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In this special edition of The Point, Liu Xin interviewed Hung Hsiu-chu, former Chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang Party and Chairman of the Chinese Cyan Geese Peace Education Foundation. Hung shared her views on the Taiwan question, the rationale behind China's countermeasures and the root cause of heightened tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
China released a white paper on the Taiwan question on Wednesday. It outlines China's goal as peaceful reunification, while reserving the right to use all necessary measures. It also highlights the past four decades of economic development and increased cross-strait exchanges as the foundation for reunification. The White Paper named the ruling Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan as the force stoking tensions in cross-strait relations. What do people in Taiwan think? Are they confident of reunification? Liu Xin sat down for an exclusive interview with Hung Hsiu-Chu, Former Chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang Party and chairman of the Chinese Cyan Geese Peace Education Foundation.
①Former Kuomintang Party leader Hung Hsiu-chu said Pelosi's visit to Taiwan raised tensions without bringing real benefits to the people in Taiwan.(00:47) ②Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has concluded. What are the main achievements? (16:16) ③The Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement has agreed to a Cairo-mediated ceasefire deal with Israel. Will it hold? (26:00) ④Kenya readies itself to choose a new President. Who are the main contenders in this election? (34:02) ⑤China's July export beats expectations at 18% year-on-year. (42:30)
Listen to this conversation from ICRT News about serious moves to replace Hung Hsiu-chu as the KMT's presidential candidate, arms deals in the works between Taiwan and the US, and what to do about the NHI and all its surplus cash.
Listen to this conversation from ICRT News about serious moves to replace Hung Hsiu-chu as the KMT's presidential candidate, arms deals in the works between Taiwan and the US, and what to do about the NHI and all its surplus cash.
ICRT news and correspondents discuss the week's top stories including a halt to campaigning for Hung Hsiu-chu, the continuing controversy surrounding Lien Chan's now completed trip to Beijing, dengue fever in Tainan, and more.
ICRT news and correspondents discuss the week's top stories including a halt to campaigning for Hung Hsiu-chu, the continuing controversy surrounding Lien Chan's now completed trip to Beijing, dengue fever in Tainan, and more.
ICRT news discusses the week's top stories, including Hung Hsiu-chu's being confirmed as the KMT's 2016 candidate, and more
ICRT news discusses the week's top stories, including Hung Hsiu-chu's being confirmed as the KMT's 2016 candidate, and more
ICRT News is joined by Kaohsiung correspondent Michael Smyth to discuss the week¡¦s top stories including a pair of accusations facing presumptive KMT candidate Hung Hsiu-chu, more bad news for the troubled Taipei Dome project, and more.
ICRT News is joined by Kaohsiung correspondent Michael Smyth to discuss the week¡¦s top stories including a pair of accusations facing presumptive KMT candidate Hung Hsiu-chu, more bad news for the troubled Taipei Dome project, and more.
In 1850, a disillusioned would-be bureaucrat named Hung Hsiu-ch'uan became the head of a rebellion against the Qing dynasty. Learn the story of this rebellion -- and how it influenced modern China -- in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
right click the icon and "save link as" to download the mp3, or click it to listen right away (9.7mb audio)topics:1. a Kaohsiung high school/ vocational school principal who checks Yahoo! Knowledge (Y! Taiwan's equivalent of Yahoo! Answers)and other websites for negative mentions of his chool. he'll then summon teachers to hunt for which student posted those offending (to him) items to punish (lower grades, etc).2. teachers at that school have to eat at the same table in the cafeteria with students during lunch time. they're also not allowed to bring their own food from home or buy from outside.3. sunburned badly for the love of art-- photographing sand crabs at the beach. 4. notebooks with funny Engrish blurbs on the cover-- more photos 5. Masons inviting people to tour their lodges to drum up publicity-- NYTimes article link (since this is an archive article, you'll have to pay to read the article in full. luckily, the NY Masons reproduced this article here ← click to read.)6. taiwanese split over identity as "chinese" or "taiwanese". big news a few weeks ago when people discovered that many major government offices changed all instances of "china" or "chinese" in their english names to "taiwan" or other words (like "Overseas Chinese Affairs Council renamed to overseas Compatriot Affairs Council) original chinese names were retained, though. other news links for this topic in Chinese:慶雙十僑委會去中國化 華僑深感被棄-Yahoo!奇摩新聞 and 機關英文名 悄悄改「Taiwan」OCAC renamed Overseas Compatriot Affairs Council2006/10/9The China Post staffFew may have noticed this, but the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council (OCAC), Taiwan's highest authority serving citizens living abroad, has been renamed as the Overseas Compatriot Affairs Council.While officials with the council said the name change was meant to make a clearer distinction between Chinese and Taiwanese, opponents said the move was yet another indication that the government wants to "de-sinicize," or get rid of all words of phrases associated with China.........This time the council only changed its English name -- its Chinese name remains the same. The move was criticized as a way to bypass review of the Legislature."What we want to do is to achieve the biggest denominator for all overseas Taiwanese compatriots," said Cheng Tung-hsing, OCAC vice chairman and spokesperson. "There are Taiwanese independence groups who simply can't stand the word Chinese, and there are others who can't accept the name Overseas Taiwanese Affairs Council."In fact, the government has already changed the English names of various overseas offices as part of its de-sinicization campaign. What used to be the Chinese Cultural Center in places throughout the United States are now the Cultural Center of TECO (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office).Here in Taiwan, the government has also changed names of agencies in which it has a stake, without telling the public about it.Chinese Television System, for example, is now part of the Taiwan Broadcasting System group."The Legislature didn't even know about the name change," said Kuomintang lawmaker Hung Hsiu-chu, member of the Legislature's Education Committee. "We'll ask for a clear explanation from these people when we review their budget next time."