History and cross-strait affairs in National Day address

History and cross-strait affairs in National Day address

2024-10-10

National sovereignty and cross-strait relations were among the key topics of President Lai Ching-te’s National Day address on Thursday. Lai started off his speech with the overthrowing of the imperial regime that led to the founding of the ROC 113 years ago. He stressed that as things stand now, neither side of the strait is subordinate to the other. He also called on China to take up its international responsibilities and contribute to the peace of the region together with Taiwan. Let’s hear from Lai.

Lai Ching-te
President
Regardless of what name we choose to call our nation – the Republic of China; Taiwan; or the Republic of China Taiwan – we must all share common convictions: Our determination to defend our national sovereignty remains unchanged. Our efforts to maintain the status quo of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait remain unchanged. I am deeply aware that what everyone cares about the most is the pressure of high housing prices, and that what they most detest is rampant fraud. I give the people my promise that our administration will not shirk these issues; even if it offends certain groups. We will walk together, continuing down the path toward achieving housing justice.

In his first National Day speech as president, Lai stressed the importance of cross-party negotiations towards achieving national interests. He stressed that national interests come before the interest of parties, and that the interests of parties can never take precedence over the interests of the people.

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賴總統國慶文告強調"中華人民共和國無權代表台灣"

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總統賴清德國慶演說，眾所矚目的就是國家主權和兩岸論述！賴總統從中華民國113年推翻帝制開始談，再度強調兩國互不隸屬，也向中國喊話，和台灣一起承擔國際責任，貢獻區域和平。

[[總統賴清德]]
“不論喜歡稱呼我們自己的國家是中華民國，是台灣，還是中華民國台灣，我們都要有共同的信念，我們捍衛國家主權的決心不變，我們維持台海和平穩定現狀的努力不變。大家最在乎的是高房價的生活壓力，最深惡痛絕的是詐騙橫行，我要向國人承諾，執政團隊不會迴避這些問題，即便得罪特定團體也在所不惜，實現居住正義這條路，我們會一起走，繼續走”

總統賴清德上任後首個國慶，致詞也特別強調，朝野合作會商，才能推動國家進步，國家利益永遠高於政黨利益、政黨利益永遠不能凌駕於人民利益。

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Every year, the ROC National Day in Taiwan divides opinion, due to the nation’s complicated history and current status. And this year is no different. The topics under discussion include a recent comment from the President Lai Ching-te, who said that it was impossible for the PRC to be the motherland of the ROC. Another issue is the return of nationalistic ROC aesthetics in this year’s visuals, which mark a clear departure from the past eight years and were approved by the KMT-controlled legislature.

It’s National Day! Attendees of the celebration at the Presidential Office go through security check. The security personnel have been on duty since the early hours, to ensure safety for the big day.

At the event venue, a police officer sets off a radio jammer to keep drones out. Near the stage the seats are being repeatedly checked. It’s all set! Let’s see who’s joining.

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The crowd is even bigger this year. The national flag top is NT$500 and the afro wig is NT$150. We’ve prepared 500 sets today to give out to guests for free.

Of course, it’s not every day that tourists get to experience National Day. Here’s a family of four that was gifted with the National Flag Auntie’s memorabilia.

Tourist
Good, really good. Everyone’s so friendly and in good spirits and the kids are having fun. This is my little one all dressed up. Yeah, good fun, a good morning.

Also joining in the jubilation are overseas nationals. How do they feel about the president’s comment that the PRC cannot possibly be the motherland of the ROC?

Overseas Taiwan national
That’s just the way it is. The ROC has been around for more than 100 years, they only have 70-ish years, am I right? What “motherland?” We have different mothers. Can the older one call the younger one the motherland? Impossible.

Overseas Taiwan national
Commenting on the motherland issue in such a context seems a bit abrupt to me. How I feel is I’d rather he say it at another occasion.

Another divisive issue this year was the visuals, clearly leaning more towards traditional ROC aesthetics. What do they have to say on this?

Overseas Taiwan national
Personally I prefer last year’s, because last year’s visuals had more Indigenous and local Taiwan elements, while this year’s has more of an ROC flavor. I prefer last year’s.

Overseas Taiwan national
Truly, I think that as long as we’re seeing so many flags in the air and all of us united under this banner, then we’re all very, very happy.

Once again for National Day, discussions are on about the history of the nation and how to best represent it in the modern day.

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Driftwood from typhoon brings a fresh touch to Taipei Zoo

A shipment of new furniture has arrived at Taipei Zoo. And it’s thanks to an unlikely benefactor: Typhoon Gaemi! Following the recent typhoon, the zoo got in touch with Yilan County, and asked if it could receive some logs thrown up by the storm. Yilan Forestry officials sprang into action, to collect flotsam and jetsam from the county’s beaches and riverbanks. Now the driftwood they collected can be seen at Taipei Zoo, bringing a fresh atmosphere to the enclosures of many different animals.

An otter wriggles around on a log, in constant motion. Others use a log as a bed: and they don’t feel like getting up in the morning. These logs are all driftwood, blown up onto the banks of rivers by the recent typhoon.

The driftwood is a great upgrade to the furniture of these animals at Taipei Zoo in Muzha. The white rhinos are using it to scratch and sharpen their horns. The panda here turns it into a climbing frame. Who knew a log had so many uses?

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Taipei Zoo reached out to get in touch with us. They wanted to use some natural materials, in their artificial environments. These logs are very good for the animals to interact with; they’re a natural resource.

The riverbanks and beaches of Yilan were covered with flotsam and jetsam after Typhoon Gaemi passed by. Taipei Zoo got in touch with the Yilan branch of the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency as well as the county government. The three agencies worked together to get these logs into the zoo and make the animals’ living spaces a little bit natural.

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For this project, we worked with Yilan County government, and got driftwood from Keng-fang Fishing Harbor, as well as Ta-hsi Fishing Harbor and all the way from Donggang. So far, for this first round of the project we have transported about 50 logs to the zoo.

The logs can be seen at the zoo in many different enclosures across five zones of the zoo, including the Africa Zone, the Rainforest Zone, and the Panda Pavilion.

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