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The Martyred Spirits of Democracy Preside Over Taiwan 228 Holy Mountain

Sunday, 14 June 2009 11:05 Dr. Hsu-Tung Yang & translated by Leo Wang

2009, June 4^th, rain and gusts awash in abundance…
The Chinese people crave democracy.
1912, the Manchurian Ching Dynasty expired.

Sun Yet-San established the Nationalist government.
Yet, the Chinese folks, some died, others fled;
All the same, unable to escape the fate of “despotism and dictatorship.”

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Letter to Time on “Reshooting History in a New China.”

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 15:20 Yi-Chang (Leo) Wang

Dear Mr. Abdoolcarim:

Thank you for the informing and interesting article on the October 19^th Asia edition of Time magazine, “Reshooting History in a New China.” However, I write to voice, on the behalf of Tati Foundation, that the Chinese leadership’s thinking has not changed at all since the founding of this totalitarian and Communist regime. As you have mentioned, injustices and corruption are rampant in China today. For an average Chinese citizen, life remains tough. Just like the widespread turmoil and ceaseless revolution in first half of CCP’s sixty years. Just like the pre-revolutionary KMT regime, riddled with corruption and brutality. In short, just like the same old days.

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‘A long journey full of tears’

Wednesday, 28 June 2017 11:01 Han Cheung

Vonny Chen, fifth from right, attends the unveiling of her father’s monument at Holy Mountain Ecological Educational Park in Nantou.
Photo courtesy of Sherry Huang

Vonny Chen’s (陳雅芳) voice breaks as she talks about Taiwan’s long-time independent activists, even though she has lived her entire life in Indonesia.

General Douglas MacArthur and the Taiwan Passport Controversy

Monday, 13 July 2015 07:09 twclarify

General Douglas MacArthur did not agree that the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan was transferred to China on Oct. 25, 1945, or that the native Taiwanese people were correctly classified as having the nationality of "Republic of China."

Nearly 65 years after General MacArthur made these remarks, the native Taiwanese are now beginning to wake up to the reality that their nationality status is incorrect, and that the mistreatment which they receive in the international community is (in large part) due to their misclassification as ROC Chinese.

Supporting hard-won democracy

Tuesday, 09 January 2024 04:22 Jerome Keating

Having spent the past three decades in Taiwan, I have watched firsthand the innumerable obstacles it overcame in shedding the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) one-party state to become a vibrant democracy. Within that time, I also had to listen to a fair share of panda-huggers, useful idiots and parachute journalists commenting on what they felt Taiwan should or should not do vis-a-vis that democracy and its main problem, China.

The struggle of those decades have presented a core reality that cannot be ignored.

First, Taiwan is a democracy and it follows the rule of law to protect that democracy. Because of this, former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) gracefully stepped down in 2000. He has been a KMT-appointed president and then Taiwan’s first president to be elected by the people. After him, the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) stepped down after his two four-year terms as president. Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) of the KMT did the same and President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of the DPP is to follow suit. Do you see the pattern? All abide by the limits of the Constitution. None tried to cling to power.