EDITORIAL: A compromise Ma might acceptFormer president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has made it known that he does not plan to attend the official Double Ten National Day commemoration on Tuesday next week. For them, commemorating Taiwan National Day on a day linked to the establishment of the ROC makes little sense. This would be the third year that the government has used the English name Taiwan National Day. The government could allot a different day to celebrate a Taiwan National Day, stop celebrating the ROC founding day or have both. Perhaps he would be more amenable to following Tsai’s formulation of what Taiwan is, and use the English title “ROC on Taiwan National Day.”
