FALLING SICK: The retailer proposed paying the full medical bill of any member diagnosed with hepatitis A that could be traced to the contaminated products/ Staff writer, with CNA
By Ge You-hao and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerFormer US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) yesterday talked about the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Two incidents regarding the involvement of young people in politics have drawn criticism in the past couple of weeks.
First, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) increased the requirement for first-time candidates to run in primary elections by up to 100 percent. Second, Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Taipei City Council candidates Huang Ching-ying (黃?瑩) and Christina Yang (楊寶楨) mocked Control Yuan President Chen Ju (陳菊).
With young people increasingly entering the political arena, be they of the pan-blue, pan-green or any other camps, I wonder what motivates our generation to get involved. What is politics for the young generation a career or