Former President’s historic China visit overshadowed by death of baboon

composit image showing former president Ma Ying-jeou and municipal officials bowing to dead baboon

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kuomingtang, Ma Ying-jeou

The first former president of the Republic of China to visit the People’s Republic of China may have made international headlines in recent days, but the leading news story in Taiwan was the tragic death of a baboon who was found fatally injured upon capture, Monday, March 27. [See previous story: African baboon caught after more than 17 days on the loose in northern Taiwan] An analysis of headlines from a wide range of Taiwanese news outlets collected by a

Ma Ying-jeou warming up for a race at National Tsing-hua University in Taiwan

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April 24, 2016April 24, 2016 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan President, Tsai Ying-wen

A controversy erupted yesterday, Saturday April 23, when a picture was uploaded to Facebook which allegedly showed out-going President Ma Ying-jeou with his private parts exposed while he was warming up for a road race. The story of the compromising photograph being disseminated on the Internet led President-elect Tsai Ing-wen to issue a statement on her own Facebook page exhorting the media and individuals not to report on or show the picture, as it compromised the dignity of the office