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Groups pan KMT ‘brainwashing’


Members of non-governmental organizations gather outside the Ministry of Education in Taipei yesterday to protest against the changes to the high school curriculum.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

In the latest of a series of protests against the high-school curriculum for Chinese language and social science, dozens of civic group representatives yesterday called for Taiwanese to demand the President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) administration reverse the policy aimed at “brainwashing” the younger generation.

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Ma draws fire over new grand justice nominees


President Ma Ying-jeou’s nominees for grand justices, left to right, National Taiwan University law professor Tsai Ming-cheng, Deputy Minister of Justice Wu Chen-huan, lawyer Huang Horng-shya and Shilin District Court President Lin Jyun-yi pose for a picture in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times

President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) latest nominations for grand justices drew criticism yesterday, as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators and civic groups questioned not only his right to nominate candidates, but also whether a judge who acquitted him in a corruption case is an appropriate nominee.

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Beijing yesterday warned US President Barack Obama against meeting the Dalai Lama, saying it would “seriously undermine” Sino-US ties — the latest salvo in an escalating row between the two powers.

Beijing also said no progress was made in the latest round of talks between Chinese officials and envoys of the spiritual leader, saying the two sides remain “sharply divided” on the future of the Himalayan region.