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The place of Su Beng in the fight for freedom

Lee Min-yung 李敏勇

Long-time Taiwan independence advocate Su Beng (史明), 97, is affectionately known by the epithet Uncle Su Beng. Su’s monumental memoirs — which reach an impressive length of more than 1,000 pages and are to be published by Avanguard Press on May 20, the same day that president-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) is to be sworn in as president — are of both political and cultural significance.

US has Taiwan’s back: admiral

Taipei Times

US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi hold a joint news conference in Washington on Tuesday.
Photo: Reuters

As China deploys fighter jets, missiles and radars across the South China Sea, the US is to continue supporting Taiwan’s security, a top US admiral told the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

“I believe China seeks hegemony in East Asia,” said Admiral Harry Harris, head of the US Pacific Command.

New national anthem needed

Taipei Times Editorial

A national anthem, an indispensable representation of any sovereign nation, plays a crucial role in fostering national unity, instilling national pride and reinforcing a patriotic spirit.

It is therefore understandable that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has expressed concern over the frequency of the national anthem being sung by students at elementary and junior-high schools.

Suppressing free speech

Han Cheung

Minpao founder Lin Mo-seng disappeared after the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) controlled government shut down his newspaper following the 228 Incident.
Photo: Meng Ching-tsu, Taipei Times

Taiwan in Time: Feb. 22 to Feb. 28

On the evening of March 11, 1947, as Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) reinforcements from China clashed with local protesters throughout Taiwan, Lin Mo-seng (林茂生), founder of the Minpao (民報) newspaper and dean of liberal arts at National Taiwan University, was reportedly escorted from his family home by six men, never to be heard from again.

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