Taiwan tensions
Interior Ministry’s Liu Shyh-fang stresses ‘singular obligation of loyalty’ as row consumes politics
Taiwan’s Interior Minister Liu Shyh-fang speaks at a Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club event in Taipei on March 25. She insisted that Chinese should not be exempted from Taiwan’s nationality act. (Photo by Michael Saul Garber)
TAIPEI — A row over whether a Chinese national nominated to be a legislator should be exempted from a law requiring single nationality for public office holders has taken center stage in Taiwan’s politics, fueling the showdown between President Lai Ching-te’s administration and the opposition coalition that seeks closer ties with Beijing.
