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2010 ELECTIONS: Chen Chih-chung promises to fight for ‘father’s innocence’

Taipei Times

A day after his election as a Greater Kaohsiung City councilor, former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) son spoke about his jailed father and an alliance of municipal council members who insist that Taiwan and China are separate countries.

Chen Chih-chung (陳致中), 31, won 32,947 votes, more than any other candidate running in the Greater Kaohsiung City Council election on Saturday.

Getting Rid of the Hypocritical KMT Carpetbaggers Once and for All!

Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.

A new broom sweeps clean; that is certainly what Taiwan needs in the coming elections in order to get rid of the privileged KMT carpetbaggers once and for all. Taiwan needs change, change that is pro-Taiwan and not pro-China as the continued insulting efforts of Ma Ying-jeou have been. In the past two and a half years under the failed 6-3-3 promises of Ma, Taiwan has seen continued humiliation and failed promises from the man who has no concept of what Taiwanese identity is about. Neither does his premier, nor do all the KMT candidates up for mayors of the five major municipalities. They all must go.

2010 ELECTIONS: DPP worried over Chen Chih-chung

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators yesterday said they feared a call by pro-localization groups for voters to support former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) son in the Greater Kaohsiung City councilor election tomorrow could affect the party’s performance.

Calling on voters to act “wisely,” DPP Legislator Pan Men-an (潘孟安) said the groups’ support for Chen Chih-chung (陳致中), the former president’s son, could hurt the party in the elections.

Is Taiwan following Ireland into disaster?

Huang Tien-lin 黃天麟

In recent days the Irish government has been facing a financial crisis, and has had to look to the EU for aid. The European Central Bank and the IMF are reportedly preparing to make available a sum of 85 billion euros (US$113 billion).

Ireland was once held up by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) as an exemplar of economic development. In early 2006, the pro-China press in Taiwan, the mouthpiece of the KMT, touted the success of Ireland, asking why Taiwan couldn’t achieve success in the same way. It was a weapon with which to attack the cross-strait policy of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), in power at the time. Then-Taipei mayor and current President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) made a study trip to Ireland and, on his return, declared the Irish Experience a model for economic development.

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