Johnny Chiang buckles, the “1992 consensus” is back, and the proposed party platform's cross-strait entries are a disaster. An internal KMT poll shows some interesting results. Finally, a new Taiwan passport design intended to differentiate from China has been unveiled. But, up first, headlines:

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