Jul. 19, 2026
Taiwan in Time: From ‘anti-communist hero’ to death row
The sentencing of Chinese defector Ma Hsiao-pin and two accomplices for kidnapping in 1989 sparked one of Taiwan’s earliest public debates over capital punishment July 20 to July 26 In July 1986, Ma Hsiao-pin (馬曉濱) arrived in Taiwan as a young man... Read more.
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