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By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterFormer president Ma Ying-jeou （馬英九） yesterday departed for a 12-day trip to China as scheduled, despite calls for him to cancel the trip after Honduras severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan as an apparent result of China’s dollar diplomacy.

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Independence advocates and pro-China political parties held rival gatherings as US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her delegation met with Taiwanese officials at the Legislative Yuan yesterday morning. Members of the Taiwan Republic Office and the Nation-Building Forum waved two large US national flags and shouted slogans. They held banners that read “USA House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Welcome to Taiwan Republic,” as well as “Rejecting China,” and “Blessings for Taiwan,...

Groups directed by Beijing are using violence and intimidation in Taiwan, former health minister and Chiayi mayor Twu Shiing-jer (涂醒哲) said on Thursday at a ceremony in Taipei unveiling a shrine to “Taiwanese Martyr” John Cheng (鄭達志). Cheng, a 52-year-old sports physician, was killed while trying to stop David Chou (周文偉), 68, who allegedly opened fire on a gathering of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, on May 15. “It is with a heavy hea...

The man accused of opening fire on a church congregation in southern California because of his political hatred for Taiwan dubbed himself a “destroying angel” in a seven-volume diary sent to a newspaper before the attack, the paper said on Wednesday. David Chou (周文偉), 68, spent US$16.10 to mail seven thick photocopied volumes of handwritten Chinese text and a flash drive to the World Journal in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, photographs published in the newspaper showed. The ...

Pro-Taiwan groups yesterday set up a “Lennon wall” at Taipei Railway Station so that people can post messages of friendship and support for Ukrainians. They also said a majority of Taiwanese are willing to take up arms against China to defend their homeland. The advocates said they wish to see people from all walks of life, including foreigners, tourists and migrant workers, leave messages in their own language on the Lennon wall in the station’s main hall across from the ticket booths. Th...

‘TAKING UP ARMS’: Taiwanese and Ukrainians have the determination to safeguard their homelands, Taiwan Independence Party Chairman Peter Ku saidBy Jason Pan / Staff reporter

City mayors and advocacy groups yesterday called for support for Ukraine at events across Taiwan to commemorate the 228 Incident. “Taiwan’s authoritarian ruler ordered the indiscriminate killing of people in 1947. Now similar things are happening in far-away Ukraine,” Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) said at a ceremony at the city’s 228 Peace Memorial Park. “We sympathize with [Ukraine], because peace, justice and liberty are universal values. The Kaohsiung lantern festival has...

Taiwanese independence advocates protested in Taipei on Wednesday against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s alignment with China regarding Taiwan’s status. Putin visited Beijing and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) on Friday last week for the opening of Winter Olympic Games. A joint statement was later issued saying that the countries’ partnership had “no limits” and that Russia supports China’s claim to Taiwan. Sim Kiantek (沈建德), convener of the self-proclaim...