The China Post
Date: October 27, 2016
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Kuomintang (KMT) Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu has assured her
Pro-unification supporters rip up placards of pro-independence protesters outside KMT party headquarters Wednesday in Taipei. (Yuan-Ming Chiao, The China Post)
party that a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping will be devoid of mishaps and surprises.
Party spokesman Hu Wen-chi, relaying the chairwoman’s comments, stated that Hung’s meeting with Xi next week would be “very measured in expression” with “appropriate remarks.”
The party chairwoman also told Hu that there had been no tension between her and former president Ma Ying-jeou at a Monday dinner with other party leaders.
The two allegedly clashed over interpretations of the “1992 Consensus,” with Hung reportedly asking the former president why reunification was not up for discussion. [FULL STORY]
