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●  紐約時報 New York times, 12-13-2016 : 如今，台灣3分之2以上的海外直接投资流向大陸 ― 台灣最大的贸易伙伴。...台灣人的共識是，與大陸某种程度的经濟依存無法避免，但過度仰赖则有風险。是以極端的 经濟政策失去了人民的支持。...北京的策略是，對台湾讓利益，讓台湾人更頃向于统一，但尚未成功。另方面，北京加大施壓力度，  中止台灣的官方沟通、减少陸客來台旅遊  和圍堵台灣的國際空間——。Today, more than two-thirds of Taiwan’s outward foreign direct investment is to China, which is also Taiwan’s leading trading partner.  Taiwanese has emerged a consensus  that some degree of economic interdependence with China is unavoidable but that overdependence is risky.

● 英國BBC, UK,  6-14-2017: Taiwan has become one of Asia's big traders. It is considered to have achieved an economic miracle, becoming one of the world's top producers of computer technology. 台灣創造了經濟奇蹟 ，成為世界重要電子產品生產廠與亞洲主要貿易國家/  Taiwan country profile  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16164639

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     因中國打壓 ， 台邦交國所剩不多 China insists that nations cannot have official relations with both China and Taiwan, with the result that Taiwan has formal diplomatic ties with only a few countries.  /  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16164639

 ●  聯合報United daily News, opinion 10-11-12017 :   「四不」的提法基本上是一種「自衛式」的表態，也是自我矛盾的詞組。舉例而言，所謂「善意不變」、「承諾不變」，其實只是說明自己不會貿然宣布台灣獨立，另一方面當然也是為自己保留退路。事實上，蔡英文去年片面拋棄「九二共識」，不僅已違背了「善意原則」，更違背了她宣稱要維持的兩岸「現狀」； 在這種情況下，還自稱「善意不變」，已失去了立足基礎。
https://udn.com/news/story/7338/2749610?from=udn-catelistnews_ch2    UDN 10-11-2017 : China officially responded Tsai's speech at Taiwan's National Day that “Only by adhering to the one-China principle and opposing Taiwan independence can relations between the sides develop with peace and stability”.   聯合報10-20-2017 社論: 缺了台灣 (習近平) 就不能圓其"中國夢".

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    Taiwan's relations with Beijing have deteriorated sharply since Tsai, ... took office last year, with China suspecting she wants to push for the island's formal independence, a red line for Beijing.  China

  ●  中國時報 10-15-2017, Wikipedia,  9-27-2017  : 台灣行政院長賴清德(premier William Lai )主張"務實台獨" 、 "台灣已經是獨立自主國家無須再宣佈台獨"  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan

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  ● 華盛頓郵報 Washington Post,    1-5-2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/01/05/can-china-really-take-over-taiwan/?utm_term=.e66214694331
       Can China really take over Taiwan?

         因台拒統一習近平命軍隊進入隨時備戰狀況  美如派8艘潛艇可摧4成入侵之解放軍  台須增加軍購  Xi commanded China’s military to become “battle ready.”  ...... threatening that relations with Taiwan will turn “grave” because Taiwan’s government refuses to acknowledge that the island is part of China.  A leading Chinese analyst predicts that China has accelerated its timetable to 2020 for taking over the island by military means......Taiwan needs to increase its defense spending considerably...“the outcome of the game [between China and Taiwan] is undecided".

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  ●  United States think tank the RAND Corporation, Taiwan News, 2-2-2018, Apple Daily 2-3-2018, https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3353460
          美國之音報導軍事專門機構RAND報告, 如解放軍2020年攻台, 勝算已倒向對方 Likelihood of successful Chinese attack against Taiwan rising: RAND Corp.    China's jets and missiles can damage U.S. and Taiwan air bases

          According to RAND, which specializes in military affairs, the balance in the Taiwan Strait has been moving in China’s favor as the communist country was continuing to make progress in its preparations and training ...

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  ●   紐約時報New York times,  11-4-2017: 台灣防務體系的核心戰略 - 抵禦两週的中國軍事進攻，等待美國或國際社會的幫助...五角大廈5月份的報告警告說，台灣可以遏制中國潛在襲擊的「許多歷史優勢」(地理環境，及美國的支持)，已經被中國的軍事現代化「削弱或消除了」。美國海軍戰爭學院(Naval War College) Andrew S. Erickson說：「台灣需要認識到，它的防務最終還是要看自己。」; 川普政府批准對台最新軍售，數字較少，缺乏能給台灣帶來真正優勢的重要系統。中國去年的軍費預算是1440億美元，而台灣的預算只有100億美元。 (Singapore's The Straits Times :

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  ●   紐約時報New York times,  5-18-2017:  台灣必须直接面 對中国解放軍的威脅! 

          中国領導長期宣称，必要 時以武力占领台灣。 而台灣長年以來都將抵抗解放軍的责任 推卸給美国，似乎寄望美国的子女冒生命危險來保衛我们的家園。 随着中国军力的發展、 與其强硬姿態的未受 制肘，台湾的命運或将 淪為中国主導。Beijing’s belligerence presents an existential threat to Taiwan, Chinese leaders have long vowed to take Taiwan by force if they deem necessary  ...  For years, the political establishment in Taipei has delegated responsibility for responding to Beijing to the United States. 

        長年以來，台灣政府未正 視中国不斷增強的威脅， 且假設美國一定會出兵解救台湾，並以此规劃國防、國民黨及倾向獨立的民進黨的政策，皆導致 軍力不足  ―  現役正規軍砍半成二十萬人、 二百萬後備軍人形同虚设、 且士氣低落。Taiwan's leaders have gutted the military and continued to base defense planning on the assumption that the United States would always come to the rescue.  Policies put forward by the Kuomintang and the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party have left the military understaffed and in a state of low morale... Taiwan's active force down to under 200,000 (the exact number is classified). The nearly two million reservists exist in name only...   (ps: Baidu / 目前台灣常备部队约21万人，后备军人约300万人。 )

         台灣國防现状，基本是 政客與軍方間互不信任的结果。 軍方一直身陷種種丑聞之中。Taiwan’s defense policies are largely a result of deep distrust between the military and politicians. The military has struggled with wide-range scandals ...

 /  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/opinion

  ●  美國國務院 US  Dept of State,  U.S. Relations With Taiwan  9-13-2017:  美方堅持和平解決二岸爭端，反對片面改變現狀，鼓勵雙方基於尊嚴互重進行建設性談話 The United States insists on the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait differences, opposes unilateral changes to the status quo by either side, and encourages both sides to continue their constructive dialogue on the basis of dignity and respect. /  https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35855.htm

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  ●  美國智庫傳統基金會 The Heritage Foundation, The Index of U.S. Military Strength, 2017

       China’s provocative behavior has expanded to include militarization of islands that it has built in highly disputed international waters in the South China Sea. China has also adopted aggressive naval tactics to intimidate such neighboring countries as Japan and the Philippines... the 2017 Index concludes that the current U.S. military force  ...  certainly would be ill-equipped to handle two nearly simultaneous major regional contingencies ... /  http://index.heritage.org/military/2017/assessments/

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●  Why China Can't Conquer Taiwan in a War , 11-17-2017   Zachary Keck http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-china-cant-conquer-taiwan-war-23254
      A new study by Michael Beckley (Tufts University), published in the academic journal International Security argues that China’s neighbors could thwart Chinese military aggression through anti-access/area denial strategies with only minimal U.S. assistance. ...   if China was far more successful than the United States had been in those conflicts, Beijing’s ability to execute an amphibious invasion is still far from certain. For instance, Beckley notes that only ten percent of Taiwan’s coastlines are suitable for an amphibious landing, which would allow Taipei to concentrate its forces on a few key areas. Chinese forces trying to land would likely be severely outnumbered...美國外交政治雜誌《美國利益》（The National Interest）專文「為何中國無法武統台灣？」，引述美國Tufts University Michael Beckley 《國際安全》期刊論文: 北京根本無法擊敗亞太鄰國；事實上，中共連台灣也無法征服；僅管北京確能透過一些外交手段，嚇唬鄰國。北京的周邊鄰國，可以透過「反介入/區域阻絕武器」(Anti-access and area-denial，即A2AD武器防禦) ，並在美國適度協助之下，即可挫敗中國的領土擴張野心。

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  ●  New York times,  10-19-2017:  https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171019/china-xi-jinping-party-congress/dual/

○    習近平演講掌聲最熱烈的一段Chinese president Xi delivered the line that won the loudest applause of his marathon speech: “We will never allow anyone, any organization, or any political party, at any time or in any form, to separate any part of Chinese territory from China.”
        Apple Daily, 10-20-2017,  "趙少康傳真" :
        習近平演講共32000多 字，其中800多字提到台灣 ， 在習近平眼中，台灣問題似乎不那麼重要。 (brief)

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  ● 蘋果日報 2-5-2018 社論: 中共已經成功地把受帝國主義羞辱的悲情民族情緒，轉移到對台灣拒統的悲憤上，為武力犯台作好對百姓洗腦的準備。難解的是台灣人民也為400年來都被外人統治而悲情，...
中國犯台比異族間的戰爭複雜 https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20180205/37924430 ; 蘋果日報12-22-2017社論: 中國不斷揚言武統台灣，訴諸...帝國主義者對中國的羞辱及國共內戰的記憶。 https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20180131/37919883; 蘋果日報12-22-2017社論  指出，要徹底放棄美軍援台的幻想。

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  ●  英國 BBC , 12-3-2016   ○http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34729538
         中共試射飛彈事件導致美國派遣艦隊抵達台海 ，此越戰以來在亞洲最大規模的戰力展示， 向中共傳遞了清楚的訊息 he pivotal role of the US was most clearly shown in 1996, when China conducted provocative missile tests to try and influence Taiwan's first direct presidential election. In response, US President Bill Clinton ordered the biggest display of US military power in Asia since the Vietnam War, sending ships to the Taiwan Strait, and a clear message to Beijing.

