The mayor of Kaohsiung, Chen Qimai, said that he would firmly express "I am the mayor of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China" on international occasions.

(Photo by reporter Li Huizhou)

[Reporters Huang Xulei and Li Huizhou/Kaohsiung Report] Former President Ma Ying-jeou met with Song Tao, Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council in Wuhan on the 30th. During the meeting, it was discussed that there is a 1992 consensus and that both sides of the Taiwan Strait can create a win-win situation; President Lai Ching-teh presided over the opening of Yoshitomo Nara's "Traveling with a Misty and Wet Day" tour exhibition today, but he did not comment. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai, who accompanied him, said that he would firmly express "I am the Kaohsiung Mayor of Taiwan, Republic of China" on an international occasion.

In the morning, Lai Qingde listened to Nara Yoshitomo explaining his creative ideas at Neiwei Art Center, and was asked by the reporter, "Former President Ma met with Song Tao and discussed the 1992 Consensus. What do you think of Song Tao saying that the two sides of the strait are one family?" Lai was surrounded by the crowd and passed without Speaking, Chen Qimai was interviewed after seeing off the guests.

Chen Qimai said, "I am the mayor of Kaohsiung, the mayor of Kaohsiung in Taiwan, the Republic of China. If I have the opportunity to express myself as a free and democratic country, and as the mayor of the Formosa Island incident in Taiwan's democratic movement, I will take my stand, and I will take my stand firmly."

Vice President Lai Qingde (middle) did not speak to Ma Ying-jeou when he met Song Tao.

(Photo by reporter Huang Xulei)