Taiwanese Pols Visit Yasukuni

[Mulboyne]

Kyodo: Taiwan legislators pay homage at Yasukuni Shrine
Su Chin-chiang, chairman of the Taiwan Solidarity Union, an opposition party and occasional strategic partner of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, paid homage at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Monday along with several other party legislators. They were the first leading Taiwan politicians to visit the shrine since it was disclosed in the late 1970s that Class-A World War II war criminals had been added to the list of those enshrined there along with the war dead, according to party officials. Su said of China's opposition to such visits, ''It does not represent Taiwan. We do not understand why China continues to hold (such) animosity indefinitely.''...Despite the ruling party legislators' visit, views in Taiwan on Yasukuni are not uniform as some are seeking a removal of the names of their kin from the list of the enshrined and others have filed a lawsuit in Japan seeking damages over Koizumi's visits. In Taiwan, dozens of people gathered in front of the Taiwan Solidarity Union headquarters to protest at the visit to Yasukuni by Su and the others, saying the move is an insult to those who lost their lives in war.

[Big Booger]

How many years will it take for those that can't let go of the past to get over the yasukuni crap?

[devicenull]

How many years will it take for those that can't let go of the past to get over the yasukuni crap?

tear it down? seems simple, no?

[gamma-ro]

I don't think any of us will still be living when that day comes.

[cstaylor]

How many years will it take for those that can't let go of the past to get over the yasukuni crap?

tear it down? seems simple, no?

That will never happen. Every country has their icons. Mao's policies killed millions, but his painting is still everywhere AFAIK.

[Mulboyne]

Not a very extensive exposition:

[url=http://english.[url]www.gov.tw/index.jsp?id=11&recid=105190&viewdate=0][/url]Taiwannews: Premier orders officials not to visit Japan shrine[/url]

[dimwit]

Somehow I couldn't imagine that would play out very well in Taiwan. It sounds like the guy in aiming for former politican status.