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Taiwan’s place in ‘Asian NATO’

Taipei Times Editorial

The dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region and the South China Sea have changed radically over the past few years.

Only a few years ago, China was building up South China Sea fortifications with apparent impunity, insisting on possession of the area within its “nine-dash line,” continuing to threaten Taiwan and using military intimidation against Japan over claims over the Diaoyutais (釣魚台), or the Senkakus in Japan.

KMT’s Chiang is nuts, not the public

Chen Mao-hsiung 陳茂雄

According to the pro-unification Chinese academic Li Yi (李毅), who was deported from Taiwan last year for encouraging the use of force against this nation, pro-unification forces in Taiwan were essentially eradicated in January’s presidential election.

Li said that if the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) failed to take the Presidential Office back in 2024, then Taiwan would be irreversibly set on the path to independence.

KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) disagrees and believes that Li neither understands the situation in Taiwan, nor the nature of democratic politics.

Temple disruptions a matter of selfishness

Jeremy Wang 王英明

A temple festival held by the Monga Qingshan Temple (艋舺青山宮) in Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華) this month went on for three days, with firecrackers being set off even in the middle of the night.

Noisy crowds, street pollution, bloody fights, a building set alight by fireworks and even an alleged kidnapping caused a great deal of resentment among locals who were not among the worshipers.

More than 200 complaints were lodged about the pollution and noise, while most people just put up with it or complained about it online.

Australia-China spat is a warning

Liberty Times Editorial

The relations between Australia and China have undergone abrupt changes.

In the past six months, their economic ties have taken a sharp downward turn after 10 years of close exchanges.

As part of Beijing’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy, a Chinese official last month posted a fake photograph on social media showing an Australian soldier killing an Afghan child.

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