TAIPEI: A radical Taiwanese independence group said on Sunday it had pulled down a statue of republican China’s founding father Sun Yat-sen, who ended centuries of imperial rule.
The incident, which was condemned by members of the ruling nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party, illustrates how hostility towards Beijing still runs deep within some Taiwanese circles, despite years of improving ties between the two sides.
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