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Young people must not waste vote

Ahead of Saturday’s elections, presidential and legislative candidates alike have picked up steam in their campaigns to woo voters, with opposition parties in particular urging young people to vote.

The opposition’s anxiety over young people not voting is understandable, with local media reporting on the younger generation’s reluctance to vote, citing the inconvenience of having to return to their hometowns, the cost of transportation and schedule conflicts — with final exams for college students taking priority.

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Beijing uses Hong Kong strategy

“One country, two systems,” “no change for 50 years,” the British-Chinese joint statement of 1984 — the public pledges made by Beijing as Hong Kong was being returned to Chinese rule seem to be falling apart.

Over the past two months, five men connected with Hong Kong publisher Mighty Wind and its bookstore, Causeway Bay Books — which made a reputation for selling “sensitive” books — have disappeared from Hong Kong and Thailand, and it is believed that China has abducted them.

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KMT is like a vampire under the rising sun

In the Internet age, no one is qualified to criticize the younger generation for how much they know, or understand, or how they process information. Rather, technologically incompetent generations should ask themselves whether they are stuck in the age of rote-learning from school textbooks.

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The past should not be forgotten

People First Party (PFP) presidential candidate James Soong (宋楚瑜), echoing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) concluding remarks about Taiwan’s democratization in the second and final televised presidential debate on Saturday, said that he “had made efforts” in the democratization process. While the question of whether a purge or a lustration would be the best approach to transitional justice is yet to be answered, one thing that is for sure is that no one who respects their nation should overlook a politician blurring — if not outright falsifying — their past.

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Newsflash

Chen Chih-chung (陳致中), the son of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), yesterday denied expressing any intention to run for public office, saying the media had misinterpreted a comment he had made a day earlier.

His comment, however, drew mixed reactions from his party, with some Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members saying that having him run for Kaohsiung City councilor would not be a burden on the party, while others saying it could affect public perception of the party.