Taiwan political activists admiring Hitler draw Jewish protests

The only person who knows what he's talking about is Aron. The Taiwanese don't hate Jews, they don't even know/care what a Jew is. These extremists want a super powerful China united with Taiwan. And they believe National socialism will be the backbone for this arrangement. And even though they aren't saying it, they want to rule the world. What does all this mean? Soon, I'm going to get alot of fresh souls.......

I agree with Aron, Taiwan is an island of 23 million. 1,000 students, obviously still a very bad thing, but is similar to the fasctist groups of neo-naizs in america (if not less) in percentage. we cannot make whole assumptions about a place like taiwan until we take this into account. "Asians" have same ruthlessness", that is ridiculous! Ignorance all around!

This discussion board also shows how ignorant and self-centered people could be. How little understanding about Asian politics. The fact is, Taiwan, unlike Israel, or even the US, or China, is NOT a place of ONE identity. There are multiple conflicting ones coexisting, most prominently on the two extremes of the spectrum -- Pro China vs Pro Taiwan. In fact, the TW Nazis in the news are more on the Pro China side. They aim to restore the glory of China as well as the traditional Chinese values, not the Taiwanese. If you still don't get it, consider this -- in short, these people have more a Chinese identity than the Taiwanese. Their ideas are probably more easily rampaging in China than in Taiwan (national glory ... etc). Take this into account and see if your comments still make any sense at all. Or you can wait until China demands Israel, Canada, or USA to “return” back to China one day as well. Pretty impressive how little people know outside their world.

They better drop the Hitler thing and put up the Mao, Chinese Army and Yao Ming posters because China will take that place back soon enough...

Let us not forget that Taiwan was for years a dictatorship. The dictator was Chiang Kai-sheck, and the party was the Kuomintang. Although it had leftist and democratic origins, Chang turned it into a right-wing dictatorship. The dictatorship fell in the early 1990s and Nationalist China is now a democracy. In an extreme irony, the KMT has become the foremost party in reaching out to the People's Republic of China. Thus anyone wishing to form a party to the right of the KMT has to appeal to the most base of right-wing emotions. Hitler is a very useful icon for making that appeal. I can't see the "National Socialist Association" becoming a major player in Chinese politics. The citizens of both Nationalist China and the PRC are looking forward, not backward.

Taiwan is being "protected" by both the U.S.A and Japan from the Mainland China, who represents Communist ideology, which the Taiwanese do not want. These Taiwanese youngsters quite naeively, without any reality bases, imagine to discover practical means to "defend" their separate standing from the Mainland China in Hitler's nationalistic ideology. I do not believe that this their interest in Hitler is directed in any way against the Jews or Israel, but there is a big danger that the Taiwanese young people, who start supporting Hitler's ideas, will become just as dangerous toward the Mainland Chinese as the Nazis were toward the "different" from their ideal-person. A healthy alternative would be to provide them with up-to-date information on the Mainland China and tell the Taiwanese that China is NO boogey-man, they need to fear, but has become a MORE TOLERANT, thriving society, where there are constant reforms and improvements underway affecting people's lives positively.

Dear Geulah, don't jump to conclusions victimising yourself. I strongly believe this has nothing to do with anti-semitism. As far as I can see, Taiwan and Israel have little involvement with eachother, and there's absolutely no reason why Taiwanese would want to offend Jewish. When I studied in Taiwan during the 2004 presidential elections, a candidate was blamed for proposing Hitler policies. When it came to my European ears, I was shocked. How could they so lightheartedly refer to this figure, when the allegations were skin-deep and didn't cut ice? Taiwanese references to Hitler are to be seen as a scream for attention. They do not grasp the sensitivity of the subject, only that it causes a ripple. In my humble view, the best response for Israel would be stand tall and disregard. For it is easier to read their motivation for referring to the topic, than having them understand and act in accordance with your emotional connotation.

Hitler.We are doomed when Asians(China and others) become major powers.

Just goes to show that there is no political leadership around the world capable of encouraging the young,in the right direction. It is a sad day when the young look towards a dead criminal for political ideas.

where there aren't and never have been Jews.

During WWII, virtually the only nation to provide sanctuary to undocumented Jewish refugees was China. Perhaps it is time to repay this debt by assisting the nation of China with the reabsorption of its breakaway province of Taiwan This by the transfer of indigeneously developed modern Israeli technology in the area of the armament industry. I am sure that pro-Nazi philosophy would not be tolerated by the Mainland Chinese government.

In Asia they know almost nothing about the jewish saga and they have shaky notions about the european civilization and the judeo-chrisitan notions of good, wrong and guilty. It is dangerous and vexing because they may become the 21st century dominant powers. Something must be done before it is too late.