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Chen health check shows no need for parole: prison

Taipei Times

Former president Chen Shui-bian’s son, Chen Chih-chung, first right, looks on yesterday as police officers take his father in a wheelchair for medical treatment at Taoyuan General Hospital.
Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times

Taipei Prison yesterday arranged for former President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) to undergo a follow-up medical exam and said that the results showed that Chen was in good health and that he only needs medical treatment in the prison, as opposed to medical parole.

Chen underwent a follow-up at Taoyuan General Hospital yesterday morning.

A group of Chen’s supporters gathered at the hospital lobby, shouting: “A-bian is innocent” when he arrived.

Taiwan rights group calls on US Congress for support

Taipei Times

Chao Tsung-song shows a US newspaper report about the mural he painted in Corvallis, Oregon, in Changhua County on Sept. 4.
Photo: Yen Hung-chun, Taipei Times

Members of the US Congress are being asked to lodge a formal protest with the Chinese government over its efforts to have a large mural promoting Taiwan independence removed from a wall in the town of Corvallis, Oregon.

The Chinese consulate in San Francisco last week wrote to the mayor of Corvallis and sent two diplomats to see her in an attempt to censor the mural.

A manifesto for Taiwan’s youth

J. Michael Cole 寇謐將

It is difficult to imagine how one could not have been moved by the thousands of young people who gathered on Saturday last week, armed with determination, humor, wit and a cornucopia of effigies, placards, banners and costumes, to protest against what they fear is the eventual emergence of a “media monster” should the Want Want China Times Group be allowed to expand its empire.

Although calculating turnout is never an exact science, it is fair to say that the crowd, made up almost entirely of young people, numbered in the thousands and was substantially larger than the organizers — journalist associations, student organizations and various civic groups — had expected.

China fails to remove Tibet mural

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Building owner David Lin stands proudly in front of the mural promoting independence for Tibet and Taiwan. (Photo/Corvallis Gazette-Times/Andy Cripe)

DHARAMSHALA, September 11: A mural depicting images of Tibetans self-immolating and monks being beaten by Chinese riot police in a small US city has generated quite a media hype, courtesy China.

The 10-foot-by-100-foot mural painted by Taiwanese-born artist Chao Tsung-song and commissioned by property owner David Lin, on a brick wall in Corvallis, Oregon started drawing attention after China raised objections at the work, in written as well as in person, with local authorities.

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