Taipei  - Taiwan on Tuesday recalled a Canada-based diplomat for lying about writing articles calling on China to attack Taiwan.

Hundreds of angry Taiwan natives met Kuo Kuan-ying, 50, when he arrived at the Taipei international airport, shouting "Kuo Kuan-ying, Kuo Kuan-ying!" ("Apologize, apologize!").

Kuo, head of the press office for Taiwan's representative office in Toronto, reportedly has been writing articles in recent years under seven alias to slander Taiwan.

Most of his articles appeared in the blog of Fan Lan-chin, one of his pen names.

In his articles, Kuo called Taiwan natives "Taiwan yokels" and Taiwan a "ghost town."

After Kuo was exposed, it caused an uproar among Taiwan natives who thought Kuo - son of a former mainlander - had betrayed Taiwan and should be punished for triggering ethnic conflicts.

Last week, the Government Information Office, the employer of Kuo, fired Kuo for lying about his articles and ordered him to return to Taiwan. (dpa)