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China’s military ‘aimed at preventing US intervention’

Taipei Times

The growth of China’s military capabilities is specifically oriented toward countering the US’ ability to assist in the defense of Taiwan, a new Heritage Foundation report says.

“China’s ability to execute a military action against Taiwan, albeit at high economic and political cost, is improving,” the 2016 Index of US Military Strength said, which was published on Wednesday.

Tsai ruling comes as a reminder

Taipei Times Editorial

The Taipei District Court has ruled that the former head of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, Christina Liu (劉憶如), is to pay NT$2 million (US$60,872) in compensation to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) over allegations made four years ago that Tsai was involved in the Yu Chang (宇昌) case.

Tibetan refugees urge legislative action

Taipei Times

The Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission should grant residency to stateless Tibetan refugees, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights said yesterday, also calling for the passage of a refugee act.

“There should be a system in place to determine whether people are stateless or refugees rather than dealing with them on a case-by-case basis. If their identity can be determined, they should be afforded protection,” association secretary-general Chiu E-ling (邱伊翎) said, adding that the current law affords no guarantees to the two groups.

Wang needs to leave the KMT for his own good

James Wang 王景弘

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) replaced its original presidential candidate, Deputy Legislative Speaker Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) — who swore she would rather die than pull out of the race — with Chairman and New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫), while Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) was left with a consolation prize.

This left many asking why Wang did not replace Hung. Why did he just receive the consolation prize?

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