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Lai urges president Tsai to ‘pass baton’

Sunday, 09 June 2019 05:29 Taipei Times

Former premier William Lai, left, and President Tsai Ing-wen, right, greet each other yesterday at the beginning of the party’s televised presidential primary debate on Chinese Television System.
Photo courtesy of the Democratic Progressive Party

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and former premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday faced off in a televised platform presentation as part of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential primary, with Tsai again urging Lai to join her as her running mate and Lai calling on Tsai to “pass the baton.”

Youth group working with China units

Saturday, 08 June 2019 05:59 Taipei Times

The Mainland Affairs Council logo is displayed at the council in Taipei on Jan. 9.
Photo: Chung Li-hua, Taipei Times

Summer tours to China organized by the China Youth Corps are being conducted in collaboration with Chinese propaganda units, the Mainland Affairs Council said on Thursday.

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Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay with Swiss Member of Parliament and vice president of the Swiss Parliamentary Tibet group, Maya Graf in Zurich on November 21, 2011.

DHARAMSHALA, November 22: Senior government officials in Switzerland, including the Swiss Foreign Ministry have expressed concerns over the “desperate situation” inside Tibet following the spate of self-immolations by Tibetans in Tibet as well as in India and Nepal.

According to the official website of the Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration, the Swiss Foreign Ministry in a statement issued late Monday evening said that the self-immolations in Tibet and the desperation of the Tibetan people were “very worrying”.