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TPP drops controversial slogan

Taipei Times

The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday decided to remove a controversial slogan — “Vote White, Vote Right” — from its Web site after the wording was criticized as being similar to that used by US white supremacist groups.

TPP spokeswoman Lin Tzu-yu (林子宇) told a news conference that the slogan had referred to the color white that the TPP brands itself with.

“It was supposed to mean that a vote for the ‘power of white’ is the right choice,” she said.

Walking on Beijing’s minefield

Taipei Times Editorials

A heated conversation between a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Keelung city councilor and a local resident on whether an ammunition depot in the city should be relocated has stirred debate about public attitudes toward national security in Taiwan, and has drawn speculation on the KMT’s cross-strait stance.

After nine soldiers were injured in a blast at the Hsiang Feng military base depot in Keelung on Monday, KMT Keelung City Councilor Lu Mei-ling (呂美玲) on Tuesday visited a local market to hear residents’ opinions with a reporter in toe.

China’s grasp of Taiwan history

Ho Cheng-en 何承恩

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) National Congress, which took place on July 24, unanimously passed a resolution nominating New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) as the party’s presidential candidate.

Hou has said that he supports the so-called “1992 consensus” and that he would take part in a protest march against Taiwan independence.

Taiwan People’s Party’s presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on July 18 said that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family, and there is room for negotiations between the two sides. He also said that Taiwan cannot achieve de jure independence. How sad for Taiwan to watch these two rival candidates singing China’s tune.

Only Lai grasps Taiwan’s history

Chu Meng-hsiang 朱孟庠

It brought much relief to hear Vice President and the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate William Lai (賴清德) say, “If a Taiwanese president can enter the White House, we will have achieved the political objective that we have been pursuing,” in a forum in Yilan County on July 10, before the DPP’s National Congress on July 16.

Taiwan needs a president with a historical sense.

After a century of struggle, Taiwanese national identity has been shaped by history, but difficulties still exist.

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