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China-US confrontation inevitable

Sushil Seth

Nobody really knows how the South China Sea sovereignty issue will be sorted out. It featured in one way or the other at the recent ASEAN meeting and the follow-up East Asia summit in Laos.

So far, China is resolute about its sovereignty claims regarding islands/islets/rocks scattered about the waters. Indeed, it has dredged out new ones and has justified building airfields and other military structures as security measures to defend its sovereignty.

US bill seeks to allow high-level Taiwanese visits

Taipei Times

US Representative Steve Chabot on May 29 speaks at a gathering of Republican activists in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Photo: AP

Members of the US House of Representatives on Thursday introduced a draft Taiwan travel act that seeks to lift restrictions and allow all high-level officials of Taiwan, including the president, to visit Washington.

Chiang Kai-shek’s Ah-Q and KMT

Jerome Keating

Transitional justice, pension reform, stolen state assets: These are just some of the many challenges that confront President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) in addition to the constant everyday concerns of government. If these are not enough, additional issues lurk in the wings, such as the Mega International Commercial Bank scandal with its potential for far-reaching money laundering indictments and the inane ever-recurring “Chinese Taipei” moniker that constantly clouds Taiwan’s identity and participation in international sporting events.

Stones thrown at assets committee’s building

Taiwan Tati Cultural & Educational Foundation

Photographers and police look at the front door of the building housing the Ill-Gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee yesterday after a stone-throwing incident shattered the glass.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

Two men yesterday threw rocks at the front door of the building housing the Ill-Gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee, shattering the glass and prompting Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) to say that the committee should operate in “a rational and legal” manner to prevent public backlashes.

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