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NPP4 Involves Daily Life, the Economy, and National Security
A SUMMARY  Taiwan's political and economic situation is special. Would a "nuclear-free homeland" neglect some concerns for others? That is debatable. But as matters stand, there is no longer any room ...
2013/04/03 59
Will Frank Hsieh Succeed Su as Party Chairman?
A SUMMARY  Albert Wu, a ranking DPP official, says that if Su Tseng-chang clings to his "anti-China" path, he will face a severe test next year during the party chairman election. He could be replaced ...
2013/04/02 75
All for Our Homeland: No Enemies in a Plebiscite Election
A SUMMARY  The Ma administration has called for a plebiscite on the NPP4, based on nuclear safety considerations. It has declared that it is serious about the matter. It wants at least half of the el ...
2013/03/29 69
Can Xi Jinping Lead China To a Mature International Role in a Decade?
A SUMMARY  The first country Mainland Chinese President Xi Jinping visited upon taking office was Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin is only one year older than Xi Jinping. Putin's 11-year term ...
2013/03/28 68
Plebiscite on NPP4 and Historical Responsibility
ASUMMARY  The KMT and DPP must not be allowed to stop or continue work on the NPP4 based on 2014 or 2016 political calculations. They must make their NPP4 plebiscite decision based on considerations o ...
2013/03/27 69
Taiwan's Worst Crisis: Laws Are Mere Formalities
A SUMMARY  Taiwan's legal system is nominally comprehensive. But it is a far cry from any mature rule of law. Public awareness has been awakened. But a considerable gap remains between public expectat ...
2013/03/26 71
Why the US, Russia, and Japan Remain Nuclear Despite Disasters
ASUMMARY  Nuclear power generation has been around for over 50 years. Antinuclear sentiment has been around nearly as long. But despite the rise in antinuclear sentiment the world over, the status of ...
2013/03/25 61
Ph.D. hawking Fried Chicken vs. Wu Bao-chun Being Refused EMBA Admission
A SUMMARY  Not a single university on Taiwan has been willing to admit Wu Bao-chun into an EMBA program. Meanwhile, the National University of Singapore is interested in recruiting him. This has prov ...
2013/03/25 115
Mutual Trust Essential to Cross-Strait Peace
A SUMMARY  We are pleased to see the Mainland successfully complete its generational power transfer. We are optimistic about the vision set forth by the new leaders. Can the two sides establish a new ...
2013/03/21 77
Remove the White Gloves: Promote Cross-Strait Visits by Wang Yu Qi and Zhang Zhijun
ASUMMARY  For the past five years, Wang Yi has been Beijing's Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office under the State Council. He has left a good impression on the people of Taiwan. On Sunday, he announ ...
2013/03/20 85
Trade Liberalization, Substance over Form
A SUMMARY  Taiwan-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks were suspended six years ago. Last week, they finally resumed. The participants issued two joint statements. They organized ...
2013/03/19 62
Draconian FTC? The Long Arm of Justice Won’t Leave IPP Wrongdoings Alone
A SUMMARY  The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed Draconian penalties on nine Independent Power Producers (IPP) who sold electricity at high prices to Taipower. It charged these IPPs with collud ...
2013/03/18 80
Advance or Retreat: Xi Administration Faces Bottlenecks
A SUMMARY  Xi Jinping, CCP General Secretary and CCP Central Military Commission Chairman, took over as President of the State and Chairman of the State Central Military Commission today. This comple ...
2013/03/15 76
First Daughter's Marriage vs. Public Figure Privacy Rights
A SUMMARY  A wedding is a happy event. It is a major event in a person's life. President Ma's daughter Lesley (Wei-chung) got married. But because the First Family was too low-keyed, something that w ...
2013/03/14 124
Taiwan Resurgent: Stop the Brain Drain
A SUMMARY  To renew emphasis on youth unemployment, and more aggressively confront the problems, this newspaper's "Vision Workshop" will publish a series of reports in the coming year, entitled, "Find ...
2013/03/12 90
Plebiscite on Nuke Issue: Opportunity to Introduce Absentee Voting
A SUMMARY  The Nuclear Power Plant No. 4 plebiscite is an important democratic decision. No good reasons can be cited for opposition to absentee balloting via alternative balloting locations. Since t ...
