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  • Against the backdrop of KMT's non-stopping sabotage (焦土政策), Taiwanese make great strides moving forward. Taiwan is competing with the rest of the world with her hands and legs tied by KMT, yet she has done so well under such adverse circumstances. All Taiwanese must be proud.

Taiwan called "the Israel of the Pacific"

2007-11-06 Haaretz

In an editorial of Haaretz, a leading paper and the oldest one in Israel, entitled Our moral nakedness, it says


And Israel? It has no choice but to go with the flow, as they say in Jerusalem. At least this is what Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni did during her visit to Beijing last week, when she praised the “shared values” of China and Israel. Some in Taipei wondered exactly what the minister was referring to – values like democracy, human rights and freedom of speech? The insult to the Taiwanese is particularly harsh in light of their identification with Israel: two small and effervescent “real democracies” engaged in their own security-existential troubles, exposed to threats from a huge external enemy and dependent on American protection and aid. Some call Taiwan “the Israel of the Pacific” and “the David of the Far East.”

Taiwan tops freedom list

2007-10-18 Taipei Times

Taiwan’s press freedom ranked No. 1 in Asia and No. 32 worldwide, out-ranking the US, with 169 countries put to the test.