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The ‘great translation’ of the CCP

Taipei Times Editorial

If Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking for approval for his invasion of Ukraine, he need look no further than the Chinese Internet. While the world overwhelmingly condemns Russia’s assault, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been pushing for an alternative reality with pro-Russia, pro-Putin, pro-war propaganda on its social media platforms.

However, a group of Chinese dissidents is revealing to the world Beijing’s zealous support of Russia. Naming its social media campaign the Great Translation movement, the anonymous members created a Twitter account to collect messages containing pro-Russia sentiment from state-run China Central Television, Sina Weibo and WeChat, among others, and offer translations in languages including English, Japanese and Korean.

Bringing names in line with reality

Jerome Keating

How important are names? Well, that depends.

The old question of Taiwan’s name resurfaced again when Chen Zhen (陳蓁), a Chinese adjunct (part time) professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, recently bullied a Taiwanese student into changing the name of his country of origin on his thesis.

Chen pressured him to change it from “Taipei, Taiwan,” to “Taipei, China.”

So, how important are names, especially the accuracy of one’s country of origin on an academic thesis?

Zelenskiy a role model for Taiwan

The Liberty Times Editorial

More than a month into the war, Ukrainian forces are fighting tenaciously under the leadership of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, while Russian forces have been suffering remarkable, unforeseen casualties and losses.

Since the beginning, the war has gone awry for Russia, the second-biggest military power in the world, and its indiscriminate attacks on civilians and other atrocities have been met with censure and condemnation.

So far, Taiwanese are waiting to see what the government can learn from this war, described as the most significant in Europe since 1945.

EU urges new sanctions for Russia ‘atrocities’

Taipei Times

Bodies lie in a mass grave behind a church in Bucha, Ukraine, on Sunday.
Photo: AFP

EU officials yesterday said they were weighing more sanctions targeting Moscow in response to alleged atrocities against Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces that sparked a wave of international outrage.

Despite Russian denials of responsibility, condemnation was swift, with Western leaders, NATO and the UN all voicing horror at images of dead bodies in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, and elsewhere.

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