Taiwan

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 economic development finds an obstacle in its idiosyncratic tax system, which also affected spiritual movements, including Tai Ji Men.

The tax case of Tai Ji Men offers evidence that both transitional justice and anti-corruption measures in Taiwan still have serious flaws.

The local assemblies of “decuriones” made the Roman Empire great and victorious. Tax injustice destroyed them—and the Empire itself.

On the International Day of Parliamentarianism, international experts discussed how a genuine parliamentary democracy should guarantee both religious liberty and tax justice.

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.

Seeking a holistic approach to health care and caring for the patients’ happiness also helped me understanding the diseases affecting Taiwan’s tax system.

Technology can be a powerful tool to promote freedom of belief, spreading the awareness of injustices such as those perpetrated against Tai Ji Men.

Taiwan’s highest authorities praised Tai Ji Men’s activities and teachings. This did not save them from persecution through false accusation and tax harassment.