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Mike Pompeo visit a wake-up call

Tommy Lin 林逸民

Although former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo — known for being the most pro-Taiwan official to hold the post — is not in the second administration of US president-elect Donald Trump, he has maintained close ties with the former president and involved himself in think tank activities, giving him firsthand knowledge of the US’ national strategy.

On Monday, Pompeo visited Taiwan for the fourth time, attending a Formosa Republican Association’s forum titled “Towards Permanent World Peace: The Shared Mission of the US and Taiwan.”

At the event, he reaffirmed his belief in Taiwan’s democracy, liberty, human rights and independence, highlighting a direct path for the nation’s future.

TPP’s Huang’s disregard for law

Chu Meng-hsiang 朱孟庠

Since he was released on bail, former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) has not publicly urged his former secretary Hsu Chih-yu (許芷瑜) to return to Taiwan to clarify details about the corruption scandal he faces. Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Acting Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) has not called for her to return either.

The TPP only shouts about judicial persecution while disregarding the law. As a legislator himself, Huang is leading the TPP’s young supporters to challenge the seriousness of the judiciary.

The ‘Fu Dongju’ plan of Ko Wen-je

Teng Hon-yuan 鄧鴻源

The indictment documents in former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je’s (柯文哲) four legal cases include a “Fu Dongju [傅冬菊] ruse.” The plan primarily focused on the Taiwan People’s Party’s (TPP) enthusiastic wooing of children of Taiwanese politicians and economic elites. So who was Fu and have TPP supporters ever heard of her or acknowledged this plan?

Fu was a reporter for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) People’s Daily, among other CCP newspapers, writing under the pen-name Fu Dong (傅冬). She was the eldest daughter of Fu Zuoyi (傅作義), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) commander in charge of the suppression campaign to root out the CCP in northern China in the late 1940s.

Fu Dongju was an undercover agent and member of the CCP.

President calls for political resolution

Taipei Times

President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday urged parties across the political divide to democratically resolve conflicts that have plagued domestic politics within Taiwan’s constitutional system.

In his first New Year’s Day address since becoming president on May 20 last year, Lai touched on several issues, including economic and security challenges, but a key emphasis was on the partisan wrangling that has characterized his first seven months in office.

Taiwan has transformed from authoritarianism into today’s democracy and that democracy is the future, Lai said.

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