Four pan-blue heavyweights are slated to join the rally held by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) today to denounce what they called the government's ignorance of "livelihood" issues.
The KMT rally, which carries the theme "Fight for our livelihoods and save Taiwan," will be led by KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (
Other pan-blue camp leaders, including former KMT chairman Lien Chan (
The KMT failed to win the support of Non-Partisan Solidarity Union members, including its chairwoman Chang Po-ya (
Due to today's rally, the Taipei City Transportation Department announced that Ketagelan Boulevard will be closed from 10am to 10pm, and that the parade route along Zhongxiao E Road, Linsen S Road and Renai Road will be closed to traffic between 3pm and 6pm.
More traffic information is available from the department at dot.taipei.gov.tw.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is scheduled to hold its own rally, themed "Defending Democracy and Opposing Annexation," next Saturday. The event is planned as a celebration of the nation's democratic achievements and the president's decision to cease the function of the National Unification Council.
DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun and TSU Chairman Shu Chin-chiang (
DPP spokesman Tsai Huang-liang (蔡煌瑯) refuted rumors that Lu and Su do not support the parade, saying that they have expressed their support for the event.
There are 77 incidents of Taiwanese travelers going missing in China between January last year and last month, the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said. More than 40 remain unreachable, SEF Secretary-General Luo Wen-jia (羅文嘉) said on Friday. Most of the reachable people in the more than 30 other incidents were allegedly involved in fraud, while some had disappeared for personal reasons, Luo said. One of these people is Kuo Yu-hsuan (郭宇軒), a 22-year-old Taiwanese man from Kaohsiung who went missing while visiting China in August. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office last month said in a news statement that he was under investigation
An aviation jacket patch showing a Formosan black bear punching Winnie the Pooh has become popular overseas, including at an aviation festival held by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at the Ashiya Airbase yesterday. The patch was designed last year by Taiwanese designer Hsu Fu-yu (徐福佑), who said that it was inspired by Taiwan’s countermeasures against frequent Chinese military aircraft incursions. The badge shows a Formosan black bear holding a Republic of China flag as it punches Winnie the Pooh — a reference to Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) — who is dressed in red and is holding a honey pot with
Celebrations marking Double Ten National Day are to begin in Taipei today before culminating in a fireworks display in Yunlin County on the night of Thursday next week. To start the celebrations, a concert is to be held at the Taipei Dome at 4pm today, featuring a lineup of award-winning singers, including Jody Chiang (江蕙), Samingad (紀曉君) and Huang Fei (黃妃), Taipei tourism bureau official Chueh Yu-ling (闕玉玲) told a news conference yesterday. School choirs, including the Pqwasan na Taoshan Choir and Hngzyang na Matui & Nahuy Children’s Choir, and the Ministry of National Defense Symphony Orchestra, flag presentation unit and choirs,
China is attempting to subsume Taiwanese culture under Chinese culture by promulgating legislation on preserving documents on ties between the Minnan region and Taiwan, a Taiwanese academic said yesterday. China on Tuesday enforced the Fujian Province Minnan and Taiwan Document Protection Act to counter Taiwanese cultural independence with historical evidence that would root out misleading claims, Chinese-language media outlet Straits Today reported yesterday. The act is “China’s first ad hoc local regulations in the cultural field that involve Taiwan and is a concrete step toward implementing the integrated development demonstration zone,” Fujian Provincial Archives deputy director Ma Jun-fan (馬俊凡) said. The documents
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