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KMT still dancing to China’s off-beat tunes

Chang Kuo-tsai 張國財

Under Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) rule, the government habitually and unrealistically equated focusing on China with focusing on globalization, hiding behind the sacred “1992 consensus.” Now that it is in opposition, the KMT is accusing the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government of being a troublemaker for refusing to be held hostage by China and by a policy that allows Beijing to do as it pleases, and for pragmatically trying to put an end to Taiwan’s diplomatic problems.

Probe after missile blunder in Strait

Taipei Times

Investigators in Kaohsiung yesterday gather evidence on board the Hsiang Li Sheng, a fishing boat that was hit by the unintentional discharge of a missile.
Photo: CNA

One fisherman was killed and three injured after a locally developed supersonic anti-ship missile was launched from one of the navy’s 500-tonne corvettes docked at Zuoying (左營) Military Harbor in Kaohsiung at 8:15am yesterday, the navy said.

Remembering Chen Wen-chen

Taipei Times Editorial

It was 1981 when a young associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University, named Chen Wen-chen (陳文成), died — allegedly murdered by members of Taiwan Garrison Command — but the effect his death has had on Taiwan has not diminished with the passing of time.

To commemorate the incident, National Taiwan University is to dedicate a plaza on its campus to Chen, for which it held a design competition.

KMT too entrenched to change

Taipei Times Editorial

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday expelled former spokesperson Yang Wei-chung (楊偉中), a decision made by the its Evaluation and Discipline Committee on Tuesday and approved by its Central Standing Committee yesterday.

Given that Yang was expelled for “damaging the party’s reputation,” many are saying that it shows the party’s intolerance for dissenting views. However, the truth is probably that from the beginning the KMT was never structurally “porous” enough for young, new voices to stir up change.

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