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EDITORIAL: High hopes for the happiness index
The announcement by President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) administration last week that it would create a national happiness index and make Taiwanese wealthier marks an important task for the Cabinet led by Premier Sean Chen (陳冲). The government must not just look at the GDP growthFULL STORY
Open letter to US President Obama
February 10, 2012 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington DC, 20500 Dear Mr President: As the presidents of organizations representing US citizens deeply concerned about the state of democracy in Taiwan, we write to you to express our collective disappointment with recent statements and actions byFULL STORY
Legislature needs to do a proper job this time
By Hawang
Shiow-duan 黃秀端
Legislative oversight of the executive branch is a democratic cornerstone. However, with the combined presidential and legislative elections last month, the legislative elections were completely overshadowed by the presidential election. It is very worrying that such an important institution should be given so little attention.FULL STORY
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Ma plays innocent again Retired general Hsia Ying-chou (夏瀛洲) has simply repeated what President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has said and done over the past four years concerning his cross-strait policy (“Ex-general repeats ‘one China’ remarks in China,” Feb. 11, page 1). If the Presidential Office doesFULL STORY
When women lead
By Joseph S. Nye
Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge? A challenging new book by the Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker says that the answer is “yes.” In The Better Angels of Our Nature, Pinker presents data showing that human violence, while still very muchFULL STORY
South Koreans look to Confucian schools to revive old values
By Choe Sang-hun
When he looks out from the time-frozen world of South Korea’s oldest private Confucian academy, Park Seok-hong sees the rest of the country “turning into a realm of beasts.” He points to recent news reports as evidence: young people swearing at elderly passengers in theFULL STORY
EDITORIAL: Tested and found wanting2012-02-11
Two stories about the callous indifference of some humans made headlines this week, and while the details are completely different, the protagonists’ blinkered view of the world unites them. The first story was about a 23-year-old man who died during a marathon gaming session at anFULL STORY
How strong is China’s economy?2012-02-11
By Sushil Seth
There is a growing fear that the world might be heading toward an economic Armageddon, with the eurozone crisis looking increasingly intractable by the day. The US economy, too, is in a holding pattern with not much light ahead. In such times the Chinese economyFULL STORY
The US beef issue is a matter of principle2012-02-11
By Liou Pei-pai 劉培柏
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