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US readying arms sale: magazine

Foreign Policy magazine says that US President Barack Obama “is getting ready” to announce an arms sales package to Taiwan that will include Black Hawk helicopters and Patriot missile batteries.

“Taiwanese sources now say they expect the decision shortly after Obama returns from the climate-change conference,” the magazine said.

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Poll highlights fears of ECFA with China

A majority of respondents in a poll released by Taiwan Thinktank yesterday agreed that the government should slow the pace of signing an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China and postpone next week’s fourth round of high-level cross-strait talks before a higher degree of public consensus is reached.

The survey showed that 62.5 percent of respondents agreed that “the December [5] election results showed that many people in Taiwan still have doubts about an EFCA plan and thus the [President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九)] administration should put off signing the deal with China and rather seek consensus within the country.”

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Taiwan 228 Care Association Secretary-General Chang Yen-hsian, left, Taiwan National Alliance Convener Yao Chia-wen, second left, and former 228 Justice Association, Taipei secretary-general Ouyang Wen, second right, listen as 228 Justice Association, Taipei Secretary-General Chen Yi-shen explain a series of events to take place on Feb. 28 at a press conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chien Rung-fong, Taipei Times

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has failed to deliver on his pledge to find the truth about the 228 Massacre and its perpetrators, civic groups and victims’ families said yesterday.

Civic groups plan to highlight Ma’s disappointing record on transitional justice in his first term with two marches to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the massacre, group representatives told a press conference.