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2018 ELECTIONS: Taipower workers breach neutrality

Taipei Times

A screenshot yesterday shows an internal Taiwan Power Co Web site urging employees to support a referendum tomorrow on canceling the government’s policy to phase out nuclear power.
Photo: Copy by Hsieh Chun-lin, Taipei Times

An internal Web site of state-run Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) has posted a notice urging employees to support a referendum to cancel a government policy to phase out nuclear power, apparently breaching laws on government neutrality, New Power Party Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said yesterday.

Taiwan must face what’s in a name

Jerome Keating

As the nation prepares to vote on Saturday, one referendum stands out from the others: It is No. 13, on the name change for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

It reads: “Do you agree that Taiwan should apply to participate in all international sporting events, including the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, using the name ‘Taiwan?’”

Voting against Chinese annexation

Yen Ching-chang 顏慶章

The recently established pro-independence group Formosa Alliance on Oct. 20 organized a rally in Taipei to call for the right to hold a referendum against China’s plan to annex Taiwan. Despite opposition from the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the rally drew more than 120,000 people, with some traveling from as far afield as the US, Canada, Australia and Japan.

The alliance is demanding a referendum be held in April, on the 30th anniversary of the death of publisher and pro-democracy activist Deng Nan-jung (鄭南榕), known internationally for his self-immolation in support of freedom of speech.

Fu Yue speech a freedom beacon

Taipei Times Editorial

Director Fu Yue’s (傅榆) acceptance speech after winning Best Documentary at the Golden Horse Awards on Saturday obviously riled a few people.

After saying: “I really hope that one day, our country can be treated as a truly independent entity... This is my greatest wish as a Taiwanese,” Fu’s Facebook page was inundated with angry comments from Chinese netizens, with many of the posts going beyond insults.

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