The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) yesterday extended its 24-hour long hunger-strike against passage of an "anti-secession" law in China.
TSU Secretary-General Chen Chien-ming (
The TSU chairman, Shu Chin-chiang (蘇進強), other party officials and legislators began the sit-in at 4pm on Monday.
Wearing a surgical mask and a headband reading "China Invades Taiwan," Su shouted "Oppose aggression, protect Taiwan" while burning the People's Republic of China's flag.
Two Cabinet officials -- Lee Ying-yuan (
Fifty Japanese fans of former president Lee Teng-hui (
Presidential Office Secretary-General Yu Shyi-kun met yesterday afternoon with the 11 TSU representatives on behalf of President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) at the Presidential Office. The delegation, led by TSU caucus whip Lo Chih-ming (羅志明), presented a petition urging the president to hold a "defensive referendum."
Saying that he would forward the TSU's appeal to Chen, Yu thanked the TSU for its efforts in recent days in protesting against the Chinese law.
"Claiming to be a `peaceful emerging' nation, China should be a stabilizing force in the Asia-Pacific region; yet with the passage of its anti-secession law, it is becoming the trouble-maker and the root of the region's instability," Presidential Office spokesman Chen Wen-tsung (
Yu also reiterated the president's support for the March 26 rally, but would not say whether Chen would attend it.
Taiwan would welcome the return of Honduras as a diplomatic ally if its next president decides to make such a move, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday. “Of course, we would welcome Honduras if they want to restore diplomatic ties with Taiwan after their elections,” Lin said at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, when asked to comment on statements made by two of the three Honduran presidential candidates during the presidential campaign in the Central American country. Taiwan is paying close attention to the region as a whole in the wake of a
President William Lai (賴清德) has appointed former vice president Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) to attend the late Pope Francis’ funeral at the Vatican City on Saturday on his behalf, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today. The Holy See announced Francis’ funeral would take place on Saturday at 10am in St Peter’s Square. The ministry expressed condolences over Francis’ passing and said that Chen would represent Taiwan at the funeral and offer condolences in person. Taiwan and the Vatican have a long-standing and close diplomatic relationship, the ministry said. Both sides agreed to have Chen represent Taiwan at the funeral, given his Catholic identity and
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫), spokeswoman Yang Chih-yu (楊智伃) and Legislator Hsieh Lung-chieh (謝龍介) would be summoned by police for questioning for leading an illegal assembly on Thursday evening last week, Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang (劉世芳) said today. The three KMT officials led an assembly outside the Taipei City Prosecutors’ Office, a restricted area where public assembly is not allowed, protesting the questioning of several KMT staff and searches of KMT headquarters and offices in a recall petition forgery case. Chu, Yang and Hsieh are all suspected of contravening the Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法) by holding
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday established a friendship group with their counterparts in Ukraine to promote parliamentary exchanges between the two countries. A ceremony in Taipei for the Taiwan-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Association, initiated by DPP Legislator Chen Kuan-ting (陳冠廷), was attended by lawmakers and officials, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois Wu (吳志中) and European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan Director Lutz Gullner. The increasingly dire situation in Ukraine is a global concern, and Taiwan cannot turn its back when the latter is in need of help, as the two countries share many common values and interests,
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