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  ●  国家政策研究基金会 NPF  National Policy Foundation in Taipei, Taiwan;  10-7-2017 CTN

      台海安全 仍繫於美軍是否介入...最大的不確定性仍是「美軍是否介入」，且在2025年之前，美軍相對中共仍有明顯優勢，與其說押注與否，不如說是因「美軍不可測」的因子無法排除。 

    
http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20171007000342-260119

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● China has finalized a clandestine plan to invade Taiwan in 2020 by launching missile attacks, blocking the nation’s air and sea space, and carrying out amphibious landings, Washington-based think tank Project 2049 Institute research fellow Ian Easton said. 　 ●  Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lo Chih-cheng (羅致政) raised doubts over the time frame Easton asserted, saying that he did not think it is very precise. 　 ●China, according to the book <The Chinese Invasion Threat>, would "almost certainly" fail in its full-scale invasion of Taiwan but its military appears driven to prepare and carry out such an attack.

pic.: Headline of Apple Daily, Oct. 6, 2017

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2017/10/05/2003679744;   http://freebeacon.com/natiChina’s

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	Annual Report to US Congress (2017): 台彎 VS 大陸 軍力對比 Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2017 https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2017_China_Military_Power_Report.PDF
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ps: Apple daily, 11-28-2017: 中共前往first island chain包括陜西出發的H-6K (轟 6K), 不限於沿海第一戰線機場,  因此台灣解讀解放軍兵力, 不可侷限於單一戰區以免誤判.  (brief - author 林穎佑 中正大學戰略國際事務研究所)

　

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pic. left: China military capacity VS Taiwan;   pic. right: Chinese air force did lots of "patrol circling" (flying around Taiwan and passing through 1st island chain ).

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   ●  Apple Daily, 2-21-2018, opinion : 共軍非必勝 國軍非必敗 (ref to IISS of UK, and <The Chinese Invasion Threat> by Ian Eastonct.)

 

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   ●  US Annual Report to Congress, 2016

                OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Annual Report to Congress:
                台彎VS大陸軍力對比 Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China

                https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2016%20China%20Military%20Power%20Report.pdf
　

Taiwan Strait Military Balance in 2015, Naval Forces
	China	China	Taiwan
	Total	East and South Sea Fleets	Total
Aircraft Carriers	1	0	0
Destroyers	23	16	4
Frigates	52	40	22
Corvettes	23	14	1
Tank Landing Ships/ Amphibious Transport Dock	30	28	14
Medium Landing Ships	22	16	0
Diesel Attack Submarines	57	38	4
Nuclear Attack Submarines	5	2	0
Ballistic Missile Submarines	4	4	0
Coastal Patrol (Missile)	86	68	45

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Taiwan Strait Military Balance in 2015, Air Forces
	China	China	Taiwan
	Total	Within range of Taiwan	Total
Fighters	1,700	130	384
Bombers/Attack	400	200	0
Transport	475	150	19
Special Mission Aircraft	115	75	25

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Taiwan Strait Military Balance in 2015, Ground Forces

	China	China	Taiwan
	Total	Taiwan Strait Area	Total
Personnel (Active)	1.25 million	400,000	130,000
Group Armies/Army Corps	18	8	3
Infantry Divisions	12	4	0
Infantry Brigades	23	7	5
Mechanized Infantry Divisions	7	4	0
Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Divisions	2	2	0
Mechanized Infantry Brigades	25	8	3
Armor Divisions	1	0	0
Armor Brigades	17	7	4
Amphibious Armor Brigades	1	1	0
Army Aviation Brigades and Regiments	11	6	3
Artillery Brigades	22	9	5
Airborne Divisions	3	3	0
Marine Brigades	2	2	2
Tanks	7,000	2,800	1,100
Artillery Pieces	8,000	3,900	1,600

　

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   ● 軟實力（soft power）是哈佛大學學者奈伊（Joseph Nye）提出的概念，指一國並非透過以軍事動武威逼、或金錢收買的方式，對外形成的吸引力與影響力 ( applying power by persuasion and attraction rather than coercion or force.)。奈伊（Joseph Nye）主張軟硬實力是台灣解決二岸爭端、 及擴展國際空間 長久有效的好方法之一 ... ( hard & soft power enable Taiwan to deal with China and expand its international space. Dec. 8, 2010)。

   ● 關注國際事務與文化的英國雜誌《MONOCLE》，連續數年公布全球軟實力國家排行榜。《單鏡片》(《MONOCLE》)並沒有從金融和軍隊實力的老角度去評判，而是從按各國的 culture, politics, business, diplomacy and education(文化產出、政治水平、 外交基建、教育能力及商業誘因)等範疇因素評選各國的軟實力。BBC認為「軟實力」已經變為一種國際性的外交政策目標。

   台灣並未雀屏中選於《MONOCLE》， 甚至連年輸給中國大陸， 與亞太國家如日本(Japan)、 南韓(South Korea)、澳洲(Australia)、 新加坡(Singapore)、紐西蘭(New Zealand)、 中國(China)、印度 (India)、 阿拉伯(UAE)，這些大小國家近年都曾經進入前20+名排行。學術論文指出，軟實力的提出負有政治任務，既然台灣軟實力如此，當初為什麼自吹自擂呢?

   ● 根據另分研究 2017's Soft Power 30 Study, compiled by PR company Portand Communication and University of Southern California.  台灣也未能入列， 敗給日本(Japan)、 南韓(South Korea)、澳洲(Australia)、 新加坡(Singapore)、紐西蘭(New Zealand)、 中國(China)。  前 30名是 1  France  2 UK  3 USA  4 Germany  5  Canada   6 Japan  7  Swiss  8 Australia   9 Sweden  10  Holland  11 Denmark  12 Norway  13  Italy  14  Austria  15  Spain   16  Belgium  17 Finland  18 NZ   19 Ireland  20  Singapore   21 S. Korea   22  Portugal  23  Greece   24  Poland   25  China  26  Russia  27 Czech  28  Hungary   29  Brazil  30  Turkey.

  ● 中國時報 , 8-15-2017 : 台灣文創產值下降9.28%、而鄰國增加，台灣文化創意產業連泡沫也吹不出 The output value of Taiwan's cultural & creative production in '12 - '13 declined 9.28%, in contrast, Taiwan's neighbor countries increased, China 14.27%, Malaysia, Philippines 8+%, Korea 0.65% ... Taiwan's cultural & creative industry even failed to create a "bubble", the reason is lacking of original creativity. 

 
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  ●  紐約時報 New York times,  12-13-2016:   As Taiwanese identity has consolidated, with more than 90 percent of Taiwanese believing they are in some way “Taiwanese”  /  https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13

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   ●  英國 BBC, 12-3-2016  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34729538
          Officially, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) still favours eventual independence for Taiwan, while the KMT favours eventual re-unification. Opinion polls show only a small minority of Taiwanese support pursuing one or the other at the moment, with most preferring to stick with the current middle ground.

