Tainan Mayor William Lai said Monday the recent beheading of a statue of Japanese civil engineer Yoichi Hatta does not undermine ties between Taiwan and Japan but strengthens them."The vandalism did not succeed because this year's ceremony is even bigger than ever," Lai said at an annual ceremony to commemorate Hatta at a park in Tainan, southern Taiwan. The park was commissioned in 2011 to honor Hatta's contributions to Taiwan.(Image provided by police in Tainan) The act of vandalism occurred three weeks ago when the statue was allegedly decapitated by a radical pro-unification activist, …READ FULL ARTICLE
