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Injustice cannot and will not stand

Once again this week, Taiwanese demonstrated they will not remain silent in the face of injustice or when the values they hold dear, and for which their forebears fought with blood and sweat, are threatened.

Only a week after hundreds of young Taiwanese demonstrated in the streets of London following the removal, at Beijing’s request, of the Republic of China flag on Regent Street, a handful of reporters and editors at the Chinese-language China Times risked sacrificing their careers in journalism to protest against the unethical practices of their employer.

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Granddaughter visits ex-president for Father’s Day


People watch a traditional lion dance during the opening ceremony of the President A-bian Hotel, named in honor of former president Chen Shui-bian, in Greater Kaohsiung’s Sanmin District on July 29.
Photo: Huang Chih-yuan, Taipei Times

As households nationwide gathered yesterday to celebrate Father’s Day, five-year-old Chen Chieh-hsin (陳潔歆), the granddaughter of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), expressed her hope for a family reunion in a hand-written card.

“Dear Grandpa, this is my first time to write you a card. Are you happy? People often told me how much I resemble you, but when can you finally come home for a family reunion?” Chen Chieh-hsin wrote in a card delivered to her grandfather during a visit to Taipei Prison on the eve of Father’s Day.

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China fanning the flames in Tibet

Aug. 8, 2012, is a notable date for Tibet. Last year on this day I was inaugurated as the first democratically elected Tibetan leader under a new political system in which the Dalai Lama ceased to have a presiding role.

Last year, despite impassioned appeals by many Tibetans, the Dalai Lama officially relinquished his political power, including his power to dismiss the Tibetan parliament, judiciary and executive and to sign or veto bills. The Dalai Lama remains only as Tibet’s spiritual leader.

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Self-immolator identified as Kirti monk Lobsang Tsultrim

Kirti monk Lobsang Tsultrim in a photo taken in 2009. (Photo/Kirti
Monastery)
Kirti monk Lobsang Tsultrim in a photo taken in 2009. (Photo/Kirti Monastery)

DHARAMSHALA, August 7: The Tibetan who self-immolated yesterday in Ngaba, eastern Tibet has been identified as 21-year-old Lobsang Tsultrim, a monk at the Kirti Monastery.

In a release today the exile seat of the Kirti Monastery in Dharamshala said Lobsang Tsultrim set himself on fire at around 5.05 pm (local time) yesterday.

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Newsflash

Exiled Tibetans in Dharamshala, India during a candlelight vigil in solidarity with Lungtok and Tashi on August 14, 2012. (Phayul file photo/Norbu Wangyal)

DHARAMSHALA, August 15: The death toll in the ongoing wave of Tibetan self-immolations has now risen to 40 with the passing away of Tashi, a former Kirti Monastery monk, on August 14, a day after his fiery protest.

Tashi, 21, set himself ablaze along with his former classmate Lungtok, a Kirti Monastery monk, protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet Monday at around 6:50 pm (local time).