KMT mulls boycotting forum over CCTV newsBy Chen Yun / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is considering boycotting the annual cross-Taiwan Strait Forum unless China Central Television (CCTV) apologizes and offers an explanation for a headline suggesting that the party was “suing for peace,” a senior KMT official said yesterday. The KMT had on Tuesday announced that former legislative speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) would lead a KMT delegation to the forum, which is to open on Saturday in Xiamen, China. A senior party official said that Chiang, Wang and KMT Secretary-General Lee Chien-lung (李乾龍) would make a decision soon. The KMT would seek an apology from Li and might not send a delegation to the forum if Li does not apologize, they added. “However, if Wang wants to participate [in the forum] in his personal capacity, then the KMT could not say no,” the official said.

Source: Taipei Times September 12, 2020 15:56 UTC