NO ‘ONE CHINA’?MAC Minister Andrew Hsia said that KMT presidential candidate Eric Chu’s campaign slogan has meanings such as solidarity among Taiwanese
Taipei Times
Date: Nov 03, 2015
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Andrew Hsia (夏立言) yesterday dismissed
Mainland Affairs Council Minister Andrew Hsia answers questions in the legislature in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
speculation that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu’s (朱立倫) campaign slogan of “One Taiwan” is a reference to the state of cross-strait relations.
Hsia was responding to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chuang Ruei-hsiung (莊瑞雄) at a question-and-answer session at the legislature in Taipei on whether China would regard Chu as “morally bankrupt” after the unveiling of his “One Taiwan” slogan on Sunday.
“Chu described cross-strait relations as ‘both sides belonging to one China’ at his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) in May, but now he is chanting ‘One Taiwan’ during the election season. China must think he lacks integrity,” Chuang said. [FULL STORY]
