Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/12
By: Yeh Su-ping and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Dec. 12 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) will not sacrifice Taiwan’s
Presidential Office Secretary-General Chen Chu (陳菊, front)
sovereignty and dignity for economic benefits while pursuing the policy of peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait, Presidential Office Secretary-General Chen Chu (陳菊) said Wednesday at a legislative committee meeting.
Chen made the comment when asked by opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Legislator Jason Hsu (許毓仁) at a meeting of the Legislature’s Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee whether the government’s cross-strait policy needs to be revised after Taiwanese master baker Wu Pao-chun (吳寶春) made an online statement that he was born in “Taiwan, China,” apparently for fear of being branded a Taiwan independence supporter.
In the statement, Wu, who is seeking to expand his chain of bakeries to China, said he is proud of being Chinese and supports the “1992 consensus” which endorses the “one China” principle.
Wu’s statement came after Chinese netizens accused him of being pro-Taiwan independence. [FULL STORY]
