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Taiwan still needs democratic reform

The Central Election Commission (CEC) is to decide this week whether the 14th presidential election will be held in tandem with the ninth legislative election in January next year. Although synchronizing the two elections has received a high level of public support, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) has said that he has serious reservations about a merger.

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Identity is key to nation’s future

To address surging public doubts, Foreign Policy magazine has released the recordings of its interview with Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲). As it turns out, Ko’s actual words were “the longer the colonization, the more advanced a place is. It’s rather embarrassing.”

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China may ‘overreact’ at Tsai win: US expert

Beijing might overreact if Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) wins next year’s presidential election, a US expert said on Friday.

Richard Bush, director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, was speaking at a Brookings panel discussion on the implications of China’s “rise” for US national security.

He said it was “way too early” to make a sound judgement about the upcoming elections.

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US analyst urges Japan to sell Taiwan submarines

A US defense expert is urging Japan to sell Soryu-class submarines equipped with US communications and weapons systems to Taiwan.

“Washington should make Taiwan’s submarine program a priority for the bilateral security relationship,” American Enterprise Institute defense policy analyst Michael Mazza said.

In a study published this week by institute, Mazza said US President Barack Obama’s administration should directly inform Beijing that it views China’s military modernization “with great concern.”

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Newsflash


An opponent to nuclear power wearing a face mask holds up a banner during a nuclear power protest in New Taipei City’s Jinshan District yesterday.
Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times

About 250 people brought together by several anti-nuclear civic groups yesterday staged an anti-nuclear flash mob by forming the shape of Taiwan at a park near Taipei’s Shandao Temple MRT station, as organizers prepare for next weekend’s nationwide protests.

Initiated by the No-Nuker, the Nuclear-free Homeland Alliance and the Taiwan Association of University Professors, participants marked out the nuclear plants with four people holding red umbrellas and held a banner that reads “you lie, we die,” to say that many people’s lives would be sacrificed if nuclear officials concealed the truth about nuclear safety.