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Slips of the tongue tell of Ma’s true ambitions

James Wang 王景弘

Has President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) been confirmed to have some kind of psychosis? No. Then the only alternative is to conclude that his delusional ramblings have some actual purpose.

The latest evidence of this was a slip of the tongue when he used the term “one country, two systems” when talking about the “one China” principle in his Nov. 7 meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), as well as him referring to the meeting as “another form of peace agreement.”

Sovereignty key issue for voters: poll

Taipei Times

Taiwan Thinktank deputy executive director Lai I-chung yesterday presents the results of an opinion poll at a press conference in Taipei.
Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times

A majority of Taiwanese believe the nation’s presidential candidates should make an unequivocal statement that Taiwan is not part of China, according to a Taiwan Thinktank survey released yesterday.

Cash brings culture of corruption

Chang Kuo-tsai 張國財

There is a saying that goes: “Money can’t buy everything, but without it, you can’t do anything.”

Then there is the Taiwanese proverb: “The children of the wealthy never turn out well.”

What ties these expressions together? Money: what it gets you, and what too much begets.

Ting Hsin verdicts condemned

Taipei Times

A man named Wang Hsi-ho holds a placard outside the Tainan Railway Station yesterday to urge the public to boycott Ting Hsin International Group’s food products.
Photo: Tsai Wen-chu, Taipei Times

The pan-green and pan-blue camps shared a rare moment of solidarity yesterday, with politicians from both sides attacking the not guilty verdicts handed down on Friday by the Changhua District Court to Ting Hsin International Group (頂新集團) executives accused of being criminally culpable over 2013’s tainted cooking oil scandal.

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