Monthly Archives: April 2016

Tsai should expose White Terror truth: campaigners

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 11, 2016
By: Lee Hsin-fang and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) should expose the identities and actions of White Terror perpetrators after she assumes office on May 20, human rights campaigners and survivors of the White Terror era said yesterday.

Transitional justice is possible only when the responsibility of White Terror perpetrators is investigated, Formosan Political Prisoners Association honorary director-general Tsai Kuan-yu (蔡寬裕) said.

Chang Chiu-wu (張秋梧), a family member of a White Terror victim, said the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) must acknowledge its wrongdoing in its past actions and obtain the forgiveness of victims’ relatives.

“Tsai Ing-wen’s administration will need to be prepared to invest substantial resources in her proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission for it to succeed,” said Huang Chang-lin (黃長玲), an associate professor of political science at National Taiwan University and former Taiwan Association for Truth and Reconciliation chairperson.

“Researching historical archives of the White Terror era is a daunting task and would require the Tsai administration to dedicate substantial resources to its proposed truth and reconciliation commission,” she added. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan’s science parks report drop in revenue

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-04-10
By: By Milly Lin and Evelyn Kao, Central News Agency

Taipei, April 10 (CNA) Taiwan’s three major science-based industrial parks,

(Courtesy of Hsinchu Science Park)

home to the country’s mainstay semiconductor and electronics industries, reported a 14.36 percent year-on-year decline in revenue in the first two months of the year, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).
Production revenue at the three parks totaled NT$313.28 billion (US$9.66 billion) in January and February, down 14.36 percent year-on-year, MOST statistics released on April 7 showed.

The year-on-year decline in the two months was 20.27 percent at Hsinchu Science Park, 16.56 percent at Central Taiwan Science Park, and 2.7 percent at Southern Taiwan Science Park. [FULL STORY]

Cross-strait ties cannot be pursued with use of force: U.S. report

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/04/10
By: Timothy Huang and Christie Chen

New York, April 9 (CNA) The United States should continue to inform

Stephen M. Young, former director of the American Institute in Taiwan’s Taipei Office.

Beijing that cross-Taiwan Strait relations can only be pursued in the absence of threat or use of force, according to a report released by a U.S. non-profit policy organization.

While recent remarks by President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) indicated a desire to work constructively with China, some heightened tensions can be expected in the run-up to her May 20 inauguration, Stephen M. Young, a former director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), wrote in the report.

The report, titled “Building a Regional Order in East Asia: Community, Competition, Conflict,” was released at the end of March by the New York-based National Committee on American Foreign Policy, an organization dedicated to the resolution of conflicts that threaten U.S. interests. [FULL STORY]

Tsai urged to focus on KMT assets issue

GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION?Lo Cheng-tsung of the Zero Party Asset Alliance said that organizations affiliated with the KMT should be pursued in the same manner as the party

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 11, 2016
By: Aaron Tu / Staff Reporter

President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) should make a pledge to show her

Taiwan Nation Alliance supporters rally outside the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) headquarters in Taipei on May 13 last year. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

incoming administration’s determination to address the issue of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) ill-gotten party assets, academics said yesterday.

Critics have labeled the KMT’s assets “ill-gotten” because the party took them from the Japanese colonial government, private businesses and individuals when it took control of Taiwan in the late 1940s.

Despite several bills proposed at the legislature on “ill-gotten party assets,” academics said they are worried about the actual result of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) campaign to pursue the matter, as the issue is politically sensitive and highly polarized.

Lo Cheng-tsung (羅承宗) of the Zero Party Asset Alliance said the incoming Tsai administration does not have to wait until the legislation is passed to pursue the KMT’s illegitimate party assets. [FULL STORY]

US seeking to raise South China Sea issue at G-7 meeting in Hiroshima

The Straits Times
Date: April 10, 2016

HIROSHIMA (BLOOMBERG) – The United States is keen to raise the issue

Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at the opening ceremony for the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Hiroshima on April 10, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

of China’s territorial ambitions in the South China Sea at a Group of Seven (G-7) foreign ministers meeting in Hiroshima, in a move that would likely draw an angry response from the government in Beijing.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters in Washington on Friday (April 8) that the US should discuss security issues any time it meets with key partners in Asia.

