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Inside Taiwan's Political Purgatory: Prison interview with Chen Shui-bian (Part 17 of 20)

Michael Richardson

Taipei Civil Detention Center

Former Republic of China in-exile President was interviewed for this exclusive report from the prison where he is being detained. Translation assistance by Richard Hartzell. Chen was interviewed surrounded by three guards and was kept behind bullet-proof glass and bars.

Taiwan public media must not be compromised

Taiwan News Editorial

Taiwan's hard-won public television broadcasting network now faces a grave threat of a thinly veiled direct takeover by President Ma Ying-jeou's rightist Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) government.

The autonomy of the Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTSF) has been under intense pressure since Ma took office in May 2008 as KMT lawmakers have pushed to remove incumbent PTSF Board Chairman Cheng Tung-liao and PTSF General Manager Vivian Feng, who were appointed under the former Democratic Progressive Party government, before their three-year contracts expire on Dec. 31 this year.

The risks for Taiwan in a 'Ma-Hu' meeting

Taiwan News Editorial

The proposal floated in Washington last week for a meeting between Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou and People's Republic of China State Chairman Hu Jintao during the November 2011 meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leader's forum in Hawaii presents major risks for Taiwan.

During a major conference on cross-strait relations held in Washington D.C. last week, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Vice President Doug Paal suggested that U.S. President Barack Obama should invite Ma to the APEC forum slated to be held in Hawaii next November.

Behind China’s words lies self-interest

Peng Ming-min 彭明敏

Many experts are currently discussing the pros and cons of signing an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China.

However, remarks made by both the Taiwanese and Chinese governments and their representatives have deviated so far from common sense that the ECFA has already morphed into something never before heard of in the history of diplomacy.

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