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  ●  brookings.edu,  9-12-2016   “Taiwan’s China Dilemma,”  https://www.brookings.edu/events/taiwans-china-dilemma/   
          Shirley Lin’s new book, “Taiwan’s China Dilemma,” explores a conundrum: Despite a shared culture, and even as Taiwan’s economic interdependence with China deepened in the 1990s and 2000s, the island’s people felt an increasingly strong identity with Taiwan itself. These contradictory trends only continued during Ma Ying-jeou’s presidency, and will certainly shape the environment in which leaders in both Beijing and Taipei attempt to define and manage the cross-Strait relationship

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  ●  華盛頓郵報 Washington Post,   1-2-2017, The Taiwanese see themselves as Taiwanese, not as Chinese :

        the Taiwanese are not willing to pursue independence at all costs. Many are concerned with the economy. When asked to choose between formal independence or maintaining economic ties with China, 83 percent chose bread over romance. /  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/02/yes-taiwan-wants-one-china-but-which-china-does-it-want/?utm_term=.8d999292eabd

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		pic. : United Daily News survey/poll at 11-20-2017 民調首度逆轉 - 49%台灣民眾對大陸民眾印象好。    40%對大陸政府印象好。 found "the table has turned" - The percentage of Taiwanese having good impression on Chinese people increased to 49%, good social perception on communist Chinese government increased to 40%.   　 　 United Daily News, opinion at 11-20-2017:  40%台灣民眾願赴大陸工作. The percentage of Taiwanese are willing to work in mainland China increased to 40%. 　 ps: 中共解放軍機不斷"常態威懾"繞台飛行at the same time, China terrorized Taiwan with military force (aircrafts etc) routinely flying around Taiwan in entire year of 2017 (UDN, 11-20-2017)		pic. Apple Daily, 4-20-2018, headline news : a Survey poll by 台灣民主基金會 ☉ 台灣人願意為獨立而戰 - 55% yes, 35.9 % no, 9.1% others 　  ☉ 台灣人願意抵抗大陸之 解放台灣戰爭 - 67.7% yes, 24.9 % no, 7.4 % others
PS: Apple Daily News, opinion, 3-22-2018: 最新 <台灣民意基金會>民調, 38.3% 支持台獨 , 20.1% 統一, 24.1% 現狀, 75% 自認台灣人, 9.7% 中國人, 10.4% both.  中國的"惠(對)台31項措施",  41.9% 統戰花招, 30.1% 善意行為

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● 美國國務院 人權報告 The US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices , released at 3-3-2017

    家庭暴力是主要人權問題:   強姦與家暴 包括  spousal rape, and domestic violence, 社會文化因素使許多婦女隱忍不報，性侵數字應7~10倍於通報數。婦女升遷、職位、 薪資較男性差(約83%薪資); 外籍與陸配是歧視標的;  蔡政府內閣成員中女性閣員占比是自1997年來最低。

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●  WEF <Travel and tourism competitiveness report> (released at 4-6-2017)

     <國際觀光旅遊競爭力> 報告評鑑  Taiwan's "Female participation in the labor force"  排名全球  85.

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●   英國 國際特赦組織  Amnesty International (The London-based organization), 2.25.2015: The organization concerns Taiwan's gender discrimination.   Taiwan’s passage of the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the enactment of laws to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by 2017 were important starts, but still have to be fully implemented.
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台灣高教  Taiwan universities

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台灣高等教育亂象、論文抄襲、與大學之國際排名......

Wikipedia : It (Taiwan) is ranked highly in terms of ... public education, economic freedom, and human development.  The country benefits from a highly skilled workforce and is among the most highly educated countries in the world with one of the highest percentages of its citizens holding a tertiary education degree.  / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan

However, Taiwan's education system has serious problems as below:

●  台灣假論文太多 / Lousy conducts and bad ethics in Taiwan's academic circle happened again and again, but never be handled seriously, some careless-done fake scholarly papers are either ignorant or extremely audacious, some are even fraud-crimes.  Only legal punishments can stop all these, Taiwan government should take hard line now. 

●  For recent years, Taiwan failed to solve its educational problems which are numerous and disorderly, even chaos (紛亂如麻), such as Taiwan University's world ranks were falling down,  the brain drain ( the outflow of talent ), jobless college students,  students graduated from technical and vocational education systems can not meet society demands, politics impeding lectures, learning activities, and textbook contents. / UDN opinion, 12-9-2017.

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●  The China Times 2-8-2018:  UK's Times Higher Education 亞洲排名 台大退步 2 位 (24th in 2017,  26th now) .  Singapore's 國立大學. China's 清大,  北大,  港大,  港科大 居亞洲前五名.

●  聯合報The United Daily 10-17-2017 : 世界大學排名  台大節節敗退. 

National Taiwan University's world ranks in recent yrs.
ranking sys	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
National Chiao Tung University (交通大學) in Shanghai China	173	163	154	141	125	121
QS	76	68	70	76	82	80
TIMES Higher Education	198	195	167	155	142	134

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● 蘋果日報Apple Daily 10-17-2017: 自然指數排名  台大大幅退步 50 名  輸蘭州大學 (預算差不多)

Nature Index 2017 Tables
ranks	country	university
1	美國USA	Harvard
2	美國USA	Stanford
3(+1)	美國USA	MIT
9(+2)	CHN	北大Beijing University
86(+20)	CHN	蘭州大學
148(-50)	台灣Taiwan	台大National Taiwan University
199(-35)	台灣Taiwan	台灣清大National Tsing Hua University Taiwan
280(+37)	台灣Taiwan	台灣交大National Chiao Tung University
431(+24)	台灣Taiwan	台灣成大National Cheng Kung University
438(n/a)	台灣Taiwan	台灣中大National Central University
448(+35)	台灣Taiwan	台灣師大National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei

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Academic circle lacks ethics /  UDN  1-11-2017   http://udn.com/news/story/7338/2222591 Accomplice structure to fake scholarly papers / China Times 11-19-2016   http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20161119000399-260109 NTU should not be too snobby /  The Liberty Times  11-25-2016   http://talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1055359 Scholar : Only heavy punishment stops fake papers / UDN 11-19-2016   https://udn.com/news/story/10586/2115844 Strange phenomenon in academic circle /11-19-2016 UDN  https://udn.com/news/story/10586/2115842 Faking papers is a long-time malpractice / UDN  11-21-2016 https://udn.com/news/story/6885/2118616

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●   中國時報, 7-20-2017:   聯考 38 分也可進大學  真是國際笑話 ! !

●  Forbes 4-23-2017, "Taiwan's Once Mighty High-Tech Sector Is Falling Behind Because Of Low Pay" : Pay for university professors is too low to attract world-class people from overseas to teach.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphjennings/2017/04/23/taiwans-once-mighty-high-tech-sector-is-falling-behind-because-of-low-pay/#204190537b43/Asia /#BigBusiness
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●  https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/national-taiwan-university
台灣排名 Taiwan rank	world rank國際排名	台灣大學Taiwan's university
1	198	台大National Taiwan University
2	301–350	台灣清大National Tsing Hua University Taiwan
3	401–500	台灣交大National Chiao Tung University
4	401–500	台灣科大National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech)
5	501–600	中醫大China Medical University, Taiwan

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台灣排名	world rank 國際排名	台灣排名大學Taiwan's university	impact rank	openness	excellence rank
1	86	台大National Taiwan University	113	175	118
2	253	台灣交大National Chiao Tung University	184	359	383
3	264	台灣成大National Cheng Kung University	262	534	319
4	294	台灣清大National Tsing Hua University	264	532	359
5	432	台灣中大National Central University	575	340	508

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World University Rankings 2018  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)
QS University Rankings: Asia — Top 10       2009-2016
1	SingaporeNational University of Singapore
2	Hong KongThe University of Hong Kong
3	SingaporeNanyang Technological University
4	Hong KongThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
5	ChinaTsinghua University
6	South Korea  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
7	Hong KongThe City University of Hong Kong
8	Hong KongThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
9	ChinaPeking University
10	South KoreaSeoul National University
QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2018 — Top 10      2016-2018
United States	Stanford University
United States	University of California, Los Angeles
United States	Harvard University
Australia	The University of Sydney
United States	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United Kingdom	University of Cambridge
Australia	University of Melbourne
United Kingdom	University of Oxford
United States	University of California, Berkeley
China	Tsinghua University

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醫療  Taiwan's medical services

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● 根據Lancet2017年公布的全球健康照顧評估Healthcare Access and Quality Index (based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015 : a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study   2015),  選擇32種只要預防措施與有效醫療照顧就可避免死亡的疾病，統計分析共25年

, 結果台灣僅排名 45th ，而且一些慢性病得分很低 甚至不及格， 例如., 白血病Leukemia 49分,  慢性腎臟病Kidney disease 50分, 膽囊Gallbladder & biliary 57分, 高血壓性心臟病Hypertensive Heart Disease 60分,  糖尿病diabetes mellitus 58, etc.

