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This article compiles the DPP's (particularly Tsai Ing-wen's) strong opposition to and rhetoric surrounding the 2010 signing of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between Taiwan and mainland China, contrasting it with the DPP's stance after taking power, when ECFA continued to be implemented and government officials began emphasizing its positive effects and risks of termination.
This report clarifies the plagiarism allegations brought by DPP Legislator Chang-Liao Wan-chien against Kuan Chung-ming, the President-elect of National Taiwan University. Chang-Liao claimed a paper co-authored by Kuan and Chen Chien-liang was identical to a Master's student's thesis, implying plagiarism. However, scholars verified that the student's thesis explicitly cited the 'manuscript' by Kuan and Chen in its references, proving the student cited the professors first. The author characterizes this as an unverified 'Oolong' (bungled) smear and criticizes certain individuals and media for inciting public opinion regarding personnel appointments in the academic ivory tower.
This is an article that systematically refutes and powerfully counters five arguments made by internet commentator 'Zhang Xiaobo', with content involving the Zhou Ziyu incident, the 88 Flood disaster response, the Kaohsiung gas explosion responsibility, cross-strait trade policies (the ECFA and white-collar worker opening), and the significance of the Ma-Xi meeting.
Critical analysis of the anti-service trade movement as ideological rather than practical, arguing the agreement represents necessary economic compromise and comparison Taiwan's negotiating position favorably with Hong Kong.
This document is the formal text of the 'Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement' (Service Trade Agreement), concluded pursuant to the 'Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement' (ECFA), aimed at gradually reducing or eliminating restrictive measures on service trade between the two sides of the strait, promoting liberalization of service trade. The agreement covers twenty-four articles of general provisions, obligations and standards, specific commitments, and dispute settlement.