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Analyst urges US to deepen Taiwan military relations

Taipei Times

The US should deepen and broaden its military relations with Taiwan, a conference on military growth in the Asia-Pacific region has been told.

Project 2049 Institute executive director Mark Stokes said that Taipei could play a bigger role in US defense policy and make a significant contribution to the Pentagon’s new Air Sea Battle strategy. As the US Department of Defense and the administration of US President Barack Obama moves to rebalance its forces in the Asia-Pacific region they should rebalance relations with Taiwan, Stokes said.

Breaking: Two Tibetans self-immolate calling for Tibet’s independence

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Ngawang Norphel and Tenzin Khedup raise Tibetan national flags as flames rise from their bodies. Zatoe, Keygudo June 20, 2012.

DHARAMSHALA, June 20: In reports coming out of Tibet, two young Tibetans set themselves on fire today in Zatoe town of Keygudo, Kham, eastern Tibet calling for Tibet’s independence and long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Ngawang Norphel, 22 and Tenzin Khedup, 24, set themselves ablaze at about 3.30 pm (local time).

For Tibet to be ruled by Tibetans, I set my body on fire: Tamding Thar’s last words

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The charred body of Tamding Thar who self-immolated on June 15 in Amdo Chentsa in front of the local People's Armed Police camp in an apparent protest against Chinese rule.

DHARAMSHALA, June 19: In his last words before setting himself on fire in an apparent protest against Chinese rule, Tamding Thar called for Tibet to be ruled by Tibetans.

In a quatrain written in Tibetan, Tamding Thar, also called for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet, a demand common to all the 39 other Tibetans who have self-immolated since 2009.

Ma Ying-jeou’s ego gone wild

Taipei Times Editorial

What is President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) real agenda? Is he actually trying to ruin the country? If he does plan to bankrupt Taiwan, or erode the nation’s competitive edge to the point that it has no chance on the international stage, he is doing a pretty good job of it.

The “Teflon president” was voted into power with a large majority in 2008, and won with a convincing lead in his re-election earlier this year, so it is surprising to see just months later that even his friends are abandoning him, while some legislators from his own Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) are refusing to go along with his unpopular policies.

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