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US State Department ‘strongly’ supports WHA participation

Taipei Times

The US on Monday said it is pleased to see Taiwan has received an invitation to this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA), but avoided commenting on the WHO’s mention of the “one China” principle in the invitation letter.

US Department of State Office of Press Relations director Elizabeth Trudeau reiterated US support for Taiwan’s participation in the WHA when asked about the WHO’s invitation.

UN’s 1971 resolution irrelevant

Taipei Times Editorial

UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 has nothing to do with Taiwan, and it is downright despicable of China to attempt to obscure the issue by linking the resolution to its false claim that Taiwan is a part of China.

Adopted by the UN General Assembly on Oct. 25, 1971, Resolution 2758 recognized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the sole legal government of China, replacing the Republic of China (ROC).

Ma Ying-jeou’s last desperate tactic

Masahiro Matsumura

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) on Sunday dispatched two armed patrol boats, which were later followed at a distance by a military vessel, to the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) centered on Japan’s Okinotori Islands in the western Pacific. This was his response to the Japan Coast Guard’s seizure of a Taiwanese fishing boat illegally operating there, followed by the release of its detained captain after payment of bail. Ma claims that Japan’s law enforcement is unlawful under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) because the Okinotori is a rock that cannot serve as the basis of the EEZ.

Quiet revolution on rough ground

Lee Min-yung 李敏勇

New government, Same nation. Therein lies Taiwan’s dilemma.

President-elect Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) new government is taking shape. By all appearances it seems as if it means to take a conservative, steady path forward, steering clear of party politics. Anyone hoping for a major revolution is probably going to feel a little disappointed.

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