KMT to hold concert, other events to mark retrocessionBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is to hold a series of commemorative events to mark the 75th anniversary of Taiwan’s retrocession on Sunday, including a concert that would be attended by several former KMT chairpeople, it said yesterday. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Culture and Communications Committee chairwoman Alicia Wang, center, and colleagues in Taipei yesterday promote events that the party is to hold today, tomorrow and on Sunday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Taiwan’s 1945 retrocession to the Republic of China. The KMT has invited Mainland Affairs Council officials and President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to a commemorative concert, but they turned down the requests, she said. Tomorrow, the KMT is to launch an online exhibition featuring historical materials and photographs preserved by the party related to the retrocession, it said. “Taiwan Retrocession Day is an important historical link between the Republic of China and Taiwan,” the KMT said in a statement.

Source: Taipei Times October 21, 2020 15:56 UTC