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White Terror victim to be honored in NTU memorial

Sunday, 22 March 2015 06:49 Taipei Times

Chen Wen-cheng poses with his family in an undated image.
Photocopied by Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times

National Taiwan University’s (NTU) university affairs committee yesterday passed a proposal to name a campus plaza in honor of NTU Mathematics Department graduate Chen Wen-chen (陳文成), a well-known victim of the nation’s past authoritarian regime in a move lauded as a step toward transitional justice. The plaza is also to include a monument for Chen.

Taiwanese groups meet Dalai Lama with invite

Saturday, 21 March 2015 07:39 Phayul

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, prays for the victims of Typhoon Morakot, Hsiaolin village, Pingtung County, southern Taiwan August 31, 2009/file/Reuters

DHARAMSHALA, March 19: A group of Taiwanese religious representatives have requested the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan, where his last visit was in 2009 to pray for the victims of Typhoon Morakot. The group on Monday presented before the Tibetan leader a joint invitation from 15 Taiwanese organizations at his residence here.

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US lawmakers hailed the Dalai Lama as a global inspiration as they welcomed him on Thursday at the Capitol, urging US President Barack Obama to defy China and also meet the exiled Tibetan leader.

Members of the US House of Representatives briefly put aside a rancorous debate on taming the US debt to receive the Dalai Lama, a rare figure embraced by both sides of the US political spectrum.

US House Speaker John Boehner, the third highest-ranking US official under the Constitution, said lawmakers spoke to the Dalai Lama about “our shared values not just in Tibet and China, but in the Middle East as well.”