Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/18
By: Chen Chia-lun and Y.F. Low
Taipei, Aug. 18 (CNA) Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Thursday that its 
officials have not been invited to attend the upcoming twin-city forum between Taipei and Shanghai.
According to MAC Deputy Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正), officials from his council were not invited to previous forums and they have not received an invitation this year either.
Sha Hailin (沙海林), a member of the Standing Committee and head of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China’s Shanghai Municipal Committee, will lead the Shanghai delegation to the Aug. 23 forum in Taipei.
During the forum, the two cities will sign memorandums of understanding on cooperation on marathon events, cooperation between the Taipei Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival, and cooperation between Taipei’s Wenshan District and Shanghai’s Songjiang District. [FULL STORY]
