The annual Taipei-Shanghai Forum took place online for the second year in a row, given the current COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to past years, there was probably less fanfare than before. This is not only because of the online format, but because of the way that the forum is tied to Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je’s political career, as a Ko initiative. That being said, there was some controversy about the cost of the 1,390,000 NT expense of the forum, when it was expected that the forum would be cheaper this year due to the online format...
Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je recently found himself embroiled in controversy during a trip to Shanghai, conducted as part of the city-based cross-straits exchanges with Shanghai that he has pushed for since he became Taipei mayor...
During the annual Shanghai-Taipei forum which took place in Taipei on Thursday, Ko Wen-je doubled down on the stance he has taken on cross-strait relations by once again making public statements that there is “one family on both sides of the Taiwan Straits”...