There is 'no arrangement' for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the deputy chairman of Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) said on Wednesday before leaving for Beijing, but added he would follow whatever his hosts set up.
Andrew Hsia, deputy chairman of Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang speaks to the media before traveling to China at Taoyuan International airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ann WangTAOYUAN, Taiwan, Feb 8 - There is "no arrangement" for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the deputy chairman of Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang said on Wednesday before leaving for Beijing, but added he would follow whatever his hosts set up.
Andrew Hsia, a former senior Taiwanese diplomat and one-time head of its China-policy-making Mainland Affairs Council, is going to Beijing at a time of heightened tension, as China steps up military pressure to assert its sovereignty claims over Taiwan. Speaking at Taiwan's main international airport in Taoyuan, Hsia told reporters that he would be meeting Song Tao, the newly appointed head of China's Taiwan Affairs Office.
"As for Xi Jinping, there is no such arrangement," he said. "In the document submitted to the Mainland Affairs Council meet Taiwan Affairs Office Director Song Tao. As for other people, our attitude has always been that as guests we are at our hosts' disposal, and if they make arrangements, we will not exclude them."
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