Taiwan only ranks world 45th position in Lancet's Healthcare Access and Quality Index released in 2017 (based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study   2015),  some chronic disease items got very low or failure scores, e.g.,   Leukemia score 49,  Kidney disease 50, Gallbladder & biliary 57, Hypertensive Heart Disease 60,   diabetes mellitus 58, etc.  http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(17)30818-8.pdf

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●  德國 <國際透明組織Transparency International> 委託國際蓋洛普民調公司研究 ( July 9, 2013), "Have you or anyone in your household paid a bribe to one of these 8 services in the last 12 months?"
 台灣民眾認為最需行賄的機關，第一是司法體系，其次竟為醫療體系，民眾認為台灣醫療體系極度貪污或相當貪污的比率高達47% ( medical and health services were one of corrupt/extremely corrupt institutions in this country/territory)。接受醫療服務的國人，有兩成一表示曾行賄相關人員，高於全球平均，顯示在全民健保下，民眾仍藉由送紅包買通醫院獲得醫療服務。根據台灣自由時報(1-10-2017, <回扣形式百百款 > http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/paper/1069887) : 藥商滿足醫生不只給錢，透過贈品、贊助醫師出國進修或參與研討會，甚至轉手將錢捐給醫院基金會等方式，以及Transparency International報告(12-9-2005) ，醫療界貪污統計指數32%可知，台灣醫界貪污係長期現象。<Transparency International> ( July 9, 2013) study : "Have you or anyone in your household paid a bribe to one of these 8 services in the last 12 months?"  Taiwanese people think the institution needed to be paid bribery most is judiciary system, second is Taiwan's medical and health services, the number of Taiwanese paying a bribe is higher than global average. ( Apple Daily 7-10-2013,http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/headline/20130710/35139300/ )
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●  ☉聯合報 (1-3-2017)  : 快速看診、洩露病歷淪常態 醫療倫理何在？ ☉ 聯合報 (12-31-2013) <台灣醫安問題 須誠實面對> (黃達夫 ): 除了政府與企業作假，還有一個假，躲在極暗處，就是假病歷... ☉ 康健雜誌184期: 有些病人越級到外地大醫院，甚至分散多家醫院就診，究其另有隱情。比方憂鬱症患者，不辭辛勞定期跋涉外地求醫， 也有醫師發現病人也看同院精神科，聽症狀不到兩句就打發：「去跟精神科醫師說」，讓病人自覺被當成「醫療次等公民」。

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蘋果日報 (9-18-2017): 長庚醫院醫師假開刀事件: 除手術、門診、連查房也由其他醫師代勞...

☉ 蘋果日報 (5-13-2015) <崇拜迷思 國人愛名醫 、「跳台開刀」歪風盛>一文，批評針對 台灣的醫界，長期存在名醫於多台手術間游走，擇要動刀， 以及名醫主刀、其他醫師接手後續的合作模式，不但存在於國內醫界，且「確實可能同時掛名不只一台手術」。

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● 台北市長柯文哲: 台灣還沒建立講實話的文化，... 台大醫院開會每次報案例時，第一個念頭都是「這刀誰開的？」無法真正做到對事不對人  /  buzzorange.com/2015/05/29 "整個社會都在說謊？！柯文哲揭露市府假面文化" http://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20170611002397-260407

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●Taiwan's medical & health performance is so successful (e.g. life expectancy, infant mortality and maternal mortality, are better than U.S., although we spent only one-quarter of USD (PPP) in health expenditure.) that former leader of health government, Dr. Ye Ching-chuan, was invited to testify at an US senate committee hearing on this issue 美國國會聽證關於台灣醫療健保的書面證詞，已列為國會正式紀錄。其中提及台灣只用了美國四分之一的費用，但健康成果，e.g.,平均壽命、嬰兒死亡率、產婦死亡率等，都比美國要好。健保實施前十年，全體國民平均壽命增加1.8歲，而實施健保之後十年，國人平均壽命增加2.9歲。

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● Baidu China : 截至2015年，台湾人均寿命79.84岁，男性76.72岁、女性83.19岁。生育率仅为1.065， 65岁以上的老年人口已占总人口10%以上
→台灣醫院Taiwan's medical service

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Taiwanese personality

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● 台灣只有順民?    <自由時報> ，民國105年1月4日 (1-4-2016)

台北市長柯文哲今早出席凱達格蘭學校演講會，指台灣歷史上總被欺負、被弄，台灣人失去信心及熱情，所以台灣只有順民，「因為做基因研究，其實個性跟基因有關，在做動物實驗比較乖的狗跟乖的狗交配，生出來狗比較乖」。柯指台灣歷史上不是沒有反抗，但反抗者被殺，剩下比較乖的跟比較乖的結婚，生下來更乖。(brief)

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●  "台灣人怎麼這麼沒種？ ", <自由時報> ，民國101年1月31日  [政治新聞版 ― 冷眼集]

台灣人沒種的浩歎，到處俯拾皆是。例如，選舉前，明明各種調查都顯示，多數人都認知貧富差距擴大是當前台灣最迫切待解的問題，但是投票的那一霎時，「恫嚇牌」還是戰勝一切，所有的不公不義全都可以拋諸腦後。...... 為數最多的，還是，擠在門邊，腳在門外，眼在門內，一窩子的台灣人，套句後藤新平羞辱台灣人的話︰「怕死、愛錢 」。

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●  The China Times, 3-24-2018, public opinion: 李敖 (1999) 信件寫道: 台灣已是淺碟的, 現實的, 短視的社會.

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● 《富比士》Forbes (3-5-2017) : Taiwanese "People are ominously courteous".

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司法  Taiwan judiciary

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● 聯合報  頭版  The United Daily,  06-18-2016 檢察一體長官常指導辦案，無法發揮，「他比我大 我能說甚麼」...

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● 中正大學 National Chung Cheng university's survey (head-page of the Liberty Times, 2-23-2016) found: more than 84% Taiwanese people don't believe judges, nearly 80% Taiwanese don't believe the impartiality of Taiwan's prosecutors, and public trust on Taiwan judiciary system keeps falling down in the past 8 years.  

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● 美國國務院人權報告  USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices,   2017年3月3日

     台灣司法不夠獨立 justice ministry was insufficiently independent and conducted politically motivated investigations of politicians.   中正大學研究(National Chung Cheng University) :76%受訪者不滿意政府反貪不足 .

　

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● 蘋果日報, 自由時報, 2016年11月30日 

       中華民國法官協會批總統蔡英文「無疑向世界宣判台灣司法死刑」！因蔡英文於「司法國是會議」(11-25-2016) 期許司法不要「有錢判生，無錢判死」，就職典禮 (5-20-2016)指「司法無法親近人民、不被人民信任」...

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● 中國時報, 10-15-2017"司法屈從是崩壞之始": 司法改革會議熱鬧登場, 卻灰頭土臉悄悄收場, 司改絲毫沒有進展 / 中國文化大學法研所教授李復甸;    The Taipei Times, 12-1-2017:  Taiwan gov. announced the bill for "citizen judges" system which is closer to the Japanese system of lay judges than the common law system of “trial by jury” in the UK or the US...  trying to save Taiwan's judicial systems.  (brief)   The China Times (中國時報 焦點新聞版) at 12-1-2017 評該國民法官制 "急就章",  "剪貼", "許多的漏洞".
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political persecution in Taiwan

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     Apple Daily, headline, 12-9-2017:
     ◆  At end of 2017, a review found all conclusive advises by international review panel have not put into practice at all.

      ◆  In 2013, an international review panel ( human rights experts and scholars) came Taiwan and concluded :

          (1) "The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment" should be added to Taiwan Criminal Law, and should be put into force AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
          (2)  The best method to root out torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Taiwan is that any person or officials who commits torture, those sort of crimes, should not have free liability of what they did.
    
     ps:  In 1984, The United Nations adopted the text of the convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.   Most major countries including USA and China are signatories and ratifications.    In 2009, Taiwan adopted ICCPR and ICESCR as an alternative criminal law, in name " law of application" ('施行法'), to against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
        PS2:The members of the review panel visiting Taiwan in 2013 include Philip Alston, law professor at New York University; Eibe Riedel, former member of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Jerome Cohen, law professor at New York University; and Nisuke Ando, professor emeritus at Kyoto University. 
        ps3:  https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20171209/37869068

　

●  wikipedia: The Chinese Civil War resumed, with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) led by Mao Zedong defeating the Nationalists and declaring the People's Republic of China in 1949. Chiang's government and army retreated to Taiwan, where Chiang imposed martial law and persecuted critics in a period known as the "White Terror".  

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●  FTV民視: 9-25-2013  20:01pm  監聽氾濫人人自危.   The Liberty Times, 9.25.2013, Apple Daily, 2006: Human rights in Taiwan is not good or lousy!  1/4 Taiwanese were being listened by the government per year.

