By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterTaiwan cannot be defined by anyone but Taiwanese, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) told reporters in Finland on Sunday. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) on Sunday separately rebutted the statement, saying that Taiwan is not part of the PRC. “I think it is very strange, because why would we need Myanmar to define who Taiwan is,” said Ko, who is chairman of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP). “We do not need other people to define what Taiwan is, because only we can define who we are,” Ko said. “However, Taiwan has always faced a difficult international situation,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times January 20, 2020 15:56 UTC