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Tibetan diplomat disputes Ma’s peace deal claims

Taipei Times

The de facto representative of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Taiwan yesterday took exception to claims made by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) that Tibet had signed its 17-point peace agreement with China as a local government in 1951.

Ma made the comments yesterday when responding to Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) remarks on Wednesday comparing the cross-strait peace agreement that Ma has proposed signing to the agreement signed between China and Tibet.

Tsai slams Ma’s ‘simplistic’ proposal

Taipei Times

The recklessness and inconsistency displayed by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) in formulating a proposal for a peace agreement with China within a decade raises great concerns over his ability to handle major cross-strait talks, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday.

Ma’s explanation of his initiative is “loose and simplistic,” Tsai said. “We didn’t see any sophisticated deliberation and planning behind the proposal.”

Taiwan, Once Again the Nation Depends on its Citizens and not its President

Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.

Taiwan is currently hosting an LPGA tournament, and it seems that the People's Republic of China (PRC) is insisting that the nation not fly its national flag at the golf course. Since it was flying, one Chinese golfer packed her bags and went home. Poor thing. A second PRC golfer had dual citizenship so she played under her second country.

At the Olympics, Taiwan has to go under the insulting Chinese Taipei Olympic flag, but the LPGA is not an Olympic event. Of course the PRC in its efforts to belittle Taiwan is trying to extend the Olympic rule to anything else; a similar incident happened at a film festival in Japan.

This land has long been our home

Omi Wilang

On the evening of Oct. 9, I attended a concert put on by Aborigines from various tribes and from all over Taiwan. The title of the concert was “Aboriginal millennium — Taiwan Bale” — a reference to the recently released film Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale — and it took as its theme the blood and tears shed by Taiwan’s Aborigines over the centuries.

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