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MAC may replace ‘1992 consensus’

Taipei Times

Mainland Affairs Council Minister Katharine Chang, center, speaks to reporters yesterday.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times

Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Katharine Chang (張小月) yesterday said that the council is working on a new cross-strait policy to replace the so-called “1992 consensus” as part of its efforts to overcome the impasse across the Taiwan Strait.

It is the time to ‘Light Up Taiwan’

Taipei Times Editorial

Since the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 2758 on Oct. 25, 1971, recognizing the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal government of China and expelling “the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) from the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it,” Taiwan has been isolated from the international community and subjected to unfair treatment.

Independence crucial, seminar told

Taipei Times

New Power Party (NPP) Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang gives a speech on Dec. 10. in Taipei.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

New Power Party Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) and other advocates yesterday said that, despite US President Barack Obama’s comments, independence is still a necessity for Taiwan.

Taiwanese must show self-respect

Jerome Keating

As a mid-sized nation, Taiwan has its normal share of issues, challenges and troubles. However, recent affairs have once again demonstrated that is not all; Taiwan has the additional challenge of gaining and maintaining status among other nations; and herein lies the rub for its citizens.

China, of course, continually tries to block Taiwan from direct interaction with other nations. And albeit primarily for economic gain, those nations play along with China’s efforts. As a result, they find themselves forced to jump through a different set of hoops in order to include Taiwan in their trade and travel. It is a strange game and one that has gone on for decades.

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