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Xi’s ‘moral’ crusade will give rise to turbulence

Lin Shiou-jeng 林修正

Former Chongqing party secretary Sun Zhengcai’s (孫政才) political career came crashing down last year when the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that it had opened an investigation into Sun.

Sun, who was once seen as the heir apparent to Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), was charged with bribery in February and on April 12 pleaded guilty to corruption charges during his trial at the Tianjin First Intermediate People’s Court.

From one bastion to another

Taipei Times Editorial

A New York Times article published on Saturday said that Taiwan — “one of Asia’s most vibrant democracies” — has replaced Hong Kong as Asia’s “bastion of free speech.”

It is a welcome sentiment, with a few caveats.

Taiwanese willing to fight China

Taipei Times

Tanks open fire on May 25 last year at the 33rd Han Kuang military exercises in Penghu.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

Nearly 70 percent of Taiwanese are willing to go to war if China were to attempt to annex Taiwan by force, a survey released by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy yesterday said.

Ko Wen-je’s confusion over identity is ridiculous

Chiou Chwei-liang 邱垂亮

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) was asked during a Taipei City Council meeting whether he is Chinese or Taiwanese. He stammered and found it difficult to articulate his position, but eventually suggested that, while culturally he is Chinese, he is Taiwanese politically speaking.

That really is absurd. How can Ko be considered qualified to be the mayor of Taiwan’s capital if he is so afraid of saying out loud that he is Taiwanese?

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