Formosan Association for Public Affairs: Young Professional Group

Letters to the Editor: 2007 Publications

“Despite PRC fantasy, Taiwan is absolutely independent”

Taiwan is not (and has never been, not even for a day) a part of the People’s Republic of China. Period. On that same note, the People’s Republic of China is not a part of Taiwan. Period. Perhaps that’s easier to understand. Recently, the 17th National Congress of the Communist...[Read more.]

“Let Taiwanese decide own future”

Dear Editor, When I read Martin Willison’s editorial entitled “More to Taiwan separation issue than meets the eye of editorialist”, my brain did not go through the struggle Willison did. Both sides of my brain told me to respond immediately to Willison erroneous interpretation of the political situation in Taiwan...[Read more.]

“Removal of statues overdue”

A heated debate is raging on about whether the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) drive to remove statues of dictator Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) from the premises of military installations is an abuse of discretion. Is it really inappropriate to remove such statues? Dictators throughout history have had a tendency to imprint...[Read more.]

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