Taiwan Communiqué no. 152, September / October 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• Election campaign in full swing
  • Tsai Ing-wen maintains a strong lead
  • Hung Hsiu-chu's poll numbers keep dropping
  • James Soong jumps into the race
  • Will the DPP have a majority in the LY?


• Students protest history textbook changes
  • Students rally at Ministry of Education
  • Tragic suicide of student leader
  • An unsatisfactory dialogue with the Minister
  • Highschool students win moral victory by FAPA President Mark Kao

• Taiwan's curious WW-II commemorations
  • For Taiwan, a complex World War II history
  • ROC-PRC competition on who led the war effort
  • Beijing's distorted version of events
  • Lien Chan draw fire for attending PRC parade


• Former President Lee speaks out (again)
  • Agrees that the Senkakus belong to Japan
  • Taiwan did not fight "War of resistance"


• Report from Washington
  • Letter to President Obama re visit of Xi Jinping


• In Memoriam
  • Human rights activist Lynn Miles (1943-2015)