COMPLAINT FILED: Lin Chia-lung said he hoped the EAOC would respond as soon as possible, while warning the cancelation of the Games would stain cross-strait ties
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 31, 2018
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) is willing to go to Beijing to resolve the
Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung speaks at an international news conference in Taichung yesterday about the East Asian Youth Games embroligo. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
cancelation of the East Asian Youth Games, if the Chinese government approves his visit, he told an international news conference in Taipei yesterday.
The Taichung City Government has lodged an official complaint with the East Asian Olympic Committee (EAOC) over its decision to cancel Taichung’s right to host the first East Asian Youth Games in August next year, he said.
The committee cited a proposed referendum on changing the name of Taiwan’s national team when it participates in the 2020 Olympic Games and other international events as its reason for canceling next year’s competition in Taichung.
“If it [China] lets me go, I will go,” Lin said. “We will not spare any effort. “
Lin was asked if he might make a statement similar to that made by Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), who last year said that Taiwan and China are part of one family, which some speculate might be why Beijing did not interfere with the Taipei Universiade last summer. [FULL STORY]
