New Party candidate Li Ao (
Li focused on attacking Academia Sinica President Lee Yuan-tseh (
Li called the Nobel laureate a "hypocrite" for what he called the failure to remain neutral as a scholar.
He also called Chen a "dangerous object," saying Chen's victory will lead to war with China.
Lashing out at both President Lee Teng-hui's (
Taiwan should "bow" and "surrender" its way out of the current confrontation and try to seek advantages at the negotiation table, Li said.
Taiwanese should "control China the way the Jews control the US," Li said.
Among other possible benefits, Taiwan might even be able to negotiate storage of its nuclear waste in China's Xinjiang Province, Li said.
He also seemed to appeal to ethnic sentiments in his speech, which included a condemnation of Taiwan's decision to vote for Sydney, Australia as hosts of the 2000 Olympics, instead of Beijing -- calling the Australians "white people" (
Hsu, meanwhile, criticized the other candidates for being good examples of "bad money politics" for attacking each other with abusive language, for spending large sums of money in campaign activities, and for offering impractical policies.
"They are all vote-buyers," Hsu said.
Hsu disagreed with Chen's proposal to increase the national budget, saying that he will cut the defense budget from its current 3 percent of the overall national budget to 1.5 percent and use the the money that remains for social welfare programs.
With sweat running down his face, Hsu spent more than 20 minutes of his 30-minute speech on his China policy. Hsu also seemed to stutter and pause to gather his thoughts at several points during the speech.
Hsu stressed the importance of the Chinese market, adding that he will open up direct links (
TYPHOON: The storm’s path indicates a high possibility of Krathon making landfall in Pingtung County, depending on when the storm turns north, the CWA said Typhoon Krathon is strengthening and is more likely to make landfall in Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said in a forecast released yesterday afternoon. As of 2pm yesterday, the CWA’s updated sea warning for Krathon showed that the storm was about 430km southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost point. It was moving in west-northwest at 9kph, with maximum sustained winds of 119kph and gusts of up to 155kph, CWA data showed. Krathon is expected to move further west before turning north tomorrow, CWA forecaster Wu Wan-hua (伍婉華) said. The CWA’s latest forecast and other countries’ projections of the storm’s path indicate a higher
SLOW-MOVING STORM: The typhoon has started moving north, but at a very slow pace, adding uncertainty to the extent of its impact on the nation Work and classes have been canceled across the nation today because of Typhoon Krathon, with residents in the south advised to brace for winds that could reach force 17 on the Beaufort scale as the Central Weather Administration (CWA) forecast that the storm would make landfall there. Force 17 wind with speeds of 56.1 to 61.2 meters per second, the highest number on the Beaufort scale, rarely occur and could cause serious damage. Krathon could be the second typhoon to land in southwestern Taiwan, following typhoon Elsie in 1996, CWA records showed. As of 8pm yesterday, the typhoon’s center was 180km
TYPHOON DAY: Taitung, Pingtung, Tainan, Chiayi, Hualien and Kaohsiung canceled work and classes today. The storm is to start moving north this afternoon The outer rim of Typhoon Krathon made landfall in Taitung County and the Hengchun Peninsula (恆春半島) at about noon yesterday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said, adding that the eye of the storm was expected to hit land tomorrow. The CWA at 2:30pm yesterday issued a land alert for Krathon after issuing a sea alert on Sunday. It also expanded the scope of the sea alert to include waters north of Taiwan Strait, in addition to its south, from the Bashi Channel to the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島). As of 6pm yesterday, the typhoon’s center was 160km south of
STILL DANGEROUS: The typhoon was expected to weaken, but it would still maintain its structure, with high winds and heavy rain, the weather agency said One person had died amid heavy winds and rain brought by Typhoon Krathon, while 70 were injured and two people were unaccounted for, the Central Emergency Operation Center said yesterday, while work and classes have been canceled nationwide today for the second day. The Hualien County Fire Department said that a man in his 70s had fallen to his death at about 11am on Tuesday while trimming a tree at his home in Shoufeng Township (壽豐). Meanwhile, the Yunlin County Fire Department received a report of a person falling into the sea at about 1pm on Tuesday, but had to suspend search-and-rescue
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