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NPP reveals ‘two-state’ China policy

Taipei Times

New Power Party Acting President Huang Kuo-chang, center, speaks during a news conference yesterday in which the party announced its China policy.
Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times

The New Power Party (NPP) yesterday said its cross-strait policy would focus on demonstrating that Taiwan and China are two separate nations, while amending laws according to the cross-strait factual “status quo.”

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Student slips by police in Taipei rally

Taipei Times

Student Yu Teng-chieh, center, scuffles with police outside the Ministry of Education in Taipei yesterday during a protest against curriculum adjustments.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times

In an apparent attempt to petition Minister of Education Wu Se-hwa (吳思華) over a set of controversial adjustments to high-school curriculum guidelines, a high-school student yesterday managed to break through a police cordon in front of the ministry’s building in Taipei, but was handcuffed and detained.

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Students rally against altered curricula

Taipei Times

High-school students protesting in Taipei yesterday against planned alterations to high-school curriculum guidelines hold banners and umbrellas bearing slogans outside the Ministry of Education’s K-12 Education Administration.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

Hundreds of high-school students in Taipei yesterday protested against what they said was the Ministry of Education’s “China-centric” alterations to curricula.

Protesters said their use of an image of a black umbrella looming over Taiwan signified the ministry’s “opaque” and “arbitrary” manipulation of textbooks.

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Sovereignty of nations

Taipei Times Editorial

Deputy Legislative Speaker Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) sparked controversy when she said that she could not say that the Republic of China (ROC) exists. Though she later played down the comment, she actually pointed out something essential in cross-strait relations — maybe it is time for Taiwan and China to recognize each other as sovereign nations.

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Newsflash

Nearly 1,000 people, mostly parents accompanied by their children, yesterday protested at the Civic Plaza outside New Taipei City Hall, voicing discontent over the city government’s handling of the alleged drugging of preschool students.

New Power Party Chairwoman Claire Wang (王婉諭) and Taiwan Children’s Rights Association director-general Wang Wei-chun (王薇君) organized the “Do Not Drug and Harm Our Children” rally after children from a private preschool in the city’s Banciao District (板橋) tested positive for traces of sedatives.

The city government took more than three weeks after it first received reports of children being sedated to provide on-campus drug testing and hold consultations with parents, Claire Wang wrote on Facebook.