　

Stop Human Cruelty in Taiwan too !!!  make a law now !!
click links to view : ☉see animal cruelty, report it :  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/406098091375381067/?lp=true ☉Dogs Speak out: https://www.pinterest.com/margom14/stop-animal-cruelty/?lp=true ☉stop animal cruelty: https://prowlnewspaper.com/2017/08/20/sunday-is-the-day-of-rest-and-monday-is-the-day-for-protest/ ☉all animals have rights: https://ukhrb.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/court-rules-on-injunctions-against-animal-rights-protesters/

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	The Spiegel	http://www.spiegel.de/thema/taiwan/
	The Economist	http://www.economist.com/topics/taiwan
	Guardian	https://www.theguardian.com/world/taiwan
	BBC Taiwan Country Profile	http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16164639
	Wikipedia	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
	The Diplomat	https://thediplomat.com/countries/taiwan/
	USA state gov.	https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/265586.pdf https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35855.htm
	The New York Times.	https://www.nytimes.com/topic/destination/taiwan
	Taiwan ROC Presidential Office 總統府	http://english.president.gov.tw/
	China's People Daily, 人民網	http://tw.people.com.cn/
	Taiwan,  The Liberty Times自由時報	http://news.ltn.com.tw/topic/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3
	China, Baidu百度	https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%8F%B0%E6%B9%BE/122340

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Taiwan in cartoons

    below are visual parody, cartoons on .The dark side of Tw  based on the news, the truth

　

◆ 1.	看見台灣 in 1 minute

                                                                                                                                                                            below are visual parody, cartoons on .The dark side of Tw  based on the news, the truth

★  ●  台灣是個「包娼」、「包賭」、「包毒」、「包詐騙」 、 「包竊盜」、欺善怕惡、犧牲「民生」「民主」、 '窮'斯濫 的國家嗎?   see below ...

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★◆	◆	●Taiwan's image  ―  台灣惡名昭彰: 「毒品轉運中心」  「輸出大國」的污名 坐實  ● ● 日本與澳洲警方已將台灣列為毒品輸出"高風險國家" ● ●  2016年, 台灣是日本境外毒品第3來源國 ......  ref to The China Times, headline news, 4-4-2017 ● ●     台灣反毒做假  CTN 7-2017 　 ●  「台灣 已淪製毒王國」. <聯合報> 頭版頭條, 11-2-2017 。 ● ●  因執法不足的致命傷, 以及法制面諸多缺失, 台灣被The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) 列為"加強追蹤名單" / UDN 聯合筆記 4-11-2017 ● ●   毒品氾濫...已擴大惡化到難以阻止 / 蘋果日報 社評, 5-15-2017;  　 ●  Philippines President Duterte (9-26-2017) : Triad supplying illegal drugs to PH is based in Taiwan, not China / inquirer.net
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Taiwan, a rat or a soft chicken  ! ? 　 　 ●  紐約時報 New York Times at  11-4-2017, the Pentagon report, May 2017: China’s military modernization has “eroded or negated many of Taiwan’s historical advantages (geography and the US support) ” in deterring a potential attack.  五角大廈於May 2017警告:台灣過去可以遏制中國襲擊的「許多優勢」(包括美國協防)，已經被中國的軍事現代化「削弱或消除了」。 　 ● Le Monde diplomatic of France, Mai 2016, depicted Taiwan as a trembling sweating rat (or mouse), turning its back on an approaching huge cat (China), lifting high the banner "$O$"  .   法國 Le Monde diplomatique 將台灣喻為 背對大貓(中國) 威懾、直冒汗發抖求救("$O$" )的老鼠。      點按看圖 !   click the image (left) to view the graphic comment  ! 　 ● 紐約時報New York times,  5-18-2017: Taiwan's leaders have gutted the military and continued to base defense planning on the assumption that the United States would always come to the rescue.  Policies ... have left the military understaffed and in a state of low morale...  台灣領導一廂情願假設美國定會出兵救援   ...  台軍士氣低落  陷於醜聞之中 　 　 ● 美國 FreeBeacon  , 10-19-2017 : "中國習近平對台獨的籲請， 猛力關上大門 (Slams the Door on Taiwanese Appeals for Independence)"。 FreeBeacon at 10-19-2017 : "China’s Xi Jinping Slams the Door on Taiwanese Appeals for Independence.".   Washington Post at 10-18-2017: "Mr. Xi’s biggest applause line was a vow to 'never allow anyone. . . to separate any part of Chinese territory from China.'  That would include...Taiwan."(19th CPC national Congress).   　 　 ● 德國 Spiegel, 1-9-2017, Global Times of China:一中原則 ... 沒有討價還價的餘地("Es gibt keinen Raum für Verhandlungen".  "There is no room for negotiations" .)。

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台灣 ! SOS ...救救海洋 ! 　 　 Daily Mail  (newspaper UK),  7-14-2017 　 comments it as "selfish" human beings , "Taiwan was once called 'Garbage island' and more conversation is needed" ...... 台灣是"垃圾之島" ◆     Taiwan ignores environmental protection (ocean garbage clean-up) of 90% Taiwan's coast  with large garbage-distributions... / UDN, 5-30-2017

pic above: Daily Mail (UK) : Shocking underwater video from Taiwan shows ocean floor littered with plastic (bottles) garbage 　 ◆ 　 令人震驚!~ 台灣海岸線海底滿佈塑膠瓶垃圾 　 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4690526/The-bottom-ocean-filled-plastic-bottles.html  (news & video)

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★◆	◆		● 中視新聞 12-14-2017 : 台灣詐騙犯真的遍佈全球 ● 台灣變成國際詐騙輸出國,已成國際公害 /   <聯合報> 社論, 12-24-2017  。 　 ●台灣人詐騙全球、 惡名昭彰、 重創台灣形象 / EBC TV 4-9-2017 6:54am ● 　 ●   台灣把詐騙犯當成資產 Taiwan largely sees these telecom frauds/phone scammers as an asset rather than liability... / quora.com 　 ● BBC 4-22-2016: Taiwanese massive international telecoms frauds lead to diplomatic row between Taiwan and China, and cost Chinese victims billions of Yuan and to have driven some to suicide 　 ● Taiwan's legal system is extremely tolerant of the scammers. Not matter how much money was involved in a scamming case  /  https://www.quora.com/Does-Taiwan-rely-on-the-fraud-industry-heavily,  /4-16-2016 ● ●  台灣司法與立法院毫無羞恥, 放走這麼多詐騙犯  /  ref to 聯合報 社論 8-2016    ● ● 詐騙案刑責 大陸最高判無期 台灣輕罪易科罰金   台灣是"低風險 、高收益"國家， 詐騙法令輕、定罪率低 / EBC TV news  4-9-2017 6:54am
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活埋 2.0  　 ★◆	◆ 台灣政府未善盡基本責任 保護人民生命財產安全 　     (full text: https://udn.com/news/story/11321/2974813 聯合報社論／ ◆ 斷層帶上何以建了那麼多高樓？ 2-8-2018, 　   https://udn.com/news/story/7338/2977079 ◆ 軟腳樓成坑殺人命陷阱 2-9-2018,  　  https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20180209/37928659 ◆ 都更 爛政客  敷衍不作為 以致數百萬戶老屋舍面臨生死關頭 - 如遇六級地震  2-9-2018)
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† 　 ● 食安問題不斷,台灣最大挑戰 之一 The China Times. 8-6-2016, an interview to Taiwan president 蔡英文 ● 食安預算少的可憐  一人僅一元  / 中時7-9-2017 ● 長庚醫院毒物科主任, Univ. of London博士殷宗海M.D.: 「儘量減少外食 !」 ( ref. to 著作<食品不安全的年代如何自保> , April 2016 ●   台灣農藥殘留容許量為歐盟1000倍   / The China Times, Opinion <短評 "台灣越來越毒>, 4-21-2017 　 Beaviss : dummy ! there's no poison, addictives, MSG, lard oil, gutter oil,  added in these Chinese heritage arts - pork stone and cabbage jade  Butter-Head: so, we can eat these healthy foods now?!  ps4 a visual parody by Zola Zu ★	● 台灣政治屬於財團 (非人民), 且為政客控制 　 Taiwan politics belongs to corporations (not the people) and is controlled by the political parties <Foerign Policy> 2015. 　 ● 如今似乎連民主的皮相也難以維持了...「民生」已經變成政治的犧牲品...<聯合報>社論, 3-7-2017 　 ● MegaBank案掀開台灣腐敗金融體系 / 民視 5-29-2017, 20:32pm 　  †	● China - People's Daily's Global Times (7-19-2016) editorial: 台灣旅遊業這麼大的安全漏洞,  居然能年復一年混下去...再去是玩命 ...click Taiwan travel  for details 　 ●   英國BBC, The SUN (2-13-2017): 台灣旅遊巴士交通安全標準須改善 "safety standards need to be improved". ● 台灣近年飛安紀錄糟糕Taiwan has had a poor aviation safety record/ CNN, Newsweek, 2-4-2015 　 ● People's Daily (8-4-2016) editorial: 安全沒保障 ...很多意外事故都存在著人禍 的影子，或是法規漏洞、管理疏失、或是體制不足...... 　 　 ● ● ●

