Taipei Times - Editorials

Important events are a great opportunity for media outlets to show their skills and an important test for their professionalism and reputation. But judging from reports on the Papua New Guinea (PNG) fund scandal, the media appear as ridiculous as former vice premier Chiou I-jen (邱義仁), former minister of foreign affairs James Huang (黃志芳), or brokers Wu Shih-tsai (吳思材) and Ching Chi-ju (金紀玖).

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Editorial: Priorities: easy to pick, harder to sell

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Editorial: Myanmar’s junta hits a new low

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Editorial: After missiles, germs and viruses?

After missiles, germs and viruses?

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EDITORIAL: When an apology isn't enough

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairmanship candidate Koo Kwang-ming (辜寬敏) should look up the meaning of the words “democratic” and “progressive” before deciding to continue with his bid — if his comments on Tuesday are anything to go by.

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Editorial: Making money at whose expense?

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Editorial: Will Japan get in bed with China?

Chinese officials, including Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) who will be visiting Japan this week, have been optimistic that relations between China and Japan are on the brink of a breakthrough. Both sides have raised the possibility of some framework for future annual visits by their leaders, which they said would become a symbol of strategic and mutually beneficial relations.

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Editorial: Cheap talk proves costly to economy

Talking too much is likely to cause a person to make too many mistakes. This appears to be the case for both president-elect Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and vice president-elect Vincent Siew (蕭萬長). They offered too many promises during the election campaign, at least on the economic front.

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EDITORIAL: The pitfalls of dollar diplomacy

With the reins of the government on the verge of being transferred, a diplomatic scandal has broken out over the disappearance of US$30 million purportedly pocketed by two brokers who had been expected to help forge diplomatic relations between Taiwan and Papua New Guinea in 2006. Last month the government filed lawsuits against the duo in Singapore in an attempt to retrieve the money.

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Editorial: Kissinger: PRC apologist to the end

Diplomats speak a strange, sometimes amoral language as part of their trade, yet even allowing for this, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger’s mini-essay on Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) in Time magazine this week was wholly objectionable. It also illuminated a mindset that continues to dominate the US State Department, to the cost of both the US and Taiwan.

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Editorial: Soochow oversteps the mark

The announcement by Soochow University on Tuesday that it is considering limiting the number of appearances made by its professors on TV political talk shows to four a month raises several interesting issues concerning freedom of speech and an employer’s right to limit an employee’s extracurricular activities.

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EDITORIAL: Et tu, my KMT colleagues?

Still weeks away from president-elect Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) inauguration and ideological hardliners in the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) have made it clear that Ma’s presidency is going to be no easy ride — not for Ma, not for his party and not for Taiwan.

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