TAIPEI: A top Shanghai official Tuesday defended his controversial visit to Taiwan as "open and transparent" as protesters burnt his photo and accused him of promoting the island's unification with China.

Sha Hailin, a standing committee member of the Communist Party in the city and head of the United Front Work Department there, arrived on Monday for a forum on municipal exchanges.

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