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New parties face rare opportunity

Liu Ching-yi 劉靜怡

Over the past year, there have been constant controversies concerning the public’s fundamental rights, such as subsistence and property rights.

Apart from these, problems of unequal social distribution and a lack of justice have long defined Taiwanese society — and have time and again spawned public dissatisfaction with the ruling and opposition parties.

This state of dissatisfaction is becoming irrepressible and has reached a critical juncture.

Diversity of statues is needed to honor icons

James Wang 王景弘

In his will, Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) expressed the hope that his spirit would always be with his “comrades and compatriots” — these last words sound creepy to a lot of people.

Chiang’s followers and their own followers in the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) have not followed his words and they have abandoned his anti-communist spirit — all they do is insist that Taiwanese students and the Taiwanese public always be surrounded by his cold bronze statues.

Sunflower anniversary to be marked by rallies

Taipei Times

As the one-year anniversary of the Sunflower movement approaches, activists have scheduled a series of events to highlight the goals sought during the landmark protests in which tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied against the government’s handing of a proposed service trade pact with China.

Led by Economic Democracy Union convener Lai Chung-chiang (賴中強), a coalition of social advocacy groups are to rally outside the Legislative Yuan on Wednesday next week, marking the day when student-led protesters first swarmed the Legislative Yuan’s main chamber.

Tibetans, local activists mark 1959 Uprising Day

Taipei Times

Hundreds of demonstrators yesterday thronged the streets of Taipei to commemorate the 56th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising and express solidarity with Tibetans in exile.

Waving Tibetan flags — also called snow lion flags and seen as symbols of Tibetan independence — the marchers accused the Chinese government of infringing upon the human rights and religious freedom of Tibetans.

The demonstrators paid tribute to the 1959 uprising, which led to the flight of the Dalai Lama and the establishment of the current Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, India.

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