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Who Was (and Wasn't) at Taiwan's National Day Parade?
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10/10/2024
Former President Ma Ying-jeou has shunned National Day celebrations for the second year in a row, while his predecessor Chen Shui-bian made a surprise appearance.
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Let's get more now from Rick who's in Taipei for us. Rick, a very significant
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day for Taiwan, much of the focus of course on Lai, but let's talk a bit about
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who wasn't there. Any notable absences?
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Well as you say many people in the region and in Taiwan carefully listening
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and analyzing Lai's comments, but there's one person who we know was not
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listening, at least not in person, and that's former president Ma Ying-jeou. He's
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from the opposition party the Kuomintang or the KMT and he said he would not be
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attending National Day celebrations over comments Lai made earlier this week.
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Lai said that in fact Taiwan or the Republic of China as it's also known is
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older than the People's Republic of China and could therefore be considered
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the motherland. This is the second year in a row that Ma has boycotted National
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Day celebrations, but another former president, a man named Chen Shui-bian, was
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in attendance and this is the first time he's been at the National Day
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celebrations since he was in office. Chen is an interesting character in Taiwan
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politics. He's actually out on parole, he was convicted of money laundering
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whilst in office and he's also a big advocate for Taiwan independence. So two
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former presidents on opposite ends of the political spectrum making their
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opinions on Lai known with their attendance. Lai of course in his speech
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pushing a message of unity not only across the strait to China but also
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across the political divide here in Taiwan.
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