M’Land’s TAO, ARATS Express Condolences at Passing of Former SEF Chairman
2018/12/12
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M’Land’s TAO, ARATS Express Condolences at Passing of Former SEF Chairman
Source: China Times
12 December, 2018
Liu Jieyi (劉結一), chairman of the Mainland-based Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO), and Zhang Zhijun (張志軍), chairman of the Mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), both paid condolence calls to the family of former Taipei-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) chairman Chiang Pin-kung (江丙坤). Chen Yunlin (陳雲林) and Chen Deming (陳德銘), both former ARATS chairperson, also expressed their condolences. Rumors that the Mainland would send Chen Yunlin to Taiwan to offer their condolences at the funeral service of Chiang received attention, with many speculating how the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and the SEF would handle the visit.
An informed source stated that Taiwan would not reject such a visit by Mainland personnel, but added that with the frozen cross-Strait relations, the Mainland delegation could skip both the MAC and the SEF and instead liaise directly with Chiang’s family.
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