2013/03/11 80
Pyongyang: Diversion or Dragging Down Someone Else?
Today the UN Security Council will vote on whether to impose sanctions on North Korea for conducting nuclear tests. Washington and Beijing have already reached an agreement. The motion to impose sanct ...
2013/03/08 86
Electricity Generation on Taiwan! Think in Terms of Five to Ten Years
A SUMMARY  Taiwan is hardly alone. Is anyone in the world really "pro-nuclear?" That has long been a huge question mark. In any public referendum on the issue, opponents of nuclear power generation w ...
2013/03/07 98
Nuclear Safety Can Be Controlled, Electricity Rates Cannot
A SUMMARY  Nuclear safety concerns have many worried. But no one disputes the low rates of nuclear power generation. Nuclear safety is relative. One may have nuclear safety concerns. But many countrie ...
2013/03/06 80
2nd Ice-Breaking Journey: It Helps to Respond to Int’l Trade Situation
A SUMMARY  We are pleased that the Lien-Xi Summit has been built on the previously established foundation for cross-Strait relations, as well as it offers new hope. Lien Chan's first ice-breaking trip ...
2013/03/05 95
Nuclear Power Plant No. 4: Clear Up All the Facts and Fictions
ASUMMARY  The Nuclear Power Plant No. 4 can neither advance nor retreat. This dilemma was caused by lingering concerns about the project erupting, suddenly and simultaneously. The government is belate ...
2013/03/05 26
Two Impossibilities and One Unallowable
A SUMMARY  Can the Lien-Xi Summit discuss and explore cross-Strait political relations under special circumstances in which the two sides have yet to be reunified? Can it make appropriate and reasonab ...
2013/03/04 87
Caveat in Cross-Strait Relations: Path Will Determine the Destiny
A SUMMARY  Yesterday morning, Ang Lee won the Oscar Award. Yesterday afternoon, the Ma administration announced that the Nuclear Power Plant No. 4 would be submitted to a popular plebiscite. These ev ...
2013/03/04 81
Nuclear Power: DPP Flip-Flops over the Plebiscite
A SUMMARY  Public opposition to nuclear power is increasing day by day. The Presidential Office and the Executive Yuan have approved a plebiscite on whether to halt construction on the Nuclear Power ...
2013/03/04 86
Professionalism and Politics: Two Facets of the Nuclear Power Plant No. 4
A SUMMARY  In democracies, the people are the bosses. The people have the final say. The controversy over the Nuclear Power Plant No. 4 over the past twenty years has involved engineering problems. Bu ...
2013/02/27 95
Too Fat Cabinet Needs Slimming Down
The government has been undergoing restructuring for over a year. Prior to this wave of restructuring, the Executive Yuan Organic Act remained untouched for nearly six decades. But times had changed. ...
2013/02/23 79
Legacy and Development: Can Lien-Xi Summit Transcend Lien-Hu’s?
The 2005 Lien-Hu Summit made a significant historic contribution. Let us hope that the 2013 Lien-Xi and Lien-Hu Summits do more than commemorate past accomplishments. Let us hope they facilitate futur ...
2013/02/23 79
Lift the Curse of Short-Lived Cabinets: Premier Jiang Must Provide a Quick Cure
A SUMMARY  The very first day Premier Jiang Yi-huah took office, he admonished Cabinet members, "Ask not how long your term of office will be. Ask how many meaningful things you can accomplish in beh ...
2013/02/22 79
Promote the General Welfare: Jiang Cabinet Need Not March to the DPP's Drums
A SUMMARY  The Jiang Yi-huah Cabinet assumed office today. Jiang is the youngest Premier in the past fifty years. He has had a little over five years of political experience. Can he successfully over ...
2013/02/20 130
New Cabinet's Economic Policy Must Clear Five Hurdles
A SUMMARY  The new cabinet took office yesterday. Neither Premier Jiang Yi-huah nor Vice Premier Mao Chi-kuo have any fiscal/economic policy experience. But everyone hopes this will not hamper their ...
2013/02/20 102


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