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★　 ★　 ★　  †   '紅害'使Taiwan變為口罩王國  ―  ● 空污、水濁，台灣環境品質OECD吊車尾 / 9-21-2015 CT 　 ● 台大公衛副院長: 台灣PM2.5空污標準落後15年，創造合法殺人環境 (dean, College of Public health, National Taiwan University,   UDN headpage, 10-16-2017;   Liberty Times 1-4-2016) ★★ ● Taiwan,  in the lower ranks, placing 54th out of 57 nations in the CCPI with regards to cutting down carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases. / Taipei Times, 11-23-2017★taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/11/23/2003682785 　 ●  United Daily, Opinion, 12-2-2017: 台灣空汙污2/3 來自境內, 電力大量依賴燃媒為元凶  (brief)　★　 ★　★

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● <The Diplomat> (4-14-2016) :  Taiwan's illegal fishing is 'out of control' -  歐盟於2015年以黃牌警告台灣非法濫行捕魚, GreenPeace嚴厲抨擊台灣政府縱容  (台'17修法成果待評估)   ● Washington Post 2-22-2018: Taiwan is No.2 fishing nation as measured by Global fishing Watch's Automatic Identification Sys., 2016.

●   Taiwan's principal human rights problems reported : exploitation of foreign workers, including foreign crewmembers on long-haul fishing vessels 台灣主要人權問題之一:剝削外勞 / USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices,   3-3-2017 　 ●   More than 100 foreign laborers were raped each year  / BBC 1-24-2017 　 　 ●   「台灣雇主苦日子來了」、「僱傭關係已經出現大翻轉」 (聯合 晚報, 2015-11-28) 台灣雇主為了留住外勞，只能盡量隱忍 ( 經濟日報, 2015-11-28 )  ps: Many laborers are 'good' at committing crimes (running away, malicious destroy/damage, guilty of burglary, etc ), something wrong with TW system.

喪屍 的 老虎牙子 　 ●  <Reporters Sans Frontieres> (RSF, Reporters without Borders),  France,  4-27-2017 :  Taiwan's press freedom at 45th place ;  Local government officials are also directly interfering in the editorial policies of state-owned media;  　 ●  USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices,   3-3-2017 :  some media self-censorship with regard to China...... ●  RSF: “the main threat to media freedom comes from China, which has been exerting growing economic and political pressure on the Taiwanese media.” 　 ●   Those faceless coward-hackers tried to damage speech-freedom and stop my modifying this and some other web-pages.  6-10-2017

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司法殉難 Justice's raped  ! 　 台灣政治一向挑戰 & 超越法律為能事 　 ◆ 司法為統治工具 司法官受政治控制 / Liberty Times, 6-19-2016 　 ◆ 立法與司法 從不知羞恥  /  United Daily, 8-24-2016  †

One of Taiwan's Principal human rights problems : rotten (corruption) 貪污當道 　 ref. to US Country Report on Human Rights, 2015-2017, and PERC 2009, etc. 　 cyber-link: Corruption in Taiwan Prosecutors in Taiwan Justice in Taiwan

★ ★★     Torture on Taiwan's own people - a major difference from what CIA did (ps2) 台灣人權侵犯 超過美國CIA  !? 　 Professor Lin R.S. was subject to electromagnetic wave attacks / French AFP, Bangkok Post,  Dec. 2011, Yahoo UK & Ireland, etc      †

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†        Taiwan 國在?山河破! ―   a piss boy polluting the environment 台版小便童                  ●   台灣新北是亞洲最大污水處理廠, 涉將未處理之噁爛髒污水直排入海 約 4-5 年....... / <Next>, front-page, 4-6-2017      ●   台灣海岸線1600公里,  9成沒人管 垃圾毒害之清理, 如今垃圾毒害分布廣  / <聯合報>, 5-30-2017      ●   沒天理! 毒台竟無罪, 日月光排5000噸致癌廢水, 致溪流變色, 法院判被告全無罪  /  <蘋果日報> 頭版頭條新聞, 9-30-2015      ●   『(政府) 要害死人嗎?』CAS沒驗戴奧辛...  戴奧辛(Dioxin)污染12年未斷, 政府只做末端,              未控管源頭污染物流入環境 / <蘋果日報> 頭條,  4-22-2017       ●   政府把關 完全崩盤 /民視新聞 4-22-2017 13:59pm

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★ 　 ★ 　 Taiwanese     台灣水牛... 台灣『和』牛 ? have been patient sufferance of so many politically bullies and toying, hence turned into obedient, docile people  反抗被殺,  政治做弄與欺負 使台灣人變順民  !! 　   † 　 Washington Post, 1-2-2017 : 83 percent chose  "bread" over "romance"...
		Hawks at home, chicken abroad, 「悶」經濟、「宅」政府  ―   芒刺向內 sharp spikes pointing to its own hoi polloi 　 ☉ New York times,  12-13-2016: In Presidential inaugural speech, Tsai referred to the Constitution of the Republic of China and the legislation governing cross-strait relations, both imply the acceptance of a “one China” framework.

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Taiwan, a soft chicken  台灣吃軟怕硬   遇強則弱   遇弱(菲律賓)更弱   ◆  Taiwan president beset by low approval rate because of weakness against foreign countries, even including Philippines, a backward country dared to hurt Taiwan, not to mention military strong ones, China, Japan, etc ref. to Forbes, 5-21-2013 　 ◆ New York times,  5-18-2017:  台軍士氣低落 The gov has left the military understaffed and in a state of low morale ... ps: The Philippines is little & weak, but not soft   / Independent UK, etc, 10-11-2016, Philippines refused to be "a dog with leash" / CNBC 10-25-2016		Taiwan national flag still function / working as weather cock to learn  which way and how strong the political wind blowing 國旗成了政治風向雞		司法無恥 威信蕩然無存 重罪要犯逃逃樂 ,   "有錢買生"深植台灣人心 Little ones take the rap in major cases (Apple Daily head-page 8-30-2016, 7-11-2016, headline 12-19-2014,  CTS 12-19-2014;  Liberty Times, 12-24-2015, etc). Taiwan's legislators and judicial system don't have a sense of shame on releasing many int'l telecomm scammers and fraud groups (United Daily, 8-24-2016 editorial ).   In the past 8 years, about 100 major crimes escaped overseas easily and happily (Next magazine, Liberty Times, 12-31-2015), including political leader Liu 劉松藩 (apple daily 12-8-2016) ps3
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pic. : political dig-dirt...ps1 ◆ a keyhole or loophole ? ◆ 監視人民 or 傾聽民意? 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 pic. :  Looking for the guilty? need only look into a mirror on WANTED poster 　 ◆ 　 在政治生態(政治挑戰超越司法)下, 當然沒辦法培養出守法知法的公民   / <United Daily> 8-24-2016 editorial	TW	Taiwan lacks creativity, not cold calculations 台灣創意貧弱  經濟發展引擎也不例外   The logo (pic. above) of Taiwan gov. / Ministry of Economic Affairs (pic. above) is similar to Canadian logos (pic.below) appeared earlier       click for Taiwanese creativity             ★    ps: The China Times, 3-29-2017: Taiwan lacks key tech. to make a coach (large bus).                    ★   ★   ★                    ◆  愈掃愈黃, 全球第一  　  Hypocritical government / Taiwan declared crackdown on prostitution, only to turn into a country with world No.1 percentage of  sex-related business consumers of all the adults.  (Apple Daily 12-25-2014 )  ◆  偽君子政權 朔造色情嫖樂No.1大國 ...                 ◆ 吳伯雄的名言:賭場到處有，大家都知道， 只有管區(警察)不知道。色情也一樣，到處有，更加多，只有台灣警察不知道..... (台中市政府第145次治安週報, 7-14-2010 再提此名言) 　 ◆  嫖妓就是對婦女施暴 (Prostitution is violence against women / ref to <Prostitution : violence with no name>, "Prostitution et Societe", 2010, "Int'l Day for the Elimination of Violence against women", 11-25-2016 France 法國) ◆  創造與包庇性產業環境的政府(不是嫖客)才是大規模迫害女權的真凶。    † ★
		'comfort women' style kowtow diplomacy 叩頭外交, Taiwan served 2 powers,  USA and/or China 　 Taiwan's economy is highly reliant on China, Taiwan needs the US for national defense... 　 ps: "捧L.P." 是台灣知名政治俚語

