KMT decries president’s use of ‘neighbors’ in speechPRO-INDEPENDENCE? Former New Taipei City mayor Eric Chu, who is running in the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairmanship election, waves to the media in Taipei yesterday. “The ‘neighbors theory’ is a rehash of the ‘two states theory’ and another provocation amid worsening cross-strait relations,” it said. The context of Tsai’s speech made it clear that “neighbors” included China, which is “tantamount to declaring Taiwanese independence,” the KMT said. Tomorrow, Chu, a former KMT chairman; Sun Yat-sen School president Chang Ya-chung (張亞中); former Changhua County commissioner Cho Po-yuan (卓伯源); and KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) are to have a televised debate prior to the election.

Source: Taipei Times September 02, 2021 15:56 UTC