Archive for June, 2007

‘Rights’ Rhetoric Rings Hollow.

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

By Josephe Quesnel
Winnipeg Sun
03/10/07.

Want to anger the political left in this country?
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China Tries to Reclaim Taiwan Political Heroine.

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

By Ben Blanchard
Reuters
02/27/07.

China is mounting a propaganda blitz ahead of commemorations in Taiwan this week of a crackdown by Chinese troops in 1947 that left thousands of Taiwanese dead and became a rallying point for independence supporters.
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Remembering is Key to the Future.

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

By Li Thian-hok 李天福
Taipei Times
02/27/07.

‘The courage exhibited by many 228 heroes should inspire the current generation of Taiwanese to strive for genuine reconciliation and a nation everyone can be proud of.’
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Radical Views on Rights.

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

by Sophia Deng
Taipei Times (LTTE)
02/11/07.

Last month I and several other Taiwanese-Americans attended a panel discussion with Ramon Myers of Stanford University, Jialin Zhang (章嘉琳) and Shih Chih-yu (石之瑜) of National Taiwan University. The panel was moderated by Stanford University professor Larry Diamond.
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Describing Taiwan’s Real History.

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

By Bruce Jacobs 家博
Taipei Times
02/09/07.

Certain historians in Taiwan have complained that the recent revisions to history high school textbooks are “political.”
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