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Parliamentarisms vs the “Tyranny of the Majority” and the Tai Ji Men Case
Parliamentarism is the worst form of government except for all the others. But it may degrade into tyranny of the majority as the Tai Ji Men case shows all too well.
Transition to Democracy and Religion: The Bitter-Sweet Experiences of South Africa and Taiwan
Both countries experienced a difficult transition to democracy. In both countries, guaranteeing a real freedom of religion or belief proved to be problematic.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution in Taiwan: Science Without Conscience?
As a patent attorney, the author understands the need for private and public integrity and for putting together science and conscience. It did not happen in the Tai Ji Men case.
Taiwan’s Tax Problems, Spiritual Movements, and the Role of Conscience
Taiwan’s economic development finds an obstacle in its idiosyncratic tax system, which also affected spiritual movements, including Tai Ji Men.
The Tai Ji Men Case in Taiwan: Legal, Tax, and Anti-Corruption Perspectives
The tax case of Tai Ji Men offers evidence that both transitional justice and anti-corruption measures in Taiwan still have serious flaws.
The Decurions, Parliamentarianism, and Tai Ji Men
The local assemblies of “decuriones” made the Roman Empire great and victorious. Tax injustice destroyed them—and the Empire itself.
True Democracy, Freedom of Religion or Belief, and Tai Ji Men
On the International Day of Parliamentarianism, international experts discussed how a genuine parliamentary democracy should guarantee both religious liberty and tax justice.
How Tai Ji Men Reacted to Persecution
It developed a three-fold strategy: peacefully protest and use all available legal remedies; continue its international activities on behalf of peace and love; nurture the body and mind of disciples through the practice of qigong.
What I Learned in Tai Ji Men as a Medical Student
Seeking a holistic approach to health care and caring for the patients’ happiness also helped me understanding the diseases affecting Taiwan’s tax system.
Calling for a Solution of the Tai Ji Men Case
We join Tai Ji Men in respectfully asking the government of Taiwan, whose commitment to democracy in a region plagued by non-democratic regimes we appreciate and applaud, to return through a political act the confiscated sacred land to Tai Ji Men and publicly confirm that, as Taiwan’s Supreme Court stated, they never violated the law nor evaded taxes.
It would be a small step for Taiwan’s government, but a crucial one to tell the world Taiwan is truly committed to freedom of religion or belief and to the protection of religious and spiritual minorities that were once persecuted by its authoritarian and post-authoritarian regimes.
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“The Tai Ji Men Case” web site is a project by Action Alliance to Redress 1219 whose aim is to collect and put at the readers’ easy disposal articles, documents, and videos—from academic studies to magazine articles—about the case of Tai Ji Men, a mempai (similar to a school) of qigong, martial arts, and self-cultivation headquartered in Taiwan, which has been victim of discrimination and persecution in its home country since 1996, and whose street protests have generated widespread international protests. Here you can find an exhaustive chronology of the case.
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