Taipei, March 5 (CNA) Taiwanese, Taiwan-based Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Hong Kongers took to the streets of Taipei on Saturday to call for world peace, Tibetan liberation, and for Taiwan to pay attention to Tibetan issues, ahead of the Tibetan Uprising Day.
Tibetan groups and rights advocates were yesterday joined by independent Legislator Freddy Lim (林昶佐) and New Power Party Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) in launching this year’s “Cycling for a Free Tibet” campaign ahead of next month’s main event.
This year’s event is to mark the 63rd anniversary of “Tibetan Uprising Day,” when Tibetans on March 10, 1959, joined in mass protests in a failed rebellion against nine years of Chinese military rule, Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan director Tashi Tsering said.
“It has been more than 70 years since a Chinese military invasion took control of Tibet. They have placed
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) enjoys the most support among all political parties, while support for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has fallen 4 percentage points from last month, the equivalent of nearly 800,000 voters, this month’s Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation poll showed yesterday.
Apart from the KMT’s losses, the result was little changed from last month, shifting only 1.5 percentage points at most, the foundation said.
The DPP garnered 30.5 percent support, followed by the KMT at 15.6 percent, the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) at 12.5 percent, the Taiwan Statebuilding Party at 2.3 percent, the New Power Party at 2.1 percent
The results of the by-election in Taichung’s second electoral district and the recall vote against independent Legislator Freddy Lim (林昶佐) were announced on Jan. 9 two home runs for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and nothing for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).
Meanwhile, the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) has called for an end to ideological labeling to mitigate the antagonism between the pan-green and pan-blue camps.
The two camps should refrain from proclaiming themselves winners or their rivals losers in upcoming elections.
The “pendulum effect” often describes voting behavior. A party that claims a landslide victory might suffer an electoral defeat next
<strong>Turning the KMT Taiwanese</strong>
From the four referendum questions that were put to a vote nationally on Dec. 18 last year, to the by-election in Taichung’s second electoral district and the unsuccessful attempt to recall independent Legislator Freddy Lim (林昶佐) in Taipei’s fifth electoral district, which both took place on Jan. 9, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has suffered three defeats at the polls in less than a month.
Consequently, KMT Central Standing Committee member Lin Chin-chieh (林金結) suggested changing the party’s name to the “Taiwanese Nationalist Party,” but former KMT chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) slammed Lin’s suggestion, calling it a