‘Independence’ pushed by old, marginalized generation

Global Times
Date: 2018/4/7
By: Shan Jie 

Experts say that the founding of an organization advocating “Taiwan independence” through a referendum is the movement’s last struggle.

The “Formosa Alliance,” a coalition of organizations vowing to promote a referendum on a formal declaration of independence, was officially established Saturday in Kaohsiung city of the island of Taiwan, Taiwan News reported.

Kuo Pei-hung, chairman of pro-independence Formosa TV, started the organization together with 150 individuals including former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian, who was sentenced in 2013 to 20 years in prison for embezzlement, bribery and money laundering, but was paroled in 2015.

Experts from the Chinese mainland and editorials from Taiwan media say that “Taiwan independence” could never be realized.    [FULL  STORY]