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Book reveals 57 personal accounts of White Terror

Taipei Times

Relatives of victims of political repression share their family stories at a news conference in New Taipei City yesterday to launch of a new book on the White Terror.
Photo courtesy of the Preparatory Office of the National Human Rights Museum

Long Night’s Journey (走過長夜), an anthology of the accounts of 57 Taiwanese political prisoners and victims of state repression during the White Terror era, was released yesterday by the Preparatory Office of National Human Rights Museum.

Ma speech example of disconnect: Tsai

Taipei Times Editorial

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday criticized President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) attempt in his Double Ten National Day address to explain how he has been “misunderstood” as an example of how the president is disconnected from the public.

Tsai received a warm welcome on arriving at a Ko (柯) and Tsai (蔡) joint family reunion in Taipei, with participants turning away from an ancestor worship ritual to shake hands and take pictures with her.

Ma still detached from reality

Taipei Times Editorial

One of the most frequently heard criticisms regarding President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is his “detachment” from the public and not knowing where his problems lie — judging from his Double Ten National Day address, he apparently has not learned his lesson.

In the address yesterday, Ma was eager to defend himself, saying that criticisms of his administration and its policies might be due to a “misunderstanding.”

Tsai visits the Cabinet Office in Tokyo

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, left, exchanges gifts with Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Acting Secretary-General Hiroyuki Hosoda at LDP headquarters in Tokyo yesterday.
Photo: CNA

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said regional peace and economic cooperation between Taiwan and Japan were at the center of her talks with Japanese officials yesterday after she and her entourage were pictured stepping out of the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on her final day of her visit to Japan.

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