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Potential 'suicide bomber' !? Taiwan never go public residential-area locations with potential explosion risks, even huge fiery underground explosion disasters happened recently, and only lower officials were charged by courthouse ps: the little whale is Taiwan-island shape. 台灣不公開爆炸危險地段, 民怒「經我家不讓我知」; 死傷慘重爆炸案未起訴高官ps12   †		★ ★★★★     Taiwan has never gone public via media those area with landslide disaster risks, lots of houses with potential fatal dangers in Taiwan. 台灣不公開危險居住區域   †

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where's Birds Flu ...? 　 　   　 台灣(TW)政府愚民政策， 淵遠流長 ―   近期包括隱瞞毒蛋、 環狀豬疫苗、 禽流感疫情 慢半拍 陷民眾健康不顧 　 (詳 1-3-2018, UDN, ps: 2012 BBC 就曾報導 www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/ chinese_news/2012/03/120304_ taiwan_birdflu_investigate)。	USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices,    3-3-2017 & 2016, 2015 / 台灣婦女遭受家庭強姦與暴行 是台灣主要人權問題之一 One of Taiwan's principal human rights problems -domestic violence, Taiwanese Women suffered being raped (spousal rape).  Many victims did not report the crime for fear of social stigmatization.   Various nongovernmental organization  (NGO) and academic studies estimated that the total number of sexual assaults was seven to  10 times the number reported to police.    †

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學術―騙術 　 ● 連爆造假 "台灣形象雪上加霜"  / UDN 4-1-2018 ● 學界的倫理腐敗事件頻傳，一直未受到政府、大學認真對待  / UDN 1-11-2017 ps11 ●  總分 38 可以考進大學    重量不重質  這是國際大笑話  ! / The China Times, 7-20-2017

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Has Taiwan been doing something so base to its own national(s) ―  treat 'em like enemies or traitors ?? (state-violence drama - flunkies and opportunists  persecuting or humiliating the innocent target-victims) ★ sort of "dancing-monkey-parade", dusty old political theatrics like what happened in world war II, Chinese cultural revolution, and Chinese civil war (ROC fooled int'l reporters by a fake show of big military victory in Yan 'an starring by fake prisoners of war )  return in new forms   † 　 ★ Public shaming showbiz returns ? 文革與二戰羞辱式「遊街」, 順民"公審" 鬥臭ps10  like those kinds happened in world war II and cultural revolution in chn.   † ★ ★ left: CIA waterboarding right: The "suspect" poisons the little by painting a picture of "state enemy" 水刑 2.0 / 「潑髒水」 † ★  Electrocution  method 2.0 　  †  freedom of expression is re-defined "pls. feel free to express(scream) when I  'rape' u" 電擊 本國人  ――   與CIA最大的不同 ps2  　 ★ 　 ps: 聯合報UDN 12-20-2016 社論, <注意「國家暴力」幽靈的新偽裝 >: 政府新形式的「國家暴力」痕跡斑斑，人民其實都看在眼裡 (brief;  full text http://udn.com/news/story/7338/2179800) 　 ps 2:  "不能重蹈覆轍..全民公審.." / 蘋果日報 社論, 4-22-2017

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†    台灣司法獨立 ??  長官常指導辦案 !!         United Daily 6-18-2016 head page: Taiwan prosecutors usually take compliant & subordinate manner to follow their commanding officer's order to access legal cases  Prosecutors in Taiwan 　 Also ref to "USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices", the US State Department, 3-3-2017.	†  Taiwan's justice dodged the celebrity 不打老虎 只拍蒼蠅       ps: The official hat has 2 flies-swappers -             implying they only deal with tiny little ones instead of major crimes               Justice in Taiwan

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†    台灣強力水柱  對內不對外Taiwan Police fired strong water cannon against unarmed students and compatriots courtesy news photos by Apple Daily and Liberty Times	†  Japan fired strong water cannon         toward Taiwan's official ship and fishing boat,         日本對台灣官船發射強力水柱, 日媒嘲笑台灣         Taiwan's very weak water cannon was mocked by Japanese media  (ps5)

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†   脊椎長在尾巴上 backbone had degenerated, tail-bone has strengthened for too many whip, ... to see through political tool's bones!           TW legislator (congressman): Is Taiwan president US's puppet emperor? professor criticized that Taiwan president doesn't dare to land our island without the power's approval / CTV 7-15-2016 21:02	†  Taiwan should stand manly, project strength Taiwan may go to "USA and China co-adm. Taiwan" status again - it was the way during former president Chen's time / the China Times , Mar. 2016	†  Panda loves bamboo         (the shape of Taipei 101 building) 　 ● The Chinese theory about economic integration with Taiwan is that it will bind the two together politically... /  Economist, 11-14-2015 ● Taiwan tries to use US to confront China... / ref to China Times Weekly, 3-18-2016 賢話政壇 ● About 5000 Chinese spies in Taiwan ...  /UDN opinion  3-15-2017

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†  Taiwan's society, laughs the poor instead of the prostitute       台灣, 笑貧不笑娼的國家...      所謂"水準", 常另有含意	†     Organs harvest  活摘器官 2.0 / unbloody version  若干台灣人自宮 出賣靈魂與脊骨  compliance with the powerful  ps: In the past, government encouraged its people to struggle and sell out each other for self-preservation or benefits which may degenerate humanity and make a decadent society. )  this cartoon was prt. in The China Times.

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†	†   Cart before the horse 本末倒置 Be blind to fundamental issues - democracy, human rights, food safety, judiciary, etc,  But put efforts on political propaganda 'show' !?  ps: this cartoon was exhibited in Bulgaria, Cyprus, etc

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†    Big muzzle on law enforcement officers          money-talks working fine in Judicial system -          a deep-rooted perspective in Taiwanese mind	†  Lady Justice turns into Venus

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Survey to search 老鼠+老鼠基因的貓 - 　 　 　 ◆ 致台灣百姓 　 根據近年來國內外研究與報告，台灣是個 '惡名昭彰' 的國家 ! 台灣 是否還隱藏諸多施加人民之惡，尚未被揭露?? 　 intlHumanRights.com網站群，  中英文"評論台灣"排名國際第一 (click 美歐俄中 排名第一)， 經Google, Bing, Yahoo, Metager, Facebook, Twitter...遍傳全球百國，公正、 客觀與可信度非 '為官喉舌'力能企及， 為加速台灣改革、除惡務盡，敬請仗義「直」言 ，如您經歷或知悉 如有羶犬奸吏 謀害、戕傷人權、散播耳語(常備有晃子,藉口)妖魔化攻擊特定對象 等等情事，請惠予提供 具體合法證據，以便全球清譽機構及研究單位， 紀錄國家行徑、分析真相全貌、 發現包藏之禍心 (請直白文字以免誤譯或解讀錯誤)； 　 「國家機器」不應再利用人民長年被迫養成的「謹小慎微」，台灣人的名字不 應再叫「順民」 !!   本survey只針對公共議題政治迫害，不包括一般 刑民犯 罪， 多年來且將繼續  隨機選擇政府機構、跨國知名企業、以及個人，挖掘可能之犯行。 　 　 ◆ 致國家機器: 　 法國媒體le monde diplomatic將台灣畫成發抖 躲貓的耗子(click !)。 「國家機器」如 真有黑幕掩護之 白色恐怖，應主動"棄暗投明"，別做行不由徑 的老鼠， 或老鼠基因的貓 !! 如美國Obama所說, 公開認錯 才代表不貳過。 　 　 　 CourageZu@gmail.com ps : 政治犧牲「民生」「民主」、 司法不獨立、女權 不佳、剝削外勞、欺善怕惡、 貪污腐敗、 涉嫌「包」娼、「包」毒、「包」詐騙、「包海盜」...... 詳 intlHumanRights.com/Taiwan.htm

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PS	【古文觀止】清 薛福成：觀巴黎油畫記
	a remark in Chinese ...余聞法人好勝，何以自繪敗狀，令人喪氣若此？譯者曰：「所以昭炯戒，激眾憤，圖報復也。」則其意深長矣。

　

survey to Taiwanese people since years ago  (in various versions)

　

　

To all the people:

　

According to Amnesty Int'l report years ago, "over half the world's government continue to use torture against their own citizens"

　

Is Taiwan a country which should be ranked latter half of the world ?

　

Taiwan had numerous lousy records of fooling Taiwanese and even the world, e.g., murdering American journalist 江南, making Taiwan white terror again, the latest one is trying to hide minor news about birds-flu at 1-2-2018 (BBC '12 reported this) .

　

This website is much better in credibility, reliability and objective degree than the mouthpiece of the government.

 

To accelerate Taiwan's reform, please provide with what you saw, knew or experienced about attacks or persecutions in the way of demonization,  setup/conspiracy (e.g., giving dog a name and hang it), high-tech tortures, murders ...... by the state apparatus - if any.

　

Scary political climate for many years has made Taiwanese very obedient, hope some may speak out this time.

