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TAO funded pro-unification patriotism party


Members of the pro-unification Concentric Patriotism Association stage a protest with Chinese national flags outside a venue decorated with the Republic of China flag where the Democratic Progressive PartY was holding its national congress in Taipei on Jan 17, 2008.
Photo: Liao Cheng-hui, Taipei Times

China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) funded the pro-unification Concentric Patriotism Association’s attempts to influence Taiwanese politics, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday.

The office issued a wanted notice for the association’s late chairman Chou Ching-chun’s (周慶峻) wife, Lin Ming-mei (林明美), and its secretary-general Zhang Xiuye (張秀葉) on charges of contravening the Anti-infiltration Act (反滲透法).

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Group recognizes threat from China


President Tsai Ing-wen speaks in a prerecorded video on the opening day of Liberal International’s congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Thursday.
Photo courtesy of the Democratic Progressive Party via CNA

Liberal International on Saturday passed a “World Today Resolution” recognizing the threat that China poses to Taiwan, while supporting Taipei’s inclusion in international organizations.

Liberal International was established in 1947 as a federation of liberal political parties from around the world. Last week, it held its 63rd congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, which was attended by 221 representatives from 58 countries.

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Newsflash


Pro-China activists carrying Chinese and Taiwanese national flags walk onto one of the disputed Diaoyutai Islands after arriving from Hong Kong on their boat on Wednesday.
Photo: AFP

Following the latest confrontation over the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台) between Japan and pro-China activists, President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) administration yesterday chastised Japan, while being reserved in its criticism of the activists.

“[Taiwan] calls on Japan to realize there exists a dispute over the sovereignty of the Diaoyutai Islands and to consider [Taiwan]-initiated proposals on how to handle the issue in a pragmatic and effective way. [Japan] should not be oblivious to the fact of contention,” a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said last night.