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Chu needs to honestly define ‘1992 consensus’

James Wang 王景弘

Young master Eric Chu (朱立倫), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) chairman, who also became the party’s presidential candidate by putting an end to the candidacy of Deputy Legislative Speaker Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱), has begun to issue threats, saying, absurdly, that it would be “provocative” if Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) decided not to recognize the so-called “1992 consensus.”

Making a mockery of the judiciary

Taipei Times Editorial

One has to ask what it will take for the judicial system to get its act together — and how long the public must wait for that to happen.

Just over a month after the Control Yuan reprimanded the Ministry of Justice for negligence because two Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) politicians convicted in high-profile corruption cases absconded before having to report to prison, another defendant has fled the nation after his final conviction.

Various ‘one China’ views unite

Paul Lin 林保華

On Dec. 9, the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Central Standing Committee identified 11 “difficult” electoral districts where no DPP candidates would run. Instead, the party would support non-DPP candidates and the creation of a progressive alliance in these areas. Still, there have been complaints from the party’s grassroots.

DPP seeks act to regulate party assets

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, third right, and other party members hold up signs calling for a political party act at DPP headquarters in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Central Standing Committee yesterday adopted a resolution aimed at regulating political party assets, while prohibiting parties to run businesses, specifically targeting the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).

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