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Greek crisis threatens Taiwan

Taipei Times Editorial

As Taiwan’s economy relies heavily on exports, it should be vigilant against a possible domino effect caused by the escalating Greek debt crisis, as crumbling talks with its European creditors over the weekend pushed Greece to the brink of bankruptcy, which could have substantial repercussions.

Greece was expected to default on a 1.6 billion euro loan repayment to the IMF yesterday, with international creditors refusing yet another loan extension due to a lack of substantial economic reform measures.

President Hung would run Taiwan into ground

Lee Min-yung 李敏勇

Unless there is a major surprise, next year’s presidential election will be fought between the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), more than likely a faceoff between DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and KMT Deputy Legislative Speaker Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱). These two women, one Taiwanese and one Chinese, are to run for the presidency, one representing the country’s reconstruction, and one representing the colonial system.

Tsai is not a typical DPP member. She has an academic background and a lot of political experience, having held various positions during the leadership of former presidents Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) and Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁).

Only Taiwanese can save Taiwan

Taipei Times Editorial

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has always bragged about establishing more peaceful and stable cross-strait relations, but his constant concessions to China seem to be pushing Taiwan to suicide, as Beijing has never ceased to demonstrate its territorial ambitions.

Earlier this year, Beijing’s unilateral announcement that it planned to establish a new flight route along the median of the Taiwan Strait — which has long served as the de facto boundary between Taiwan and China — was met with indignation by Taiwanese, as many considered it a provocative move.

Dispelling the ‘1992 consensus’ lie

Jerome Keating

The so-called “1992 consensus” never happened. It is a joke, a sham, a fabrication, or as some more bluntly might put it: a “fabricated lie.”

It is time to bury the term and say goodbye to all that gibberish. Then, once that is done, the deeper questions need to be asked, such as why did former Mainland Affairs Commission head Su Chi (蘇起) invent this term in 2000, why do some people insist on trying to perpetuate “this lie” and what next?

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