Taipei Times
Date: Oct 22, 2017
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) yesterday denied
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih, left, shakes hands with a functionary at a forum organized in Taipei by the Kinmen, Matsu and Penghu Offshore Island Alliance yesterday. Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times
allegations that his party is planning to send representatives to Beijing to discuss the possibility of holding the KMT-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) annual cross-strait forum in December.
Wu on the sidelines of a public forum in Taipei rejected allegations that the mission of the representatives is to discuss the date for this year’s forum and the possibility of a meeting between Wu and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).
“We have to consider that the CCP is holding its 19th National Congress and is next month to participate in the APEC summit in Vietnam, which Xi is scheduled to attend. Afterward, US President Donald Trump is also slated to make a state visit to China,” Wu said.
Wu said that the timing of the forum is not his main concern, as it could be held any time that suits both parties. [FULL STORY]
