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German philosopher Jurgen Habermas dies
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (396+ words) Jurgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96. Habermas' publisher, Suhrkamp, said he died on Saturday in…...
Businessman seeks WWII tragedy closure
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (770+ words) World War II might have ended 80 years ago, but for businessman Hsu Shun-lung (), it continues to echo in Taiwan through a tragedy that has yet to be brought to a final resolution. Hsu, a Taitung County native, remains intent on…...
China ‘misinterprets’ WWII documents during Trump call: MOFA - Taipei Times
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (387+ words) China is deliberately misinterpreting World War II documents in an attempt to coerce Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said today, following yesterday's call between Chinese President Xi Jinping () and US President Donald Trump. During the call, Xi said…...
Taiwan welcomes UK to GCTF - Taipei Times
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (304+ words) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday welcomed the UK in joining Taiwan, the US, Japan, Australia and Canada as the newest full partner of the Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF). The ministry's statement was released after British Representative to…...
Honoring coast guards - Taipei Times
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (335+ words) Premier Cho Jung-tai, front row, center, Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling, front row, second left, and swimmer Eddie Wang, front row, second right, gesture at an awards ceremony in Taipei ... - All Front Page Taiwan News Business Editorial & Opinion Sports…...
Beijing touts alternative order at WWII parade: U.S. scholars - Taipei Times
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (249+ words) Beijing's large-scale military parade on Wednesday was aimed at promoting an "alternative global order" to replace U.S. dominance, U.S. scholars told CNA. Richard Bush, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former managing director of the American Institute in Taiwan,…...
Parade attendees betrayed Taiwan - Taipei Times
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (142+ words) China's Xinhua news agency reported that foreign leaders were present alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping (), such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung…...
DPP slams Hung Hsiu-chu over Chinese parade - Taipei Times
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (519+ words) The Democratic Progressive Party yesterday slammed former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu () for attending China's military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, saying that she supported authoritarianism. In China Central Television's live broadcast,…...
Taiwan, China engaged in a war of WWII narratives - Taipei Times
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (743+ words) Veteran Pan Cheng-fa said he clearly remembers fighting for China against the Japanese in World War II, but gets agitated when asked about the role of Chinese communist forces who at the time were in an uneasy alliance with his…...
Taiwanese share their memories of fear and survival during World War II - Taipei Times
7+ mon, 4+ hour ago (626+ words) As the world yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, two Taiwanese shared memories of a childhood and youth marked by fear and survival under Japanese rule during the Pacific War, offering a rare firsthand glimpse…...