DPP is deaf and dumb
Even though the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) presidential primary is an internal party affair, it is also good for all Taiwanese to understand the goals of each candidate in the race.
Good communication using TV broadcasts and the Internet are so critical and can help spread one's message around the world. During the debates there is a man in the top corner of the TV screen providing sign language to help the deaf understand.
Unfortunately, there are still many people who don't understand Taiwanese (Hoklo), such as second-generation Mainlanders who live in the Taipei area and Hakka people in Miaoli, like my brother, my sister-in-law, their children and myself.
It appears the DPP does not care about these people. Subtitles should be made available at the bottom of TV screens at the very least for the deaf and those people who don't understand Taiwanese.
I guess the sign language provided during the debates is also in Taiwanese (Hoklo).
I know many Taiwanese who complained about the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) language policy because they couldn't understand Beijing Mandarin.
Therefore older Taiwanese may as well be deaf.
Why does the DPP choose to follow the same idiotic policies as the KMT?
Someone please communicate with the DPP about this problem and tell them that remedying it could help it to win the presidential election.
Paul Huang
Richardson, Texas
Road users need re-education
Motorcycles and cars should be allowed to use the same streets ("Bikers block Renai Road in protest of regulations," April 16, page 2), but prior to any law allowing such big bikes on the roads, three things must happen first.
One: re-education of car drivers. At present, police hardly ever pull people over for major infractions such as changing lanes without signaling, running red lights (imagine an accident caused by a car not signaling and ramming the side of a large motorcycle). There is absolutely zero enforcement of any laws. Take a drive and you will see countless motorists -- on scooters and in cars -- using mobile phones, yet the law prohibiting this has been in force for more than one year. The police see it and do nothing.
Two: re-education of motorcycle riders. Large motorcycle riders operate their machines just as idiotically as scooter riders. Teach them defensive riding techniques instead of making them pass pointless exams that require useless skills like riding through cones.
Three: police enforcement. I have only seen the police pull someone over for a "moving violation" once. If police do pull someone over, 99.9 percent of the time it is a scooter when the most egregious violators are usually motorists.
Without enforcement, laws or by-laws are useless. Let's "enforce and teach" good driving etiquette so once cars and motorcycles are allowed to share the same roads, less accidents will happen.
Joseph Hsu
Neihu
Shortly after Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) stepped down as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2012, his successor, Xi Jinping (習近平), articulated the “Chinese Dream,” which aims to rejuvenate the nation and restore its historical glory. While defense analysts and media often focus on China’s potential conflict with Taiwan, achieving “rejuvenation” would require Beijing to engage in at least six different conflicts with at least eight countries. These include territories ranging from the South China Sea and East China Sea to Inner Asia, the Himalayas and lands lost to Russia. Conflicts would involve Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia,
The Sino-Indian border dispute remains one of the most complex and enduring border issues in the world. Unlike China’s borders with Russia and Vietnam, which have seen conflicts, but eventually led to settled agreements, the border with India, particularly the region of Arunachal Pradesh, remains a point of contention. This op-ed explores the historical and geopolitical nuances that contribute to this unresolved border dispute. The crux of the Sino-Indian border dispute lies in the differing interpretations of historical boundaries. The McMahon Line, established by the 1914 Simla Convention, was accepted by British India and Tibet, but never recognized by China, which
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to bully Taiwan by conducting military drills extremely close to Taiwan in late May 2024 and announcing a legal opinion in June on how they would treat “Taiwan Independence diehards” according to the PRC’s Criminal Code. This article will describe how China’s Anaconda Strategy of psychological and legal asphyxiation is employed. The CCP’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) conducted a “punishment military exercise” against Taiwan called “Joint Sword 2024A” from 23-24 May 2024, just three days after President William Lai (賴清德) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was sworn in and
In a recent interview with the Malaysian Chinese-language newspaper Sin Chew Daily, former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) called President William Lai (賴清德) “naive.” As always with Ma, one must first deconstruct what he is saying to fully understand the parallel universe he insists on defending. Who is being “naive,” Lai or Ma? The quickest way is to confront Ma with a series of pointed questions that force him to take clear stands on the complex issues involved and prevent him from his usual ramblings. Regarding China and Taiwan, the media should first begin with questions like these: “Did the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)