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Editorial
Date: 2015-09-04

On Sept. 3, Beijing marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World

War and Japan’s formal surrender to the Allied forces with a military parade–the first since Chinese president Xi Jinping took office in 2013.

In Taiwan, the public’s focus on Beijing’s commemorative event has been on former vice president and Kuomintang honorary chair Lien Chan’s attendance, since the military display has been linked to the revival of the Chinese nation and Xi’s “Chinese Dream.”

Before Lien’s departure for China, the Taiwanese government called on people attending the Beijing event to insist on the principles of dignity and reciprocity and to promote the fact that the Nationalist government led the fight against Japan during the war.

Lien himself also said that during his visit he would make sure that Beijing is aware of the views in Taiwan, as he was scheduled to meet with Xi before the military parade.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 05, 2015
By: Abraham Gerber  /  Staff reporter

Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Legislator May Chin’s (高金素梅) attendance of a

military parade in Beijing was panned by Aboriginal representatives yesterday.

“She can only represent her personal ethnicity or political identity — not all of Taiwan’s Aborigines,” Assembly of the Atayal Nation Secretary-General Utux Lbak said. “Whether you look at the matter from the perspective of culture, language, history or archeology, the vast majority of Taiwan’s Aborigines have absolutely no connection with China.”

Chin represents “mountain Aborigines” in the Legislative Yuan and was the only sitting legislator cited in media reports as being part of former vice president Lien Chan’s (連戰) controversial delegation to Beijing earlier this week.

The delegation met with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) before attending a military parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Imperial Japan in World War II.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-09-04
By: CNA

Taiwan’s government and private sector have each published a book to

commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-1945).

Academia Historica has published a book that records the efforts of Republic of China servicemen who were sent to Myanmar as part of a Chinese expeditionary force to fight alongside troops from the United States and the United Kingdom 1942-1945.

The battles there helped secure the Allied Forces’ victory in World War II, Academia Historica said.

It said the Chinese expedition was sent by the Nationalist government to support the Allied forces fighting against Japan in Myanmar and to protect the supply delivery route that ran from southwestern China to Myanmar.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-09-04
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Kuomintang’s Evaluation and Discipline Committee

might consider sanctions against the party’s honorary chairman Lien Chan over his controversial presence at a Beijing military parade, Chairman Eric Liluan Chu said Friday.

Lien returned to Taiwan amid protests late Thursday following his attendance at China’s celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the World War II victory against Japan. His visit met with widespread condemnation inside Taiwan, with even President Ma Ying-jeou criticizing him. The KMT’s main qualm is that Lien’s presence lent support to China’s official version of the war, which claims the Communist Party was the leading force in offering resistance against Japan, and not the KMT government led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.

Serving KMT officials should not have gone to China to attend the military parade, so they will be judged by the relevant party authorities, Chu told reporters Friday. He said the Evaluation and Discipline Committee and the Central Standing Committee were to discuss the matter.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-09-03
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Shen Jong-chin pointed out recently that

should the push for an Economic Cooperation Agreement (ECA) with the European Union (EU) go through, bilateral trade between Taiwan and Germany could be boosted significantly, including the import/export of cars and machinery.

During the 15th Taiwan-Germany Joint Business Council meeting hosted by the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) on Thursday, Shen said the government is seeking the possibility of a trade pact between the two nations under the framework of “Industry 4.0: Taiwan-Germany – Automation and Smart Manufacture.”

“Germany has been Taiwan’s largest trading partner in Europe for 35 years, where bilateral trade has multiplied five-fold during this period,” he said.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/09/03
By: Zoe Wei and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Sept. 3 (CNA) The Ministry of Labor (MOL) is supportive of a proposal by legislators to allow foreign nationals to work for a longer period of time in Taiwan, MOL Deputy Minister Chen I-min (陳益民) said Thursday.

Legislators proposed that the maximum length of employment for foreign workers be extended to 15 years from the current 12.

However, the MOL is inclined to support an alternative proposal to allow foreign workers who have worked in Taiwan for 12 years and meet certain requirements to stay longer than 12 years, without setting a maximum length of employment, according to Chen.

Out of the 580,000 foreign workers currently legally employed in Taiwan, 3,800 have worked in the country for more than nine years but less than 12 years, Chen said, adding that those long-term workers are expected to first benefit from the new rules if they clear the legislative floor.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-09-03
By: CNA

The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) on Wednesday posted a photo on its

Facebook page of President Ma Ying-jeou and recipients of Republic of China commemorative medals on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

The photo shows Ma at the Presidential Office with a group of people invited to attend the ROC’s commemoration of the anniversary.

The group includes descendants of US presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, as well as WWII veterans and descendants of high-ranking WWII military officers.

Mary Jean Eisenhower, Clifton Truman Daniel and David Roosevelt — the grandchildren of the three presidents — were presented earlier with medals by Ma.     [FULL  STORY]