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Broadcasting Corp of China chairman Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) has been lambasting the government for taking a knee-jerk anti-China stance, yet he seems to not have realized that he has become an unthinking, fawning spaniel that acts as the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) mouthpiece on every issue. As a national team athlete and the flagbearer for the Beijing Winter Games opening ceremony, speedskater Huang Yu-ting (黃郁婷) has been representing Taiwan at international competitions and benefiting from national training grants funded by taxpayers. Regardless of an athlete’s performance a...

After retiring from his post at Manila City Hall, visual artist and 81-year old Ananias “Naning” Estrella vows to pursue his passion in life. A native of Navotas, his collection of nautical scenes flows with images in watercolor, a fitting homage to his hometown. A native of Navotas, Estrella fondly…

At a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) forum to discuss the party’s strategy going into the local mayoral and city councilor elections in November, KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) was asked about the party’s plans for the 2024 presidential election. He said that there was no point discussing 2024 unless the party performed well in this year’s elections. Chu then talked about how the party was being ridiculed as being a “Civil War Party” (內鬥黨), because of how many major KMT figures were “turning their guns inward” and causing internal disarray, when they should be working t...

Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman and Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday acknowledged that he has a personal relationship with tycoon Liao Wan-long (廖萬隆), a former member of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Central Standing Committee who reportedly has close ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平). Liao, 74, is known as the “King of Taiwan Tungsten Carbide,” with an estimated personal worth of about NT$50 billion (US$1.8 billion). Ko said that he and Liao have a normal relationship as friends. Private donations are vital financial sources for political p...

Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) vice chairman Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌), a former Taipei mayor, on Sunday said that the KMT and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) would benefit from joining forces in the Taipei mayoral election later this year. National Policy Foundation vice chairman Sean Lien (連勝文), the KMT candidate in the 2014 Taipei mayoral race, and Broadcasting Corp of China chairman Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) have also given their support to the idea. Hau, Lien and Jaw, to varying degrees, represent the KMT leadership position. Their support appears to be a concerted effort ...