Politicians lay blame in wake of 85°C remark

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)

Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Pasuya Yao, the party’s Taipei mayoral candidate, yesterday speaks in front of Shezi Market in Taipei. Yao purchased several drinks from bakery chain 85°C as a show of support for the chain. Photo courtesy of Yao’s campaign office

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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