‘VICIOUS CYCLE’: Ko said the biggest source of chaos in Taiwan is the media, whose ‘sensational headlines’ upset readers and cause them to be upset with him
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 25, 2018
By: Chou Yan-yu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The debate on “Taiwanese values” yesterday continued as Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je sits in a street sweeper at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
文哲) responded to criticism from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tuan Yi-kang (段宜康) by comparing Tuan to a “dog.”
Ko on Monday asked President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to clarify what she meant by “Taiwanese values” after she said that the mayor should reaffirm his commitment to such values to gain the support of DPP members.
Tuan later criticized Ko for his “both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family” remark on cross-strait ties, saying that Ko seemed to have “an authoritarian mindset” and asking whether he would hold the Nazis and Adolf Hitler in high regard.
“If a dog runs out of an alley and bites you, what are you going to do? Do not tell me you would go and bite the dog back,” Ko said yesterday.
Later in the afternoon, Tuan said on Facebook that: “I will not respond to something so base,” asking “friends in the media” to not seek further comment from Ko. [FULL STORY]
