Taiwan Tati Cultural and Educational Foundation

US model of transition an example to Taiwan

Christian Fan Jiang 范姜提昂

Former National Security Bureau director Ting Yu-chou (丁渝洲) discussed the potential for a constitutional crisis because of the four-month period between the Jan. 16 presidential election and the swearing in of the next president. Looking at the issue from a national security perspective, Ting said that there must be no discontinuity in national security and advocated following the precedent set by other democracies: The day after a presidential election, the president-elect should be given a national security briefing and be given relevant national security documents.

KMT still has a talent for great mendacity

James Wang 王景弘

Some people are thick-skinned. They do not care much about what other people think. Such people know that they can get away with saying what they want. They can stand in front of others and spout platitudes about being loyal to the party and a patriot and being up for the fight, but this is little more than Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) propaganda and a carefully crafted policy designed to govern Taiwan through a “divide and conquer” strategy. And it has the gall to say that it has “class” and “standards.”

Debates are for show, not reality

Taipei Times Editorial

Many people have high expectations of the presidential debates, especially candidates with lower support ratings, as they hope that the leading candidate will reveal flaws as she comes under fire and that her approval ratings will drop, providing them with an opportunity turn the situation around. By the same token, if the leading candidate does not stumble, she is likely to be victorious.

The Origin of Taiwanese Shrine

Dr. Hsu-Tung Yang & translated by Simon Lin

Since ancient times, people of Taiwan have been constantly colonized and indoctrinated with ideologies of feudalism, emperors and princes by colonizers, and thus have a very blur concept about “god”. In order to survive from physical livelihood to mental suppression, people have emerged themselves into a phenomenon of “self-handicapping and self-devaluation”, and believe that only officials, generals and conquerors can be called as “god”.

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