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2017/03/14 | TNL Staff

Taiwan Reacts to Former President Ma's Indicment

DPP spokesperson says Ma and Huang have 'seriously damaged' Taiwan’s democracy, and Ma’s indictment proves he interfered in legal procedures.

2016/08/26 | ZiQing Low

Former President Ma Says 'No Thanks' to Nobel Peace Prize Effort

Ma Ying-jeou says the move is 'unsuitable.' The group also plans to nominate Chinese President Xi Jinping.

2016/08/11 | Hsu Chia-yu

Ma Quizzed on Taiwan’s Capital, International Students Respond

'I was afraid that Ma would give some politically incorrect answers. If he did so, then we, the Chinese students, would probably have to do something to protest against it.'

2016/06/16 | J. Michael Cole

Ma Ying-jeou’s Great SOPA Whitewash

The former Taiwanese president had a golden opportunity to give hope to embattled journalists in Hong Kong. He blew it.

2016/06/13 | Shuhei Omi

Ma Blocked from Hong Kong: Security Risk or Political Football?

The Tsai administration has rejected former president Ma’s application to travel to Hong Kong, inciting finger-pointing from both sides of Taiwan’s politics.

2016/01/27 | 阿Ken

Taiwan President’s Visit to South China Sea Island Faces International Criticism

On January 28, President Ma Ying-jeou will visit Itu Aba Island in the South China Sea, also known as Taiping Island in Taiwan. The US is disappointed by the trip and says it is extremely unhelpful to the sensitive situation in the area. Vietnam’s representative in Taiwan also strongly protests against Ma’s trip.

2016/01/21 | Yang

President Ma Ying-jeou Says Taiwan Must Join Economic Partnerships

Ma says it’s important for Taiwan to take similar actions to sign trade agreements, which is becoming a world economy trend, especially during these times when the function of WTO is weakening and many countries are signing bilateral trade agreements.

2015/12/25 | TNL 編輯

Workers Are Scrambling to Finish Construction of the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum

During his presidential campaign, President Ma Ying-jeou said the branch would be opened at the end of April in 2012. He said the construction would be listed in the “I-Taiwan 12 Projects.” However, he failed to realize this promise. Ma said again this March that the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum in Chiayi would be open for a trial operation on December 28. To realize his words, construction workers are scrambling and working 24 hours a day.

2015/11/12 | Kenzo

Taiwanese Aborigines: We Are Not Descendants of the Yellow Emperor

Aboriginal groups said the Ma-Xi meeting was not sanctioned, so President Ma could not represent the Taiwanese people, or even Taiwanese aborigines, and declare that people on both sides of the strait are all part of the Chinese nation.