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Thinning the Herd Beijing Style: So Why Does Ma Keep Pushing Taiwan Towards Unification?

Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.

In the past few years, the international media has been filled with plenty of stories of how the Middle Kingdom of Pollution, Poison and Propaganda has sent out deadly products such as poisoned toothpaste, poisoned pet foods, poisoned toys rife with lead-based paint etc. etc. The world has been shocked, but not enough to give up the quest of the almighty dollar; thus it has chosen to ignore the facts on how Beijing thins the herd of humans around the world. Instead it has continued the mantra, "Buy China! Make a Profit." A bitter mantra and a bitter pill, especially if one thinks of all the collateral damage this causes.

PRC invades Taiwan with 'embedded' ads

Taiwan News Editorial

The quality and sustainability of Taiwan's hard-won democracy is now being increasingly threatened by invasive "embedded advertizing" and "censorship without borders" from the authoritarian People's Republic of China.

Since President Ma Ying-jeou took office on May 20, 2008, Taiwan's ratings for news freedom have deteriorated steady, as shown by the plunge in Taiwan's ranking from 32nd in 2008 to 47th this year in the annual reviews of global news freedom by the New York-based Freedom House.

Selling out to China betrays our democracy

Li Teng-hsin 黎登鑫

When Taiwanese voters elected their president in direct elections for the first time on March 23, 1996, Taiwan in practice became an independent and sovereign democracy. It reinforced the fact that the country is completely different from the one-party state of China.

Regrettably, China maintains that Taiwan belongs to it and constantly threatens the nation. Since coming into power, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has echoed Beijing’s “one China” principle and made every effort to push free and democratic Taiwan toward authoritarian China. If Taiwan one day loses its sovereignty, freedom and democracy, all Taiwanese, regardless of ethnicity or political stripe, will be helpless.

Taipei confirms ‘secret’ channels

Taipei Times

The Presidential Office yesterday confirmed that Taipei and Beijing have been using unofficial communication channels, adding that all matters concerning the exercise of public power must be handled by quasi-official conduits and supervised by the legislature.

Presidential Office Spokesman Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) said cross-strait exchanges and communications consisted of official and unofficial channels.

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