Taipei office head, four division chiefs leave after refusing to endorse 'One China'Kao Ming-tsun left Hong Kong on Thursday after he refused to sign an endorsement of Beijing's 'One China' principle and was denied an extension of his work visa. The acting director-general of Taiwan's representative office in Hong Kong has left after the government refused to extend his work visa. For of the five divisions at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong, are now without division chiefs. The Taiwan office in Hong Kong is under the Mainland Affairs Council, Taiwan's top China policy coordinator, and the MOC's representative to Hong Kong doubles as head of the division of cultural affairs at the office. As a result, the cultural affairs division has been without a leader since late 2018.

Source: The Standard July 17, 2020 14:37 UTC