Taiwanese presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu says he can get talks with Beijing back on track without surrendering to threats. Photo: AP

Taiwan presidential hopeful Han Kuo-yu says ‘no peace deal with Beijing until threats end’

Kuomintang representative denies being mainland’s ‘preferred candidate’, but says he has the skills to put cross-straits talks back on track
Han also urges Hong Kong to introduce general elections so that residents ‘can elect the people they want’

Topic | Taiwan elections 2020

Lawrence Chung

Published: 9:15am, 15 Nov, 2019

Updated: 9:15am, 15 Nov, 2019

Taiwanese presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu says he can get talks with Beijing back on track without surrendering to threats. Photo: AP

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Lawrence Chung

Lawrence Chung covers major news in Taiwan, ranging from presidential and parliament elections to killer earthquakes and typhoons. Most of his reports focus on Taiwan’s relations with China, specifically on the impact and possible developments of cross-strait relations under the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party and mainland-friendly Kuomintang governments. Before starting work at the South China Morning Post in 2006, he wrote for Reuters and AFP for more than 12 years.