"The then-Japanese empire suppressed the people of the Republic of China and took over the authority against our will, and so ‘Japanese occupation’ should be a proper term to describe the period."

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“A country cannot solely rely on the government and opposition parties to solve all of the problems.”

“Where there is the will, we can make it.”

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“We will not change what we have already announced to the public . This is something that the workers have been waiting many months for, and the government should respect the efforts they put into their daily duties.”

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