Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je’s comment is simply reflecting his innocence and incompetence.
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/01/24
By: Lee Ping-hua, Taiwan News, Contributing Writer
(By Central News Agency)
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je has come under fire for another odd remark in defense of his contentious cross-strait motto of “the two sides of the strait are one family,” after saying he hates people who advocate independence while doing business in China.
He should, however, have made himself less bitter if he spoke in line with the majority of Taiwanese people by denouncing Beijing’s dissociative state which advocates a cross-strait family, but remains poised for a forced unification.
To reach the end of Taiwan’s unification with China, Beijing is aligning with the pro-China politicians in the island country, and has been using economic incentives as trade-offs to those publicly acknowledging Beijing’s political stance.
For example, last year, the Taiwanese coffee chain 85C Bakery Cafe bowed to China’s backlash over a gift bag given tor Taiwan’s president by reaffirming the 1992 Consensus; Taiwanese-winning baker Wu Pao-chun (吳寶春) was forced to support the same 1992 Consensus following a boycott after being labeled as a pro-independent businessman by Chinese netizens. Many Taiwanese companies in China have no choice but to yield to pressure as politics weighs heavily on their business. [FULL STORY]
