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Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) denied that she has set her sights on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairmanship. “I am not in the race. I have no desire to run,” Lu told reporters on Tuesday. Lu distributed a manifesto reviewing the DPP's...
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(Taiwan News) – Former Vice President Annette Lu said Tuesday the presidential campaign of Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen had turned into a one-man show which had set aside the party’s experience. Lu’s comments came on the eve of...
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In fact, the one-mile distance was caused by a gap between the DPP's core values and the times. During the past authoritarian era, when Taiwanese public opinion and culture were ruthlessly suppressed by the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) from China, the local...
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(Taiwan News) – Opposition Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen called on President Ma Ying-jeou to be more vocal in expressing support for Tibet against repression by China, reports said Tuesday. Tsai received a letter from the Dalai...
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Shouting out "Protest against secret meetings and the conscience-less government," the groups called on the COA to make the content public instead of only issuing a "consensus" summarizing what was discussed. Tien Chiu-chin, a legislator of the...
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China Post--Ex Vice-President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) is set to publish a manifesto on “focal points” and “blind spots” of the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) 2012 presidential campaign. Lu believes that aides of DPP bid Tsai Ing-wen had misjudged the...
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Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City Councilor Wang Shih-cheng (王世堅) has set a location and time frame for paying up on his unusual personal wager, according to Chinese-language media. In the run-up to Jan. 14, the 52-year old Wang promised to perform a...
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China Post news staff--No obvious candidates for the next chairman of the opposition the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) emerged yesterday, 11 days before current leader Tsai Ing-wen steps down, but Chen Chu appeared to be the front runner in the...
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China Post--Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wu Ping-jui (吳秉叡) yesterday proposed to place the ractopamine ban under a national referendum. The formulation of Wu's proposed referendum is as follows: “Do you agree with replacing the current...
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(Taiwan News) – Opposition Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker Wu Ping-jui said Friday he was launching a campaign for a referendum about the use of the leanness drug ractopamine in beef from the United States. The government meanwhile continued to...
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was once seen as "capable of critical self-examination," but it is gradually losing that virtue. Although it presented a voluminous report on the reasons for its failure in the Jan. 14 presidential and legislative...
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Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) post-election report “lacks introspection” and badly needs a rewrite, said DPP Deputy Secretary-General Michael You (游盈隆) yesterday. On Wednesday, outbound Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen furnished a draft of the DPP's 2012...
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is due to release a report on its defeat in the January presidential poll. It remains to be seen whether the main opposition party can really identify its stumbling blocks. But according to media outlets citing...
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(Taiwan News) – The Falun Gong announced on Thursday it was suing Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong over human rights abuses on the day he arrived for his first-ever visit to Taiwan. Religious activists and opposition Democratic Progressive Party politicians...
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(Taiwan News) – Prosecutors have closed a money-laundering investigation against former Premier Frank Hsieh, reports said Thursday. An accusation was made that after the 2008 presidential election, in which Hsieh was the candidate for the Democratic...
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“All the senior managers at my office and all the sales managers immediately updated me – they all had iPads they were watching,” he said. Politicians are also paying attention. Taiwan’s democracy is famously fractious, not just between the ruling...
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Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen yesterday presented a first version of the evaluation report about her January 14 defeat in the presidential election to a top party body. The more than three hours of discussion ended without a...
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“All the senior managers at my office and all the sales managers immediately updated me — they all had iPads they were watching,” he said. Politicians are also paying attention. Taiwan’s democracy is famously fractious, not just between the ruling...
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday reviewed the draft of its post-election report, which is due for submission on Feb. 22. Outgoing Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen has promised an assessment of her and the party's performance in the 2012 election. ...
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Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, center, with running mate Su Jia-chyuan, right, concedes her defeat in the presidential election, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou won a close...
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Taiwan opposition Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, left, and former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui raise hands during the last election rally at New Taipei City, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Saturday,...
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