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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’s history has been inextricably tied to the ROC, Chu said. “It was through our resolve and hard w...

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 right, title and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores,’ so Taiwan was born on this day,” group d...

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 (徐巧芯) make good on their promise of amending the Military Service Act (兵役法) to enable conscriptio...

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 (李永得), who said he did not support the removal of the statue, as protesters seeking to get rid of the s...

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 start gathering signatures to seek public support for such a resolution. The airline’s new cargo jet l...