Don’t appease China

Taipei Times - archives: "If China would leave Taiwan alone, the Taiwanese would never choose to go to war with China.

The problem is, for Taiwan today, there is no choice between peace and war. Peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of justice.

China taking over Taiwan would rob it of peace, democracy and human rights. China taking Taiwan would be an injustice that begets more injustice."

KMT business gone

Taipei Times - archives: "t is worth mentioning, however, that the majority of residents of Baisha Township (白沙) and Siyu Township (西嶼) — the designated Penghu special casino zones — voted in favor of the casino proposal. Voter turnout was only around 40 percent, with the number of dissenting votes only about 4,000 higher than those who approved the plan. As such, if local residents ever weakened their opposition to gambling, business interests could make a comeback anytime. The Referendum Act stipulates that another vote on the same subject cannot be held for at least three years. That means the KMT and businesses can stage another fight three years from now."

自由電子報 - 國共的「恐怖片」

自由電子報 - 國共的「恐怖片」: "熱比婭訪問過二十八個國家，所有民主、自由的國度都歡迎她，沒有任何一個國家說她和恐怖份子有關聯，實在無法理解為什麼台灣會拒絕她，除了「媚中、恐共」之外，找不到更好的理由解釋。"

自由電子報 - 國家？什麼國家！

自由電子報 - 國家？什麼國家！: "共產黨中國已經耀武揚威，但距離一個文明國家，還遠。到現在，還動輒批評別人「殖民主義犯罪」、「軍國主義犯罪」，而以漢人為中心的統治觀：西藏、新疆、內蒙古、滿人東北，成為照妖鏡。甚至東亞的共存共榮口號都出來了。

不能只看《建國大業》、《大江大海一九四九》，台灣人還應該看看東土耳其斯坦的維吾爾人熱比婭《愛的十條件》這部紀錄片。想想看：什麼樣才算文明國家？什麼樣的國家才值得認同、追尋。"

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shame on this day

Taipei Times - archives: "ndeed, it is difficult to see how foreign governments — particularly Western governments and Japan — are going to find solace in the gargantuan bombast and cultural misappropriations that not only characterize China, but oppressive regimes everywhere."

Chen was detained in a cell without windows

Taipei Times - archives: "Former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) office yesterday dismissed a report that Chen had asked for a new prison cell and demanded that the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Taipei Detention Center explain the matter.

Chen was detained in a cell without windows from last November until May, when the center moved him to a cell with windows, the office said in a statement.

“The former president has never asked the detention center for a new cell ... We protest that the ministry is using untrue information to mislead certain media outlets and tarnish Chen’s name,” the statement said."

Nuclear-capable missiles

Taipei Times - archives: "LOOK, BUT NOT CLOSELY: Nuclear-capable missiles and other weapons were on show, but ordinary citizens were kept kilometers away from Tiananmen Square

REUTERS, BEIJING, WITH STAFF WRITER
Friday, Oct 02, 2009, Page 1

One of the floats in yesterday’s National Day parade moves through Beijing to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
PHOTO: REUTERS
China celebrated its wealth and rising might with a show of goose-stepping troops, gaudy floats and nuclear-capable missiles in Beijing yesterday, 60 years after Mao Zedong (毛澤東) proclaimed its embrace of communism."

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