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Self-rule not the same as declaring a free country

The people of Taiwan have voted in six direct presidential elections since 1996, electing presidents of the Republic of China (ROC). Since the constitutional area of the ROC used to include all of China, a president was only legitimate in the past if they were elected by representatives of the entire Chinese population.

Those who were opposed to direct presidential elections at that time, such as former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), were worried that the ROC — which is so closely intertwined with their destinies — would change substantially and become a political entity that only included Taiwan’s territory. As a result, they accused those who supported direct presidential elections of being traitors, who were persecuted and punished.

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Impact of US debates for Taiwan

Looking at the three US presidential debates from abroad, one cannot help but feel that this year’s election has fallen into a slander campaign between Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Trump, in particular, is notorious for making scandalous and outrageous remarks to rally his anti-establishment supporters and garner media attention. As a result, there has been a lack of thorough discussion over political visions and policy differences between the two.

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Exiled Tibetans protest at Executive Yuan


Exiled Tibetan Chime Thondup, supported by several Taiwanese human rights groups and other exiled Tibetans, kneels on the ground outside the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday to protest against the nation’s unfair treatment of exiled Tibetans.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

Several exiled Tibetans, accompanied by the Taiwan Association for Human Rights and other groups, held a demonstration in front of the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday, protesting that they cannot renew their passports, leave the nation, work or join the National Health Insurance system.

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Ma faces Taipei District Court date next month


Former president Ma Ying-jeou, left, speaks with Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu at a meeting of the Overseas Community Affairs Council in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times

Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is to appear in court early next month on charges of soliciting confidential information from a chief prosecutor, the first time he has faced court as a defendant since leaving office in May.

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Newsflash

Former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) yesterday said Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) did not need to apologize for the controversy caused by her pension savings account that provides an 18 percent preferential interest rate.

Lee said reform of the system must be fair and just and the focus must be on the system, rather than on individuals collecting the dividends.