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Taiwan Tati Cultural and Educational Foundation

It is time for Taiwan to be Taiwan

As the year draws to a close and President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) prepares for her next two years in office, it remains important for Taiwanese to continue to take stock of the nation’s progress in democracy, and to observe and review the changing narratives that have accompanied it.

Taiwan’s democratic progress can be framed into three distinct stages. Each stage in turn has had key events that impacted and shaped its direction.

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NPP urges immigration changes


New Power Party Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang, second left, speaks at a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Monday.
Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times

The New Power Party (NPP) yesterday said that it would promote amendments to immigration laws to require foreign travelers caught carrying agricultural products from disease-affected areas to pay the full fine before entering the nation.

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Ministry approves Kuan’s appointment


Minister of Education Yeh Jiunn-rong holds a news conference in Taipei yesterday to announce the ministry’s decision to approve the appointment of National Taiwan University professor Kuan Chung-ming as the university’s president.
Photo: CNA

The Ministry of Education yesterday said it would appoint National Taiwan University (NTU) professor Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) as the university’s president according to its election result, but asked the school to review within three months a procedural flaw and other issues that arose during the election process.

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Premier views pig fever measure


Premier William Lai, second right, speaks at a pig farm in Taichung’s Cingshuei District yesterday.
Photo: Ou Su-mei, Taipei Times

Premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday inspected the disposal of leftover pig food at a hog farm in Taichung and called on farmers and all Taiwanese to join hands to guard against African swine fever.

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Newsflash

The Constitution is a lot like air. We neither feel it nor see it, but it surrounds us at all times and it is involved in every aspect of our lives. That was why a recent plan by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) caucuses to propose establishing a Constitution Amendment Committee in the next legislative session was encouraging and appropriate.

Perhaps because Taiwan has been plagued by a sluggish economy for too long or perhaps because of the high threshold for approving amendments to the Republic of China (ROC) Constitution, the talk of amending it or writing a new constitution has been on hold since the TSU and former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) briefly flirted with the idea years ago.