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Forging a Taiwanese identity in our schools

Lee Min-yung 李敏勇

President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has named former minister of finance Lin Chuan (林全) as premier, and he is to be tasked with forming the Cabinet of the incoming Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration. The names of other Cabinet members are to be made public in due course. Many Taiwanese political observers have turned their attention to the likely candidates, demonstrating the high expectations the nation has of the new government.

MOJ statement riles lawmaker, netizens

Taipei Times

New Power Party Legislator Hsu Yung-ming talks to reporters in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

A statement issued by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) late on Saturday has further fueled conflict between lawmakers and Minister of Justice Luo Ying-shay (羅瑩雪), with netizens accusing Luo of treating the ministry’s Web site as her personal Facebook page.

China panned over refusal of documents

Taipei Times

A Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator and the New Power Party (NPP) caucus yesterday panned China over its refusal to release information concerning 20 Taiwanese fraud suspects who were deported from Malaysia, which resulted in their release immediately upon arrival in Taiwan.

Twenty of the 52 Taiwanese arrested in Malaysia last month on suspicion of telephone fraud returned to Taiwan on Friday evening, after Taiwanese authorities spent the day discussing the case with Malaysia and China to try to prevent the Malaysian authorities from deporting them to China.

The world is waiting for Tsai’s address

Peng Ming-min 彭明敏

The results of the nine-in-one elections in November 2014 and the Jan. 16 presidential election, not to mention a whole range of opinion polls, show a number of important things, and do so beyond any reasonable doubt. That is that an absolute majority of Taiwanese oppose President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) pro-China policies; believe that Taiwan is a sovereign, independent nation; have an unshakable faith in democracy, freedom and human rights — ideals they should continue to strive toward; and agree that Taiwan’s future should be decided by Taiwanese, and Taiwanese alone.

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