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Peng Ming-min's New Book, Does Taiwan Need to Escape from Ma?

Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.

Peng Ming-min is a man who has not only talked the talk, but more importantly walked the walk for Taiwan. A life long advocate of Taiwan's right for self-determination, he recently came out with a new book, "A Perfect Escape." The book recounts how in early 1970 Peng, still under house arrest for publishing the "Declaration of Formosan Self-Salvation" (1964), managed to escape from the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) autocratic state control. This was at the height of the KMT's White Terror period and provides much more detail than there was in the brief mention of the escape in Peng's "A Taste of Freedom."

Whither Sovereignty Resideth: ROC (China) or ROT (Taiwan)?

Dr. Hsu-Tung Yang & translated by Leo Wang

KMT equals to ROC.
A-Jeou operates with a breeze.
KMT and Red China,
Share the ROC –
The ROC Joker.

ROC was extinct at 1971.
A-Shek got kicked out of the UN.
At 1948, A-Shek was already out-and-out with,
ROC had been exterminated by Red China Communist.

Ma Ying-jeou's Mentor Remains Depressed Over What He Sees in Taiwan

Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.

One has to wonder, how many times must Ma Ying-jeou's mentor and former law professor have to criticize Ma's government before they get the picture. Twice he has spoken out on the corruption and the violations on human rights as well as the injustices prevalent in Taiwan. Yet in the short span of six months Jerome Cohen has felt compelled to speak out once more. This time he criticizes the silence of the legal personnel in standing up to the government's abuses. His article "Silence of the Lambs" appeared in the South China Morning Post on June 11, 2009. It follows:

The Martyred Spirits of Democracy Preside Over Taiwan 228 Holy Mountain

Dr. Hsu-Tung Yang & translated by Leo Wang

2009, June 4^th, rain and gusts awash in abundance…
The Chinese people crave democracy.
1912, the Manchurian Ching Dynasty expired.

Sun Yet-San established the Nationalist government.
Yet, the Chinese folks, some died, others fled;
All the same, unable to escape the fate of “despotism and dictatorship.”

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