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Moral dimensions of human rights

Herbert Hanreich

Human rights have always been contested. In particular, critics have often denounced their lack of a theoretical foundation, but human rights can be theoretically legitimized, albeit in an indirect way.

However, first: What are human rights? They are rights for all human beings, regardless of their biographical backgrounds and affiliations. One main function is to protect citizens from discrimination and abuse of political power; there are also social and economic human rights.

Tsai’s approval rating hits new low

Taipei Times

At a news conference in Taipei yesterday Taiwan Opinion Poll Foundation president You Ying-lung presents the results of a survey on public opinion on the government’s performance during its first six months in office.
Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times

President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) approval rating has sunk to 41.4 percent, according to the latest poll by the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation, lower than her disapproval rating for the first time in the foundation’s polls, suggesting a leadership crisis.

Clinton camp to support push for ballot recount

Taipei Times

Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 28.
Photo: Reuters

About three weeks after the US presidential election, Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign on Saturday said that it would participate in a recount process in Wisconsin incited by a third-party candidate and would join any potential recounts in two other closely contested states, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Trump could cure ‘China disease’

Huang Tien-lin 黃天麟

At one of his campaign stump speeches during the US presidential election, US president-elect Donald Trump directly accused China of manipulating the exchange rate in its favor and threatened to slap a 45 percent tariff on Chinese imports to the US should he be elected.

Much of the pro-China media in Taiwan were critical of his words. In fact, if Trump does follow through on this promise, it will likely be good for Taiwan in the short and long term.

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