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ICT report documents 20 cases of surviving self imolators

Phayul

DHARAMSHALA, March 20: The International Campaign for Tibet, a leading NGO based in the US, has said the the self immolators who survive the fiery act of protest face extreme physical and psychological sufferings at the hands of Chinese regime.

Taiwan must establish bottom line

Gerrit Van Der Wees

In an opinion piece this week, London-based magazine The Economist said leaders in Beijing have a “bottom line” and are now warning Taiwan — in the run-up to next year’s presidential elections — to adhere to the so-called “one China” principle or otherwise tensions might rise again.

The problem with The Economist’s analysis is that it takes the current “seven years of calm” as a norm, and does not ask how it came about. This “calm” represents an artificial absence of tension, which came about because President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) administration gave the Chinese leadership the erroneous impression that — under his leadership — Taiwan would move toward unification with China.

Ma accused of being out of touch

Taipei Times

President Ma Ying-jeou addresses foreign academics at the Fulbright Association’s 37th Annual Conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

After responding to questions posed by foreign academics at the Fulbright Association’s 37th Annual Conference, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday was criticized by members of the public for being “out of touch with the people.”

Sunflowers shine light of leadership

Taipei Times Editorial

A year ago yesterday, scores of university students and others, unarmed yet loaded with indignation over their futures being increasingly dictated by China and with a yearning for change, stormed into the Legislative Yuan’s main chamber in Taipei and started a 24-day occupation that has since been termed the Sunflower movement.

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