cross-strait

Human Right Flag-raising Assembly »
Gathering Time: 5 a.m. Jan. 1st 2009 AT Liberty Square
Walking to Ketagalan Blvd.
When the flag sets up, wear the mask of Chen Yun-lin.
When the ceremony blesses ROC, raise the slogan of Human Rights.
Please be quiet through out the whole process.
      

After the indictment and intermittend detention of recent Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian, the Special Investigation Panel of the Supreme Prosecutor’s office said yesterday it would investigate former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) on suspicion of money laundering.  — Story here.
At first glance, I would congratulate Taiwan for its efficient judiciary. They seem to achieve something that France [...]

I’m not trying to make fun of Chinese probable censorship on “Cape No. 7″ (海角七號). Censorship easily turns into real-life satire anyway, and this story looks like one in the making.
China has suspended the screening of the hit Taiwanese film Cape No. 7. The film had passed Chinese censors and was scheduled to premiere in China [...]

Taiwan’s president Ma Ying-jeou in a meeting with Italian members of parliament today:
“We in Taiwan have very friendly feelings for the Dalai Lama. He has also been to Taiwan twice. However, right now isn’t the best time for him to visit Taiwan. When the time is right, he will be most welcome to come to [...]

home run or not ?

I’d say that Taiwan has a problem now:
foreign media briefing, December 3, Taipei »
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Related: No State-to-State Relations?
      

Hsieh Chang-ting (Frank Hsieh, 谢长廷), former Taiwanese premier and DPP presidential nominee who lost against Ma Ying-jeou in March this year, said in an interview that if former president Chen Shui-bian did wrong, he should pay the price and be tried. However, noone should leap to conclusions. The judicial system only enjoyed the trust of [...]

Taiwan is a divided society. That’s its core problem when dealing with China. Neither did president Chen Shui-bian find common ground for his more independent-minded approach, nor will president Ma Ying-jeou with his conciliatory approach towards Beijing.
If former chancellor Helmut Kohl had been arrested in 1999 because of the financial scandal of his party and his [...]

Zaobao.com, Singapore:
After a farewell ceremony led by the hosting Straits Exchange Foundation’s chairman Jiang Pin-kun (江丙坤), Chen Yunlin (陈云林) has returned to Beijing this morning. In the very much Chinese-style Yuanshan Hotel, they hugged each other. It’s the first time in history that the SEF and ARATS leaders came together in Taiwan, which marks a more institutionalized [...]