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Ma echoes Chiang Kai-shek’s ethos

James Wang 王景弘

During former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) time in office, writing a new constitution and rectifying the nation’s name were the lofty goals of the pro-localization camp. Since President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) took office in 2008, the wind has gone out of these calls and now Ma and his clique are instead working hard to promote Taiwan’s alien Constitution by trying to firmly bring the nation into the “one China” constitutional framework.

Clueless Ma adrift in delusion

Taipei Times Editorial

Describing President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) apparent detachment from the public and how oblivious he seems toward the difficulties of the nation’s workers as dumbfounding would be an understatement.

Ma’s seeming indifference to the economic plight of Taiwanese was made evident by his remarks on Wednesday at the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Central Standing Committee’s weekly meeting.

Academics slam curricula changes

Taipei Times

The proposal by the Ministry of Education that high-school curriculum guidelines should say that the right to self-determination of people under colonial rule is restricted is aimed at depriving Taiwanese of their right to determine the future of their own country, while downplaying the White Terror era is an attempt to legitimize authoritarian rule, academics said yesterday.

Amid strong criticism, the ministry announced the full versions of adjustments to be made to the history, civic and social studies, Chinese language and geography curricula on Monday night.

Implications of independence polls

Taipei Times Editorial

President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) 2008 presidential campaign was widely interpreted as evidence of Taiwanese disgust at the alleged corruption of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration and as a wish for better cross-strait ties with Beijing.

Ma’s 2012 re-election appeared to affirm that interpretation, at least to the international community and Taiwan’s major democratic allies, but only until the pro-unification Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) leaves office.

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