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Ma still detached from reality

Taipei Times Editorial

One of the most frequently heard criticisms regarding President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is his “detachment” from the public and not knowing where his problems lie — judging from his Double Ten National Day address, he apparently has not learned his lesson.

In the address yesterday, Ma was eager to defend himself, saying that criticisms of his administration and its policies might be due to a “misunderstanding.”

Tsai visits the Cabinet Office in Tokyo

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, left, exchanges gifts with Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Acting Secretary-General Hiroyuki Hosoda at LDP headquarters in Tokyo yesterday.
Photo: CNA

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said regional peace and economic cooperation between Taiwan and Japan were at the center of her talks with Japanese officials yesterday after she and her entourage were pictured stepping out of the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on her final day of her visit to Japan.

The KMT’s little chilli pepper and unification

James Wang 王景弘

It seems there are constant rumors swirling around the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) that Deputy Legislative Speaker Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) is about to be replaced as its presidential candidate.

The little chilli pepper — as Hung is nicknamed — is perpetually looking over her shoulder, passionately declaring her resolve to her detractors within the party, while she threatens the electorate that the nation would be eaten alive without her leadership.

Hung’s cross-strait focus hurts her

Taipei Times Editorial

What issue lies at the heart of the coming presidential election? This is something that the ruling party, the presidential candidates and the electorate all care about; it is also what divides them. The contrasts between the two major parties explain why the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), which has ruled Taiwan for the best part of 60 years, is hemorrhaging support, while the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is widening its support base.

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