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HK police attack protest barricades

Taipei Times

Police officers remove barricades of pro-democracy protesters in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong yesterday.
Photo: AFP

Hong Kong police yesterday vowed to tear down more street barricades manned by pro-democracy protesters, hours after hundreds of officers armed with chainsaws and boltcutters partially cleared two major roads occupied for two weeks.

In a concerted effort to reduce the territory held by protesters, police tore down barricades in the bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay and on the edge of the main protest encampment in Admiralty, near the city government’s headquarters. They also vowed to target protester cordons in Mongkok, a working-class district known for its triad gangs, where violence has previously broken out.

‘Princeling’ Lien unfit to be mayor

Jerome Keating

With less than two months to go before the Nov. 29 nine-in-one elections, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is pulling out all the stops in its attacks on independent Taipei mayoral candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), the chief opponent of KMT mayoral candidate Sean Lien (連勝文).

Although KMT Legislator Lo Shu-lei (羅淑蕾) has been unrelenting in bringing up unsubstantiated charges of money laundering against Ko, the nation is still waiting for her to provide any proof.

Growing support for Taiwan in US Congress: expert

Taipei Times

As China continues to expand, the US Congress is becoming increasingly more interested in Taiwan, George Washington University professor of international affairs Robert Sutter said on Friday.

He said that US attitudes toward China were “hardening” and that those who had talked about pulling back from Taiwan — or abandoning the nation — were now silent.

Sutter said that as more people were asking what the US should do about China, Congressional attention to Taiwan was rising.

Tsai Ing-wen, Sunflower leader slam Ma comments

Taipei Times

Several groups protest near the Jingfu Men East Gate outside the Presidential Office Building in Taipei during the National Day celebrations yesterday.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday said President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) forgot that Taiwanese are the “true masters of the nation,” adding that this is why there was not much of a festive atmosphere for Double Ten National Day yesterday.

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