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Protests aided Taiwan’s democracy

Jerome Keating

Taiwan is no stranger to protests. From the Kaohsiung Incident on up to the present, protests have occurred with increasing frequency and over an increasing variety of issues. More recent protests include issues like the red shirts against corruption under former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), China’s “Anti-Secession” Law, the import of US beef and even dissatisfaction following President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) first term in office. However, with any social movement or protest, questions naturally arise on how to evaluate their success and effectiveness as well as how crucial they were to a nation’s development.

Mother of wrongfully executed man wants former minister investigated

Taipei Times

The mother of Chiang Kuo-ching (江國慶), who was wrongfully executed in 1997 after a murder conviction, said yesterday she hoped the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office would launch another investigation into the case.

Chiang, who was accused of raping and killing a girl surnamed Hsieh (謝) at Air Force Command Headquarters in Taipei and pleaded guilty after being tortured, was executed in 1997 at the age of 21, but was later found to be innocent.

The many faces of Ma give no true reflection

James Wang 王景弘

It seems that the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Central Standing Committee has finally, in what is formidable hindsight, discovered that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is not worth standing up for. Ma has no idea where he is, or what he is supposed to be doing.

Ma basks in the light of the image of incorruptibility he has fashioned for himself, and relies on this to absolve himself of all sins, such as the political incompetence of which he is often accused.

Zilkar Monastery tense following arrest of five monks

Phuntsok Yangchen

DHARAMSHALA, September 4: In growing cases of arbitrary detention of Tibetans by Chinese authorities, five more monks in eastern Tibet have been detained on unknown charges.

In reports received by Phayul, five monks of the Nyitso Zilkar Monastery in Tridu region of eastern Tibet were detained on September 1 from the monastery in a surprise raid by a large number of Chinese security personnel.

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