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Supporters speak out on behalf of arrested Tibetans

Friday, 11 March 2011 08:43 Taipei Times

Writers, musicians, an environmentalist and a student yesterday voiced their support for about 20 Tibetans arrested in recent years for their opposition to the Chinese occupation of Tibet.

“We may speak different languages, but we share a common language, which is ‘freedom,’” rapper and songwriter Chang Jui-chuan (張睿詮) told a press conference in Taipei to support Tibetan musicians, writers, filmmakers and artists arrested in China.

“We may believe in different religions, but we share one common faith — this is ‘human rights,’” Chang said.

Taiwan to cut 9,200 troops amid warm ties with PRC

Tuesday, 08 March 2011 08:52 Taipei Times

A Ministry of National Defense official yesterday said Taiwan planned to slash the number of its troops by 9,200 this year amid warming ties with China, adding that the cut would be offset by more advanced weaponry.

The reduction is part of a five-year plan aimed at trimming the size of Taiwan’s armed forces by 60,000, or more than 20 percent from the present level of 275,000 troops.

However, the ministry said Taiwan’s defensive capabilities would not be undermined as it seeks more high-tech and powerful weapons.

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Chairman of the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Steve Chabot points to a picture as Congressman Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, center, and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang, right, looks on at the DPP headquarters in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

US Republican Representative Steve Chabot met with Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday to discuss former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) condition.

Chabot and fellow US Representative Eni Faleomavaega visited Chen, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for corruption, in Taichung Prison’s Pei Teh Hospital on Thursday.