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Unpopular Hung assails populism

Taipei Times Editorial

If a word is to be identified as Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu’s (洪秀柱) campaign keyword, it would probably be “populism.”

Bizarrely for a running candidate, in Hung’s campaign it is not a self-referential keyword, but one she has been constantly using to describe Taiwan’s current political atmosphere, or more precisely, to accuse those who have political beliefs different from hers of being irrational.

Tsai vows to issue apology to Aborigines

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday said that, if elected in January’s presidential election, she would issue an official apology to the Aborigines on behalf of the government.

She added that she would also push forward reforms of Aboriginal policies on the basis of “equality, dignity and autonomy.”

Taiwan, fascist China and the UN

Jerome Keating

The time for international charades and word games is over. Despite the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) claims that Taiwan is an inalienable part of its past, it is time for other nations to see Taiwan for what it is, namely a medium-sized, democratic nation.

Population-wise, Taiwan is larger than 75 percent of UN countries and its economy outshines most members’. Taiwan’s GDP, trade value and worth carry it above 80 percent of UN members, yet Taiwan is not a member of the UN. Why?

Taiwan is doing fine, it is KMT that is ill

James Wang 王景弘

The consensus in Taiwan is that the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is ill and, unlike KMT presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱), most people do not need to isolate themselves for three days in order to gain that insight.

The KMT is suffering from innumerable ailments as it has been unable to adapt itself to this land. It is weak, incompetent, boastful, unstable and confused. The aged party is also suffering from dementia and nothing can be done about it, no matter how many temples are visited and how much incense and paper money is burned.

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