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EDITORIAL: Ukraine crisis resonates in Taiwan

As Russia’s aggression in Ukraine’s Crimea republic grips the world’s attention, many in Taiwan are astounded by similarities this nation seems to share with Russia’s small, democratic neighbor, and are appalled at the extent of peril there may be for Taiwan amid the possibility ofFULL STORY

Animal rules target discrete areas

By Wu Hung 朱增宏

The Forestry Bureau announced draft amendments to the Regulations Governing Commercial Wildlife Raising and Breeding (營利性野生動物飼養繁殖管理辦法), based on Article 36, Paragraph 2 of the Wildlife Conservation Act (野生動物保育法). These proposed changes involve the regulation and licensing of premises where wildlife is reared, bred and sold.FULL STORY

Government ‘myths’ lead to cheating of the public

By Hsu Shih-jung 徐世榮

Those who govern need a discourse to support their policies and these discourses often come from academia. Academics cooperate with those in power to formulate the values, ideologies and bodies of knowledge that governments need. A government then dresses these ideas in the image ofFULL STORY

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Investigate 228 criminals Right after arriving in Taiwan in the spring of 1947, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) troops started what is now known as the 228 Incident by machine-gunning Taiwanese indiscriminately on streets, executing many of the local elite in public, shooting wire-strung Taiwanese in groupsFULL STORY

Mongolia’s water woes threaten economy

By Oliver Bach

The sight of foreign faces in Ulan Bator used to turn heads. Now, they are two-a-penny as the once remote Mongolian capital is quickly becoming a hotspot for international investors. If successfully exploited, the country’s rich mineral deposits could see its economy more than doubleFULL STORY

How to raise Indians’ quality of life

By Subir Gokarn and Anu Madgavkar

As India gears up for its general election next month, it has some cause to celebrate: Extreme poverty is finally in retreat. In 2012 — two decades after the Indian government launched a series of economic reforms aimed at opening up the economy — theFULL STORY

Why TPP’s failure would be no big deal

By Paul Krugman

Everyone knows that the domestic economic agenda of US President Barack Obama’s administration is stalled in the face of scorched earth opposition from Republicans — and that is a bad thing: The US’ economy would be in much better shape if Obama administration proposals likeFULL STORY

EDITORIAL: Action needed on low salaries2014-03-06

When Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) said that the nation’s low salaries are a national disgrace, he spoke the truth. And just like everyone who speaks the truth in Taiwan, he was immediately attacked from all sides by the government, which thinks that everything isFULL STORY

A code of conduct for E China Sea2014-03-06

By Mark Valencia

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has proposed a code of conduct for the East China Sea, which contains islands claimed by Taiwan, China, Japan and South Korea. What should such a code contain? Clearly there should be clauses addressing the arrest and detention of fishing crews andFULL STORY

Tensions rise between HK, Beijing2014-03-06

By Fan Shih-ping 范世平

On Tuesday last week, the Chinese government informed the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region that the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting that had been scheduled to take place in Hong Kong on Sept. 10 would be held in Beijing instead. Observers see thisFULL STORY

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