This article strongly opposes the Tsai Ing-wen administration's plan to open up imports of food products from Japanese nuclear disaster affected areas, questioning the government's motives for aggressively lifting restrictions on non-essential food. The author fears that once opened, it will be impossible to effectively stop contaminated Japanese food from flowing into Taiwan, and emphasizes that food from the disaster areas has higher radioactive contamination levels than natural foods. The article refutes the Executive Yuan's accusation that opponents are provoking anti-Japanese sentiment, seeing it as an attempt to obscure the focus, and argues that as long as doubts exist and the food is non-essential, the import ban should be maintained.
Lin Chuan, the newly appointed Premier of the Republic of China's Executive Yuan, loudly declared in the Legislative Yuan, the sacred sanctuary of public opinion, to all compatriots in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, Orchid Island, Green Island, and those scattered overseas, as well as to all victims of Japanese aggression in Asia: Comfort women may have been voluntary!
This article features key excerpts from the press conference held by ROC President Ma Ying-jeou before the 'Ma-Xi Meeting' on November 5, 2015. Questions covered concerns about breaking a prior promise to meet, whether the meeting constrains the next president, international space, Taiwan-US relations, and a response to Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen's comments about 'harming democracy.' Ma Ying-jeou emphasized that the meeting was the natural result of peaceful cross-strait development, aimed at consolidating the maintenance of the status quo, and promised to fully report the contents of the talks to the nation.