The China Post
Date: August 23, 2016
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Cheers but mostly jeers greeted a visiting Shanghai
Members of the Taiwan Solidarity Union stand outside Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei on Monday, Aug. 22, to protest the arrival of Sha Hailin (沙海林). Sha, director of the Chinese Communist Party’s Shanghai Municipal Committee United Front Work Department, helms a Shanghai delegation slated to attend a cross-strait forum in Taipei today. (CNA)
delegation that took part in a cross-strait cities forum in Taipei Monday.
Police presence numbering in the hundreds moved to part protesters and supporters at Taipei Songshan Airport (松山機場).
One protester was carried away by authorities after shouting “get the hell out” at delegation leader Sha Hailin (沙海林).
Dozens of members of the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU, 台聯), a small political party advocating Taiwan’s political independence, accused Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) of “selling out Taiwan” by meeting Sha.
Members of an indigenous peoples group from Hsinchu County held up signs welcoming Sha.
Smiling and waving at the crowd in the arrivals gate, Sha said it was “quite good” to hear diverse voices but emphasized that “many came out in support, leading me to believe that maintaining and developing cross-strait relations is the mainstream view of the Taiwanese people.” [FULL STORY]