Formosa News
Date: 2019/04/11

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je received a Shanghai official today to discuss the details of this summer’s Taipei-Shanghai forum. Li Wenhui, the director of the Shanghai Municipal Taiwan Affairs Office, was seen heading into city hall for closed-door talks with the mayor. Later Mayor Ko said that trade and not politics would be the first order of business at the 2019 summit.

Questions on cross-strait relations elicit no response from the Shanghai official as he dashes into Taipei mayor’s office. After a half-hour long meeting, reporters grilled Mayor Ko on the contents of their discussion.

Ko Wen-je
Taipei mayor
We will start off with the least controversial issues, like working together to make money. That’s never controversial, right? Saying we’re two sides of one family is just a gesture of goodwill.    [FULL  STORY]