I can manage the US and China best, Ko Wen-je saysBy Tsai Yun-jung and Jason Pan / Staff reportersTaiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday said he would be the best choice to handle US-China tensions because both sides can trust him, as he compared his party to the Jesuit order. “I am the most capable among the three candidates of handling relations with the US and China. “On the other hand, although I have visited China and made friends there, Taiwanese people would still have trust in me, as this is the most important thing,” he added. “I am the safest choice here that both sides [the US and China] can accept.”Taiwan People’s Party Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je, left, holds a flag with legislative candidate Chen Wan-hui during a campaign event in Yilan County yesterday. That Ko had said in previous interviews he would not have to resign as TPP chairman if he loses the election shows that he could rule for life, Liu said.
