KMT heavyweight praises cross-strait civic summit

‘ONE CHINA’: The event aims to encourage Taiwanese to become ‘righteous Chinese’ who protect China’s fundamental interests together, a former official said By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) vice chairman Andrew Hsia (夏立言) and hundreds of Taiwanese yesterday attended the opening of a cross-strait civic group exchange summit in Beijing.Chinese media reported that more than 500 Taiwanese attended the summit.Hsia told the event that the summit is an important platform for non-governmental organizations (NGO) to maintain unofficial ties with China in the absence of official exchanges and rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait. Presenters speak at the opening ceremony of a cross-strait civic group exchange summit in Beijing