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Letter to Time on "Reshooting History in a New China."
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 15:20	Yi-Chang (Leo) Wang	Letters to US President Barack Obama
Dear Mr. Abdoolcarim:
Thank you for the informing and interesting article on the October 19th Asia edition of Time magazine, "Reshooting History in a New China." However, I write to voice, on the behalf of Tati Foundation, that the Chinese leadership's thinking has not changed at all since the founding of this totalitarian and Communist regime. As you have mentioned, injustices and corruption are rampant in China today. For an average Chinese citizen, life remains tough. Just like the widespread turmoil and ceaseless revolution in first half of CCP's sixty years. Just like the pre-revolutionary KMT regime, riddled with corruption and brutality. In short, just like the same old days.
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Presenting Dr. Yang's Poem, "The Martyred Spirits of Democracy Preside over Taiwan 228 Holy Mountain"
Sunday, 05 July 2009 16:57	Leo Wang	Letters to US President Barack Obama
In this very special year, the 20th anniversary of the June 4th Tiananmen Square Massacre, I like to submit a poem commemorating this event by the Chairman of Taiwan Tati Foundation: Dr. Yang Hsu-Tung, who had been a long-time advocate of human rights, liberty and democracy…
On Iran's Protest of Election Outcome and Referendum on ECFA
On the behalf of Taiwan Tati Cultural & Educational Foundation, I would like to express concern and outrage as well as sympathy for Iranian protesters demanding a fair voting system after watching CNN reporting from Tehran last night. The headlines are troubling. We are particularly concerned about the violation of freedom of speech in that the Iranian government openly requires permission for foreign media reporting…
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On US Support for Chen Shui-Bian's Rights from Jerome Cohen's Open Letter
Despite of the impressive achievements in democratization being made by Taiwan over the past two decades, many Taiwanese, and particularly those of us associated with Tati Cultural & Educational foundation, are troubled by the egregiously illegal detainment of our former president Chen Shui-Bian. Therefore, we are heartened by Professor Jerome Cohen's June 11th letter, published on South China Morning Post, calling for "Taiwan's law professors, legal scholars, social scientists and others with unique qualifications to promote public understanding…" to speak up against KMT's, spear-headed by Ma Ying-Jeou, flagrantly zealous corruption charges against former president Chen and his family while ignoring many cases of similar (and perhaps even more egregious) misconduct by KMT officials and judge's arbitrary ruling against the former president and his friends and family ("Professor Jerome A. Cohen calls for Taiwan's legal scholars to speak out on law reforms" by Jerome A. Cohen; US-Asia Law Institute).
Presenting Dr. Yang's Poem, "Authoritarian Capitalists – Demons Everywhere"
In response to the flagrantly pro-China aptitude of many US multi-nationals during the past few years, I would like to voice out our concern, in the form of a poem scripted by Taiwan Tati Foundation's chairman, Dr. Yang Hsu-Tung. Dr. Yang had been a long time advocate of democracy, human rights, and freedom of speech. His most important recent endeavor is advocating for Taiwan's sovereignty and democratization. In addition, he also had been actively speaking out against the quasi-KMT organization, National Communication Corporation's (NCC) unconstitutional and illegal manipulation of Taiwan's media industry and abusing our country's freedom of speech.
On Iran's Protest over Alleged Vote-Rigging
On the Statehood of Palestine and How It Relates to Taiwan's Sovereignty
To Microsoft
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To Oracle Corp.
To Dell Inc.
Hewlett-Packard's Profit Growth and Freedom of Speech
Response from Starbucks Coffee Company - Case # 7098249
Union of Taiwanese Teachers secretary-general Kuo Yen-lin, second right, Taiwan Association of University Professors vice president Shiu Wen-tang, third right, and others protest outside the Ministry of Education yesterday against a recent editorial in the Chinese-language United Daily News criticizing high school history textbooks for using the phrase "Japanese occupation period" when referring to the Japanese colonial era in Taiwan.
Photo: Chien Jung-feng, Taipei Times
Historians and civic groups yesterday warned about recent attempts to Sinicize the content of history textbooks in Taiwan, saying that if the Ministry of Education (MOE) compromises on the issue, students would be taught to adopt worldviews from the authoritarian era.
At separate press conferences, the groups and historians said several textbook publishers and media outlets' call to change the term "Japan-governed period" to "Japanese occupation period" not only violates the current educational curriculum, adpproved in 2009, but also espouses a China-centric mindset.