Shanghai sending lower-level delegation to Taipei Lantern FestivalBy Kan Meng-lin / Staff reporterShanghai is to send a lower-level delegation to the Taipei Lantern Festival this year, after an application for the head of the city’s Taiwan Affairs Office to attend last year’s festival was rejected, the Liberty Times (sister paper of the Taipei Times) reported today. The Shanghai City Government is hosting a display at the Taipei Lantern Festival again this year, which opens this evening. People pose with the Shanghai City Government's display at the Taipei Lantern Festival yesterday. Photo: Tsai Kai-heng, Taipei TimesThis year, the Shanghai City Government lowered the level of its delegation, instead sending a group led by the director of the office’s liaison division, Xu Hao (徐皓), the Liberty Times reported. Xu also led Shanghai’s delegation to the 2024 Taipei Lantern Festival.

Source: Taipei Times February 25, 2026 08:49 UTC