　

　

　

To the state apparatus:

　

Any rats doing cat's job, or cats with rat's genes in state apparatus should be completely revealed and eradicated ! 

"Police" should be open as the day, not hiding at dark corner underground, doing & speaking things sneaky and lousy like a crime.

Bring everything to light ! No keeping people mis-informed or half informed (worse than a lie) any more.   No waiting until media dig dirt one after another.

Obscurantism and avoiding admitting mistakes only prove rats' intention of repeating mistakes, as US Obama said.

　

ps: straight-forward words pls. to avoid any mis-interpretations.

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PS 1  ● FTV: 9-25-2013  20:01pm    To much monitoring in Taiwan, every body is risky  (監聽氾濫人人自危)
          The Liberty Times, 9.25.2013, Apple Daily, 2006    Human rights in Taiwan is not good or lousy!  1/4 Taiwanese were being listened by the government per year
         ●  About 2/3 (74.03%) proportion of Taiwanese are aged 15 ~ 64, according to Statista.com of 2014.   Working age 16-64 for men, 16-59 for women, according to nomisweb.co.uk.

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       ★ World media like French AFP (Dec. 1, 2011), Thailand's Bangkok Post (Dec. 3, 2011), and Yahoo UK & Ireland etc reported  Taiwan's opposition party vice presidential candidate,  professor Lin R.S., was subjected to "electromagnetic wave" attacks, Dr Lin thinks it's launched by a Taiwanese intelligence unit, but that unit denied, some media reported these weapons were researched & developed and  imported from USA. 
       ★ The China Times (Dec. 11, 2011) reported that professor Lin R.S. thought those high tech. 'weapons' most likely were imported from USA.
       ★ Lin Ruey-Shiung, professor, PhD., Johns Hopkins University, USA, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg Germany.

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PS 3  Next Magazine, The Liberty Times, 12-31-2015    <Lots of major crimes escaped overseas easily>
           ... most of them are big financial crimes ...

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Too many problems Taiwan 're facing

★ About 80% Taiwanese don't believe judiciary / The Liberty Times, 2-23-2016 ★ Taiwan air pollution  -  environmental quality was ranked nearly the last in OECD countries.  / The China Times, 9-21-2015 ★ Taiwan president Tsai : Food safety is one of biggest challenges to Taiwan / The China Times, 8-6-2016 　 ●The New York Times and The Economist (11.29.2014) comment a series of food safety scandals is one of few main factors causing the KMT, Taiwan's ruling party, has suffered one of its worst electoral defeats since Chiang Kai-shek and his forces fled to the island at the end of Chinese civil war in 1949. 　 ●The New York Times (9.8.2014): the new scandal  (Taiwan food-safety scare) shows that there is still not enough being done to eliminate lawbreaking production lines. 　 ●Apple Daily News (蘋果日報) 8-28-2015,  A2 Prime News Edition: The incidence rate of Taiwanese people suffering colon/rectal cancer was ranked world No.1 , Taipei Medical University Hospital's director of surgeons expressed Taiwan's food scandals constantly happened in recent years, many black-heart tainted foods containing Carcinogen (cancer producer) is a factor causing high incidence rate. 　 ●TIME  ( 9.8.2014): Gutter Oil' Scandal Raises Food-Safety Fears Once Again in Greater China. 　 ●Bloomberg BusinessWeek  (9.8.2014): Tainted Lard: China's Latest Food-Safety Scare Comes From Taiwan.   　 ●BBC news (Nov. 19, 2013): A series of food safety scandals in Taiwan has hurt consumer confidence, and now there are worries they could dent the island's economic growth and damage tourism.   　 ●The Economist (UK) commented :  Taiwan's former reputation as a reliable and safe food manufacturing country has been damaged...  　 ●The China Times (Taiwan, Nov. 30, 2013) stated black-heart food, risks and traps are everywhere, and comments Taiwan government is short of will-power, ability, and resolution to combat illegal targets ... 　  ●   BBC , 6-6-2013 Taiwan is the only country in the world to import GM soy for eating , http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/taiwan_letters/2013/06/130606_twletter_food_safety.shtml  (Chinese version 危机四伏的饮食) 　  ●The China Times 6.23.2013 Taiwan imports pigs' food for human kinds in Taiwan http://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/%E9%80%B2%E5%8F%A3%E3%80%8C%E9%A3%BC%E6%96%99%E9%BB%83%E8%B1%86%E3%80%8D%E5%9C%8B%E5%A4%96%E8%B1%AC%E5%90%83-%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A39%E6%88%90%E7%AB%9F%E7%B5%A6%E4%BA%BA%E5%90%83-20130623004079-260405  ● WikiLeaks 2010 : Taiwanese people are friendly for Bio. tech. and are intend to buy GM label food, so the "Embassy" of a strong nation is planning to build a  Genetic Modification (GM) zone in Taiwan.  In fact, it's a so called "national scandal" (the China Times, Mar. 29, 2013) that Taiwanese consumers generally do not fully know or don't care  the controversy of health risks caused by GM food.  Taiwanese government should urge everyone refusing to buy GM food.   About 99.5% of soy food products in Taiwan are imported, 90% of them are GM soy beans.

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Japan's major TV media NHK mocks that the WEAK water cannon in Taiwan's patrol boats defending Taiwanese fishing boats in Diaoyu Islands, and fighting back Japan's STRONG (heavy) water artillery in Japanese coast patrol ships.

ps: Japan, Taiwan, and China all insist Diaoyu Islands are belong to them.

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PS6 According to Hong Kong's MinPao (明報) and Singapore's ZaoBao (聯合早報 9-16-2014), "You're being monitored, if residing in New Zealand", based on Western media (11-20-2013), US-UK deal allows USA surveillance of UK citizens not suspected of any wrongdoings.   Without oversights, the possibility that some suspected force did something much worse than UK, NZ did can not be excluded.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33730758

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-deal-surveillance-personal-data

https://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/wikileaks-says-us-spied-on-japanese-government-companies

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/04/national/nsa-whistleblower-snowden-says-u-s-government-carrying-out-mass-surveillance-in-japan/#.V-dDUSzr2Uk

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http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/paper/1001956

　

http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/headline/20160720/37314963/

　

http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/1748960

　

http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/headline/20160830/37364648/雄三誤射3官兵起訴

　

http://udn.com/news/story/7338/1915115

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33730758

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-deal-surveillance-personal-data

https://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/wikileaks-says-us-spied-on-japanese-government-companies

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/04/national/nsa-whistleblower-snowden-says-u-s-government-carrying-out-mass-surveillance-in-japan/#.V-dDUSzr2Uk

 

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It did happened in some universities, e.g., National Taiwan Ocean University (ref to MirrowMedia.mg,10-19-2016), Fu-Jen Catholic University, how about the government? any new forms?

　

　

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Academic circle lacks ethics /  UDN  1-11-2017   http://udn.com/news/story/7338/2222591

Accomplice structure to fake scholarly papers / China Times 11-19-2016   http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20161119000399-260109

NTU should not be too snobby /  The Liberty Times  11-25-2016   http://talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1055359

Scholar : Only heavy punishment stops fake papers / UDN 11-19-2016   https://udn.com/news/story/10586/2115844

Strange phenomenon in academic circle /11-19-2016 UDN  https://udn.com/news/story/10586/2115842

Faking papers is a long-time malpractice / UDN  11-21-2016 https://udn.com/news/story/6885/2118616

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 Nuremberg Code :  a set of research ethics principles for human experimentation set as a result of the subsequent Nuremberg trials at the end of the Second World War

1.       Required is the voluntary, well-informed, understanding consent of the human subject in a full legal capacity.
2.       The experiment should aim at positive results for society that cannot be procured in some other way.
3.        It should be based on previous knowledge (like, an expectation derived from animal experiments) that justifies the experiment.
4.        The experiment should be set up in a way that avoids unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injuries.
5.        It should not be conducted when there is any reason to believe that it implies a risk of death or disabling injury.
6.        The risks of the experiment should be in proportion to (that is, not exceed) the expected humanitarian benefits.
7.        Preparations and facilities must be provided that adequately protect the subjects against the experiment’s risks.
8.        The staff who conduct or take part in the experiment must be fully trained and scientifically qualified. 
9.        The human subjects must be free to immediately quit the experiment at any point when they feel physically or mentally unable to go on.
10.         Likewise, the medical staff must stop the experiment at any point when they observe that continuation would be dangerous.

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   ● definition of "drugs" - amphetamine, Cocaine, cannabis，marijuana, Morphine, Ketamine, heroin, diacetylmorphine, opium, etc.

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       http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/headline/20140802/35996992/

 

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   contrast the commercial version of 'introduction to Taiwan' made in Taiwan: click  https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=introduction+to+Taiwan#id=1&vid=cab8af2a8df06974ac43b90171811944&action=click