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Jaw offers sugar-coated poison

Broadcasting Corp of China chairman Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) has said that “voting for the Democratic Progressive Party [DPP] means pushing the youth to the war front.”

His remarks are questionable at best and deeply problematic. There is also the possibility that Jaw has an ulterior motive.

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China undermines ‘status quo’: Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday accused China of undermining a decades-old “status quo” that has kept Washington and Beijing from going to war over Taiwan, saying China was trying to “speed up” its seizure of the nation.

“What’s changed is this — a decision by the government in Beijing that that status quo was no longer acceptable, that they wanted to speed up the process by which they would pursue reunification,” Blinken said in an interview at Bloomberg’s offices in Washington.

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Myth of Taiwan as Pacific nation

The government must find a way to deter and derail the existential threat posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). To achieve these outcomes, Taipei needs to maintain a strong and enduring partnership with the US.

This strategic bond is reinforced by a number of shared identities. As pointed out by Michael Walsh and John Hemmings (“Sensitive Pacific Pact needs attention,” Oct. 7, page 8), the myth of being a Pacific nation is not one of them. Taipei should explore the merits of reimagining itself as a Pacific nation too.

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Ukraine’s Rudik thanks Taiwan for its support

Ukrainian lawmaker Kira Rudik on Monday thanked Taiwan for its support of Ukraine and said she hoped to learn from Taiwan’s advanced security systems to combat Russian cyberattacks.

“Right now, Ukraine is at the forefront of that [fight for survival and democracy] and we need everybody as our allies,” Rudik, leader of the Holos party, said in an online interview. “And this is why it is so important to acknowledge the support that Taiwan was giving to Ukraine, and the support is increasing and I want to extend my gratefulness for that.”

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Newsflash


Taiwanese painter Chao Tsung-song, left, and Lucy Yueh-chien Lu pose in front of a draft that will be hand-painted as a 30.5m long mural on the wall of a company in Corvallis, Oregon, starting on on Thursday.
Photo: Chang Ling-chu, Taipei Times

Two Taiwanese independence supporters plan to hand-paint a 30.5m long mural on the wall of a company in Corvallis, Oregon, in an effort to increase awareness in the US that Taiwan is an independent country.

According to Taiwanese painter Chao Tsung-song (趙宗宋), the idea of a mural dedicated to Taiwanese independence was originally proposed by David Lin (林銘新), a Taiwanese businessman who owns Corvallis Micro Technology.