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...article by Burton F. Jablin which was printed in the March 7 issue of The Harvard Crimson is one of the most one-sided I have seen concerning the circumstances surrounding the riot in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on December 10 last year. Jablin leaves out many important facts and misrepresents others...
Firstly, his information on Lu Hsiu-lien is flawed. The publishing company (Pioneer Publishing House) for feminist literature that she established is still in business, contrary to Jablin's statement that it was closed by the government. The telephone hot-line for women ("Pao Hu Nin") set up by Lu does not now exist, but in light of Jablin's mistake on the publishing company it seems unlikely that the government curtailed its operation, especially since in was well-received by the public. Jablin's remark about "underground" opposition activities by Lu is cryptic if not misleading. Certainly...
Secondly, the account of the Kaohsiung riot in Jablin's article is seriously defective. For example, the police did in fact permit the rally celebrating International Human Rights Day to occur, contrary to Jablin's claim otherwise. However, the participants of the rally were not authorized to hold a march because it would have disrupted traffic in downtown Kaohsiung. When the demonstrators attempted to march, the riot broke out. The true course of events was quite different from that implied in the article. Most serious is a complete absence of mention about the rioters assaults on police, the most important...
...last, The Crimson lends a hand to a Harvard alumna, Lu Shiu-lien, and her fellow opposition leaders pending a "sedition" trial before the military tribunal in Taiwan. Although the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) regime promises the American government, its arms supplier, that the trial will be fair, Burton Jablin's admirable, in-depth report makes it crystal clear that a fair trial before the military tribunal is a contradiction in terms. The trial has been postponed several times, because the KMT regime is waiting to size up this country's responses. As a student from Taiwan, I express my gratitude...