Taipei, Nov. 5 (CNA) The three main Taipei mayoral candidates on Saturday all spoke out in defense of the sovereignty of the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan) and its democratic and free society, in the face of Chinese coercion, at a televised debate.
The Taipei City Government yesterday announced that the Taipei-Shanghai Twin-City Forum is to be held on Tuesday in a “hybrid meeting” of the cities, with the theme of “resilience, sustainability and humanities.”
The forum would be held in the same hybrid meeting format as the past two years with the two city mayors and city government officials in two venues meeting through videoconferencing due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Taipei City Government said.
With global warming driving natural disasters around the world, and as extreme weather can cause severe damage and threatens both cities, Taipei and Shanghai are striving to achieve sustainable
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) held a banquet to entertain senior executives from several Chinese-funded enterprises on behalf of the Taipei City Government, allegedly spending NT$47,590 of public funds, Taipei City Councilor Lin Ying-meng (林穎孟) said.
Ko was seen meeting with the executives on the third floor of the Grand Hyatt Taipei on Feb. 24, the Liberty Times (sister newspaper of the Taipei Times) reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Ko refused to provide the guest list of the banquet to avoid outside supervision, Lin said.
According to the exclusive report by the Liberty Times, Chinese National Federation of Industries (全國工業總會)