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Taiwan needs to stand by its allies

Nat Bellocchi 白樂崎

Taiwan’s fate was influenced by events in Korea once before: When North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung attacked South Korea in June 1950, then-US president Harry Truman sent the US Seventh Fleet into the Taiwan Strait, thereby preventing the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from attacking Chiang Kai-shek’s (蔣介石) troops, which had just retreated to Taiwan. The PRC subsequently sent its troops across the Yalu River to assist Kim, who had been losing ground quickly, thus prolonging the conflict that only technically ended in 1953. This cemented an ambiguous status quo, but did not resolve the situation in Korea nor the debate on Taiwan’s future.

France to close military liaison office in Taiwan

Taipei Times

France said it would close a low-key military liaison office in Taiwan in retaliation over a ruling in a controversial arms deal, local media said yesterday.

The Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister paper) reported that the office, which arranges visits by military personnel and facilitates Taiwan’s acquisition of French-made weaponry, would be shut down next month.

Students hold nationwide debate on ECFA

Taipei Times

The debate over a controversial trade pact Taipei intends to sign with China entered the classroom yesterday, as students from nine universities met to debate whether the government should move to sign the agreement.

The event, held at National Taiwan University (NTU) by the pro-independence Northern Taiwan Society, saw students raise concerns that an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China could have a negative impact on their future career prospects and more fragile Taiwanese industries.

Why the KMT denies Taiwan people's power

Taiwan News Editorial

The rightist ruling Chinese Nationalist Party displayed its undemocratic and intolerant mentality in the first shots of the campaign for the November election for five municipality mayoral posts has already been given by a flap over Taiwan's special mayoral posts in five special municipalities encompassing 13 million people.

In response to statements in an academic seminar on the character of the "Repubic of China" as an "exile regime" made Wednesday by opposition Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen acknowledged the historical reality that the authoritarian KMT regime was externally imposed on Taiwan after its expulsion from the China mainland by the Chinese Communist Party's People's Liberation Army.

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