British minister in cultural gaffe after giving Taipei mayor 'taboo' watch

Transport minister Baroness Susan Kramer apologises after presenting gift to mayor of Taiwan's capital Ko Wen-je A British minister was left red-faced after giving the mayor of Taipei the gift of a watch - a taboo act in Chinese culture - only for him to joke he would "sell it to a scrap dealer". Ko Wen-je, a high-flying surgeon and mayor of Taiwan's capital, made the remark after he was handed the pocket timepiece by British transport minister Baroness Susan Kramer, who was visiting Taiwan on a...