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Taiwan, Colorado sign driver’s license agreement

Taipei Times

Taiwan has signed a reciprocal driver’s license agreement with Colorado, the 19th US state with which the nation has forged such an accord, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver, Colorado, signed the memorandum of understanding with the Colorado state government on Wednesday, the ministry said in a statement.

Aborigines continue to be oppressed as in past

Lin Yu-lun 林于倫

During Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, which is observed by China’s Uighurs, the Chinese government used the promotion of Chinese culture as an excuse to force students to eat zongzi, glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves that are traditionally eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Threatening students who did not eat zongzi, local officials told them that their families would be punished.

Transitional justice draft clears review

Taipei Times

From left to right, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Ying, New Power Party Legislator Kawlo lyun Pacidal, Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Legislator Kao Chin Su-mei and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Sra Kacaw take part in a news conference at the legislature in Taipei yesterday calling on the government to prioritize transitional justice for Aboriginals.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

Draft legislation for promoting transitional justice yesterday passed out of the legislature’s Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee, but after a sharp debate, the final draft left out a proposal covering the restoration of historic Aboriginal rights.

Members of KMT should dismiss the whole party

James Wang 王景弘

Certain supporters of the party-state system are just like junior-high school principals. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) — who was actually head of student affairs in a previous life — is no exception.

Primarily trained to safeguard “political correctness” of thought and to suppress free speech, these individuals are especially good at launching political vendettas and identifying political dissent. If anyone dares question their opinions, or goes so far as to talk about freedom of speech, they are thrown out.

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