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HONG KONG: Thousands rally to commemorate 2014 ‘Umbrella movement’ amid tight security

Sunday, 29 September 2019 06:05 Taipei Times

An anti-government protester yesterday in Hong Kong sprays graffiti on a shutter during a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of the “Umbrella movement.”
Photo: EPA-EFE

Thousands of people yesterday gathered for a rally in downtown Hong Kong, belting out songs, speeches and slogans to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the 2014 “Umbrella movement” that called for democratic reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

DPP lawmakers propose rules on CCP propaganda

Saturday, 28 September 2019 06:02 Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Ting-fei speaks at an event in Tainan on March 27.
Photo: Tsai Wen-chu, Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday proposed amendments that would stipulate prison sentences of three to 10 years for people convicted of spreading Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda that is deemed to endanger national security.

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A group of language professors expressed concern yesterday that a new language database shared by Taiwan and China is part of an effort by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to push for unification with China and called for more attention to other languages spoken in Taiwan.

Ma on Wednesday applauded the launch of the online Chinese Language Knowledge Database (中華語文知識庫), a database of the way Mandarin is used differently in Taiwan and China.