DUAL IDENTITY: The newly elected KMT chairman said that he was born and raised in Taiwan, but from a cultural and historical viewpoint, he is also Chinese
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 19, 2020
By: Lin Liang-sheng / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang, left, greets people with a traditional palm-over-fist gesture at a meeting of the KMT Central Standing Committee in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
The KMT is the Republic of China’s (ROC) founding party, Chiang said, adding that for the KMT, China is the ROC.
“I was born and raised in Taiwan. I am Taiwanese,” he said. “From the perspective of blood origin, culture and history, I am also Chinese.”
“On the basis of the Constitution of the ROC, I am an ROC national,” he added. [FULL STORY]
