EDITORIAL: China is a ‘big brother’ indeed - Taipei Times

EDITORIAL: China is a ‘big brother’ indeed - Taipei Times: "In their tumultuous history of interaction with Chinese, which has intensified amid efforts by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to foster closer ties across the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese often complain about China’s lack of knowledge about Taiwan. In the same vein, survivors of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 point to continued efforts by Chinese authorities to filter information on the mass demonstrations that led to the crackdown, with the result that ordinary Chinese now suffer from collective amnesia.

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EDITORIAL : National defense on the cheap - Taipei Times

EDITORIAL : National defense on the cheap - Taipei Times: "Given the timing of the exercise and the fact that reporters were allowed on the Chung-shan Institute of Science and Technology’s (CSIST) off-limit Jiupeng missile testing base for the first time since 2002, the Ministry of National Defense was likely seeking to send a signal of strength to China. The failures and the subsequent media focus on the shortcomings indicate that that effort may have backfired and highlighted weakness rather than strength.

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EDITORIAL: The math behind public anger - Taipei Times

EDITORIAL: The math behind public anger - Taipei Times: "Reform of the preferential interest rates for retired public servants was announced to great fanfare, despite the paltry gains involved. Every year, NT$70 billion (US$2.4 billion) is spent subsidizing interest payments. These reforms will save perhaps NT$2 billion to NT$3 billion, and will neither help the government dig itself out of the financial hole it is in, nor calm public anger.

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China’s military advances challenge US power: Gates - Taipei Times

China’s military advances challenge US power: Gates - Taipei Times: "A US military presence in the Pacific is essential to restrain Chinese assertiveness, Washington’s defense chief said yesterday, describing China’s technology advances as a challenge to US forces in the region.

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ comments are likely to add to tensions over political and economic quarrels between the two superpowers just days before Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) heads to the US for a state visit on Wednesday.

US officials say US President Barack Obama will raise geopolitical problems such as Iran and North Korea as well as trade issues that bedevil ties between the world’s two biggest economies.

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EDITORIAL: The ‘wayward cousin’ syndrome - Taipei Times

EDITORIAL: The ‘wayward cousin’ syndrome - Taipei Times: "Even after North Korea invaded the South in 1950, sparking the Korean War, followed by decades of tensions marked by skirmishes, missile tests, nuclear detonations, artillery attacks and the sinking of a navy vessel, the authorities in Seoul have often been less strident about the North Korean threat than their allies like Japan and the US, a response that, at first glance, may seem counterintuitive.

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Animal activists caution against pet rabbit craze - Taipei Times

Animal activists caution against pet rabbit craze - Taipei Times: "Animal rights activists yesterday called for people to respect animal rights and not abandon pets, especially rabbits, ahead of an expected increase in demand for the animals in the upcoming Year of the Rabbit.

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Committee once again says no to referendum bid - Taipei Times

Committee once again says no to referendum bid - Taipei Times: "The Executive Yuan’s Referendum Review Committee yesterday again turned down a referendum proposal by Taiwan Solidarity Union Chairman Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝) on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) signed between Taiwan and China in June last year.

In his third bid, Huang had submitted a referendum proposal asking the question: “Do you agree with the government’s signing the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China?”

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Taiwanese to decide own future: Ma - Taipei Times

Taiwanese to decide own future: Ma - Taipei Times: "President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said in his New Year’s address yesterday that Taiwan’s future should be decided by its 23 million people and that both sides of the Taiwan Strait must not fight over political power, but work together for core values.

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