Taipei Times
Date: Aug 17, 2018
By: Chien Hui-ju, Chen Hsin-yu and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
and other politicians yesterday weighed in on 85°C’s declaration of support of the so-called “1992 consensus,” with some showing support for the bakery chain and others accusing rival parties of inaction.
In a live broadcast on Facebook, KMT Taipei mayoral candidate Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) said that 85°C does not support Taiwanese independence, while holding a cup of coffee from the business as a show of support.
The DPP’s inability and unwillingness to handle cross-strait affairs in addition to populist anti-China actions have closed off channels of communication across the Taiwan Strait, leaving 85°C — an exemplary Taiwan-based company — to become a scapegoat, Ting said.
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