Friday, July 31, 2015

一中? 一中一台?

Taipei mayoral candidate Ko Wen-je speaks after winning the local elections at the campaign headquarters in Taipei
中? 台?
TAIPEI (Reuters) - An annual forum between the mayors of Shanghai and Taipei might not take place as scheduled this year because the mayor of the Taiwan capital will not publicly endorse Beijing's "One China" principle.
The dispute highlights the deep mistrust between the two sides despite the establishment of the best ever trade ties since Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou took office in 2008.
Taiwan has been holding the annual "Two Cities" forum with China's economic capital since 2010 but this year's visit to Shanghai is under a shadow because Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je has repeatedly refused to recognize "One China".
Taiwan president Ma gives a speech at a party congress in Taipei
Ko met the deputy mayor of Shanghai, Weng Tiehui, on Thursday to discuss a possible visit to Shanghai next month but no decision was reached.
"The first thing we'd need to do is to increase mutual trust, or we can't take it any further," Ko told a news briefing after the meeting with Weng.
Ko, an independent, beat a rival from the China-friendly Nationalists in late in 2014 to take office.
Beijing has claimed sovereignty over Taiwan since 1949, when Mao Zedong's forces won the Chinese civil war and Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fled to the island, claiming to be the true Chinese government.
Hung Hsiu-chu, a former teacher and current deputy legislative speaker, speaks to Nationalist Party members as she is nominated as the party's candidate in the January presidential election, Sunday, July 19, 2015, in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan's top two political parties have each nominated a woman for president in 2016, a historic first signaling acceptance of female leadership and kicking off a campaign highlighted so far by clashing views on ties with rival China. Hung, who supports friendly relations with China, will run against Tsai Ing-wen, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party chairwoman and an advocate of more cautious relations with Beijing. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Beijing insists that all countries and international organizations recognize it as the "One China".
07/31/15
(Reporting by Faith Hung; Editing by Paul Tait)

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