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Taiwan Republic Office members throw eggs at photo of Huang Yu-ting, sports administration director | 2022-02-08 11:07:00

Protesters yesterday threw eggs at images of Taiwanese speedskater Huang Yu-ting (黃郁婷) and the Chinese flag outside the Sports Administration building in Taipei. Members of the Taiwan Republic Office staged the event to protest Olympic flagbearer Huang, who on Thursday posted pictures of herself online wearing the China national team’s skinsuit. Office director Chilly Chen (陳峻涵), who was last year confined to his home for throwing eggs at a statue of Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石), ca...

Taiwanese independence advocates yesterday marched as part of a “Taipei Spring” movement, demanding a referendum to abolish the Republic of China (ROC) Constitution and to formally establish Taiwan as a country. Movement spokeswoman Wang Yen-pin (王演彬) said that amid China’s continuing military threat, he and other constitutional advocates are initiating a campaign patterned after the Prague Spring of 1968 in then-Czechoslovakia. It is a matter of urgency to tell the world that Taiwan...

Independence advocates yesterday urged the Ministry of Education (MOE) to stop misinforming students about sovereignty issues. Grandfather and Grandmother Association of Taiwan head Tseng Kian-hui (曾健輝) said textbooks containing information that Taiwan can rightfully claim territories administered by China should be updated. The world also needs to know that China’s claim over Taiwan and parts of the South China Sea is baseless, he added. Tseng’s group was joined by the Provisional Gov...

Taiwanese independence advocates yesterday held a protest outside the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) headquarters in Taipei, saying that KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) is selling out Taiwan and conspiring with China to oust pro-Taiwan politicians. The protest was headed by Taiwan Republic chairman Chilly Chen (陳峻涵), with independence advocates throwing eggs onto the pavement outside the building. The advocates called the protest after Chu’s remarks in the wake of the recall of Taiwan...

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) yesterday spoke of “four safeguards” as he called on Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) to recognize the “undeniable fact that Sun Yat-sen’s (孫逸仙) overthrow of the Qing Dynasty established the Republic of China [ROC].” Chu made the remarks at an exhibit at Taipei’s Zhongshan Hall to mark the 76th anniversary of Retrocession Day, when the KMT claims the Japanese ceded Taiwan to the ROC. For 100 years, Taiwan’...

Members of the Taiwan Republic Office yesterday held a rally outside the cordoned-off area for the Double Ten National Day celebration in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei, saying that Taiwan’s national holiday should instead be celebrated on Sept. 8. On Sept. 8, 1951, Japan signed the San Francisco Peace Treaty, relinquishing its claim over the nation, the Taiwanese independence group said. “Article 2 of the San Francisco Peace Treaty ... states that ‘Japan renounces all...

Group calls for women to be conscripted By Jason Pan / Staff reporter Independence advocates from the Taiwan Republic Office yesterday called on Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) politicians to amend the law so that women could also be conscripted to bolster Taiwan’s armed forces in the face of escalating Chinese military aggression. The advocates rallied outside the Legislative Yuan, demanding that KMT Legislator Charles Chen (陳以信) and KMT Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧�...

Group again calls for removal of Chiang statue By Chen Yu-fu and Jason Pan / Staff reporters The Taiwan 228 Incident Care Association on Monday last week again called for the removal of the Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) statue from the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei. The call came after Taiwan Republic Office director Chilly Chen (陳峻涵) on Jan. 22 allegedly threw eggs at the statue. Chen said his actions were in protest of comments made by Minister of Culture Lee Yung-te (李永�...

Budget targeted over new China Airlines jet livery By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter Members of pro-independence groups yesterday urged lawmakers to freeze the budget of the China Aviation Development Foundation (航空事業發展基金會) — the largest shareholder of China Airlines — as the airline had failed to deliver a new design for its planes that would clearly identify it as a Taiwanese airline. The groups at a rally outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei said that they would star...