“What we want to see happen in South China Sea is important. It’s important to the region, it’s important to the stability of the region, so I would suggest that those topics should be on the table.”
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday said the G-7 meeting shouldn’t “hype” the South China Sea issue. [FULL STORY]

Progression of Dajia Matsu pilgrimage procession delayed

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-04-10
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Matsu Pilgrimage Procession, which is hailed as one of the world’s three largest religious activities and included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
The procession started a nine-day, eight-night and 330km “inspection tour” on Friday night at the Jenn Lann Temple in Dajia District, Taichung City, where Dajia Matsu is enshrined.

Along the tour the carved figure of Matsu, the Chinese Goddess of the Sea, who is carried in a palanquin on bearers’ shoulders, along with her devoted followers, will visit 110 temples. Dajia Matsu is scheduled to come back to the Jenn Lann Temple on April 17 at the end of the tour.

The procession entered Changhua County from Taichung City on Saturday afternoon to huge crowds of cheerful believers who packed the streets.

Before the arrival of the procession, many enterprises and businesses in the county had set up tents along the route to provide the followers with free vegetarian foods and places to rest. [FULL STORY]

Rally in Taipei calls for death penalty for ‘those who deserve it’ [VIDEO]

Focus Taiwan
2016/04/10
By: Hsu Chih-wei and Kay Liu

Taipei, April 10 (CNA) A rally was held in Taipei Sunday to call for justice to be carried out by the government, which is seen to have reduced the use of capital punishment.

The conditions and environment in Taiwan are not right for scrapping capital punishment under the current laws, said the White Rose Social Care Association, which organized the rally in front of the Presidential Office.

Some 5,000 people joined the rally when it kicked off at 2:00 p.m., said the organizers who had hoped to attract 10,000.

According to the association, more than 10,000 people are serving life sentences in Taiwan’s prisons because of the government’s reduced use of capital punishment. However, the association said, the country does not have the budget or the manpower to educate and reform convicts. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying advances to final of Malaysia Open Badminton

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/04/09
By: Lee Chin-wei and Romulo Huang

Taipei, April 9 (CNA) Taiwan’s top female badminton player Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) defeated Saina Nehwal of India on Saturday to advance to the final of the women’s singles at the Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open Badminton 2016.

In the semifinals, Tsai beat the tournament third seed Nehwal 21-19, 21-13 in straight sets.

Tai will compete Sunday against Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, the fourth seed of the tournament, for the women’s singles title. Intanon advanced to the finals Saturday with a 21-11, 21-19 win over Wang Yihan of China.

The Malaysia Open, one of 12 tournaments in the World Superseries of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), carries a total prize of US$550,000. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying advances to final of Malaysia Open Badminton

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/04/09
By: Lee Chin-wei and Romulo Huang

In the semifinals, Tsai beat the tournament third seed Nehwal 21-19, 21-13 in straight sets.

Pure Youth one win away from finals with Taiwan Beer

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 10, 2016
By: Paul Huang / Contributing reporter

Nearly squandering a 19-point, third-quarter lead, top-seeded Pure Youth

Pure Youth Construction point guard Ke Chi-hao dribbles the ball during their game against the Fubon Braves in New Taipei City last night. Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times

Construction held off a late-game rally by the fifth-seeded Fubon Braves and went on to defeat their foes 86-76 at the Sinjhuang Sports Complex in New Taipei City last night to take Game 5 of their semi-final series.

Doug Creighton played the best game of the post-season thus far by connecting for four three’s on a team-high 22-point night to lead the four-time defending champions to a crucial victory that gave them a 3-2 advantage in the best-of-seven series.

“We kept our composure when we needed to the most,” Creighton said after the game, referring to a six-minute stretch in the fourth in which the Braves outscored the Builders 15-5 to pull within five before a clutch two by Creighton with less than three minutes remaining to make it a three-possession game in favor of the Builders.

Fresh off a disappointing overtime loss to the Braves on Thursday night in a game they should have won, Pure Youth opened contest with a 7-0 run to set the tone early. [FULL STORY]

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