In a World Press Freedom Day briefing at the US Department of State’s Washington Foreign Press Center on Tuesday last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken responded to a Central News Agency reporter’s question about Taiwan’s media environment by saying that Taiwan is on the front lines of China’s “hybrid war.”
Blinken said that the US government has joined with Taiwanese authorities and civil organizations “to try to build societal resilience to disinformation and other forms of foreign interference.”
Blinken’s response shows that the US is aware that Taiwan faces challenges from local collaborators who work hand in glove with
Taiwan’s two “fathers of democracy,” Peng Ming-min (彭明敏) and former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝), passed away during the past two years. When Lee and Peng bade farewell to the nation, there was no sign of authoritarianism in Taiwan, as remembered at sites such as the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei or the Touliao Mausoleum in Taoyuan’s Dasi District (大溪), which commemorate former presidents Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) and his son Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) respectively.
That is as it should be, because Lee and Peng’s great achievements have long been integrated into daily life.
Since 1996, during the successive presidencies of Lee,
A legislative by-election in Taichung’s second electoral district and a legislative recall vote in Taipei’s Zhongzheng and (中正) and Wanhua (萬華) electoral districts are to be held on Sunday. These votes are widely expected to be a test of strength between conventional forms of mobilization on the one hand and winning young people’s approval on the other.
As Taiwanese democracy continues to deepen, the younger generation has become increasingly involved in politics. Young people have become more independent in how they judge the current state of the nation and how they imagine its future.
Faced with this trend, the ruling and
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A veteran BBC DJ has been sacked after criticising bosses for axeing his Saturday night show because his elderly audience are the wrong type of listeners , according to his friends.
David Allen was due to host three more shows before his long-running programme was taken off air, but has been fired after hitting out at chiefs during his show on Saturday, insiders said.
The BBC Radio Solent presenter has clearly touched a nerve , added one source close to him following the latest development.
Mr Allen, who presented his Saturday night show for 20 years, is now understood to be considering taking legal action against the BBC which could involve lodging an ageism complaint.