Sunday, January 5, 2020

Foreign Digest: Taiwan, Poland, Bolivia and Austria


Taiwan
            The Republic of China on Taiwan approved a law last week against Communist Chinese interference in Taiwanese elections.  Peking regards Taiwan, the successor to the Republic of China, to which the Chinese Republican Government fled after the Chinese Civil War in 1949, as a renegade province. 

Poland
            A Polish court ruled last week against an American plaintiff suing a Polish publication for defamation about his  ties to American presidential pretender Donald Trump and Russian Federation tyrant Vladimir Putin because of his work for far-right publications and organizations.

Bolivia
            A March 3 date has been set by the Bolivian Government for presidential elections.  Mass protests had forced out the Chavist President after his electoral commission had made a dubious declaration that he had won a fourth term, despite a constitutional two-term limit.

Austria
           The incoming center-right-Green coalition Austrian Government’s program does not include offering passports for residents of the German-speaking Italian province of South Tyrol.  The Italian Republic had objected to the issuance of double passports as a violation of its sovereignty.

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