TAIPEI - A group of Chinese officials arrived in Taiwan on Saturday (Feb 18) on the first visit in three years since the Covid-19 pandemic began, to attend a cultural event at a time of soaring military tensions across the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's government this week allowed the trip of six officials, lead by Li Xiaodong, deputy head of the...
Li Xiaodong, Deputy Head of the Shanghai office of China's Taiwan Affairs Office and head of the delegation of Chinese officials visiting Taiwan, walks out of the arrival hall at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, on Feb 18, 2023.TAIPEI - A group of Chinese officials arrived in Taiwan on Saturday on the first visit in three years since the Covid-19 pandemic began, to attend a cultural event at a time of soaring military tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Around a dozen pro-Taiwan independence supporters protested his arrival outside the airport, shouting "Taiwan and China, separate countries" and "Chinese people, get out", while on the airport road another small group of pro-China supporters shouted their welcome. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an, from the main opposition party the Kuomintang which traditionally favours close relations with China, told reporters they "very much welcomed" the delegation.
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