 2019
By: Wang Jung-hsiang and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) yesterday said he would not travel to the US in his capacity
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, right, and American Institute in Taiwan Chairman James Moriarty hold a ceramic dish at the Kaohsiung City Government yesterday.
Photo: Wang Jung-hsiang, Taipei Times
Han made the announcement on the sidelines of a campaign event in Pingtung County yesterday afternoon.
Visiting the US would take at least two weeks and with the presidential election only 84 days away, he is under enormous time pressure, as he has several campaign destinations in Taiwan proper, as well as in Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, Han said.
His campaign team had to reluctantly leave out a US trip so he could engage more grassroots voters in Taiwan, Han said. [FULL STORY]
