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No benevolent Chinese dictatorship

In 2008, President and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) expressed the hope that the KMT’s Youth Corps could “produce a [Chinese President] Hu Jintao” (胡錦濤). A classic remark, indeed, in view of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) bloody history and the fact that it still has more than 1,000 missiles targeting Taiwan. Ma’s hopes that the KMT can produce a communist-style leader reveals a complete ignorance of what “evil” means.

He is not alone. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) recently praised Hu as being “rational” and “kind.” It is worrying that Taiwan’s two main political leaders hold such romantic views of Chinese communist rule.

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Taiwan's judiciary sees no reform from Ma

President Ma Ying-jeou declared that "change had arrived" during a news conference held May 19 to mark the second anniversary of the inaugural of his Chinese Nationalist Party government.

However, change, at least for the better, has been noteworthy only for its absence in Taiwan's judiciary, the last line of defense for justice in our society, despite the high-profile prosecution of former president Chen Shui-bian on corruption charges.

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World must act on South Korean ship sinking: Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday the world must respond to the sinking of a South Korean warship that has been blamed on North Korea.

“This was an unacceptable provocation by North Korea, and the international community has a responsibility and a duty to respond,” Clinton said after talks with South Korean leaders.

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It’s actually not just the economy, stupid

As the saying goes, you stand where you sit. Not long ago, when Paul Wolfowitz was closer to defense than the corporatism he now embodies, he was instrumental in the drafting of alarming reports about the rise of the Chinese military and the threat that this represented to US security and, by extension, Taiwan.

Now that he is chairman of the US-Taiwan Business Council, however, Wolfowitz sings a different tune. This does not mean that his views on the Chinese military threat have softened, but his new role forces him to look at the same object from a different perspective. By doing so, he appears to have lost sight of the fact that China remains a threat, especially in the proximate environment of Taiwan.

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Newsflash


The US and Chinese flags are pictured before a meeting between senior defence officials from both countries at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Nov. 9, 2018.
Photo: Reuters

The top diplomats from China and the US have exchanged stern warnings over the flashpoint issue of Taiwan, ahead of today’s hotly awaited summit between their leaders.

The virtual meeting of US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) comes against a backdrop of rising tensions — in part over Taiwan.