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President Ma Ying-jeou wins re-election in Taiwan

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:01:24 +0000

[Fox News]- President Ma Yng-jeou has been declared the winner in today’s election in Taiwan. With almost all of the ballots counted, Ma holds a seven point lead in his bid to lead Taiwan for another term. Voters seem to be endorsing his efforts to build better relations with China.

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Taiwan president leads vote for re-election

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:38:56 +0000

[Yahoo News]- Current president Ma Ying-jeou holds a strong lead with just over half of the votes counted. Voters seem to be in favor of continuing to build better relations with China.

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China sends patrol ship to disputed waters

kaitlyn — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:42:31 +0000

According to japantoday.com, “China has sent its largest patrol ship to the East China Sea to guard the country’s territorial rights, state media said Wednesday, in a move likely to fuel tensions over the disputed waters.” What does this mean for Japan and Taiwan who also claim rights to the uninhabited islands?

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China defends its military spending

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:10:39 +0000

From the Taipei Times, “In an obvious reference to Taiwan, General Xu Caihou (徐才厚), vice chairman of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Central Military Commission, told a Washington audience on Monday that China had to modernize and build its armed forces because the country ‘has yet to realize complete unification.’”

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Industry benefits from green tax cut

admin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:05:58 +0000

The Taipei Times reports on a tax cut on carbon dioxide emissions. “The Cabinet’s Tax Reform Committee, which is to hold final discussions on green tax reform on Monday, is set to slash a proposed tax on carbon dioxide emissions from NT$2,000 per tonne to NT$750 per tonne to quell industry resistance.

Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research president Daigee Shaw (蕭代基), who was commissioned to study the issue, said yesterday that he had no choice but to make concessions to facilitate reform.”

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Government keeps mum after alleged missile test

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:30:33 +0000

[Taipei Times]– Taiwan has carried out a major missile exercise less than a fortnight after China showed off advanced ballistic weaponry in a massive National Day parade in Beijing, local Chinese-language newspapers reported yesterday. The Presidential Office, however, declined to confirm or deny the reports.

Missiles capable of striking major Chinese cities were launched on Tuesday from the tightly guarded Jioupeng (九鵬) base in Pingtung County, both the pro-opposition Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister paper) and the pro-government United Daily News reported.

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High Court hears Chen detention case

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:16:02 +0000

[Taipei Times]– The Taiwan High Court yesterday held a second detention hearing on arguments from prosecutors and former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) lawyers to determine whether Chen should remain in detention. The hearing was continuing at press time.

After the High Court’s decision on Sept. 24 to keep the former president behind bars for another three months, until Dec. 23, Chen and his attorneys filed an appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Military prepares as Parma approaches

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:52:13 +0000

[Taipei Times]– Taiwan yesterday issued a sea warning for Typhoon Parma, which is expected to affect Taiwan after hitting the Philippines.

By 9pm yesterday, the eye of Parma was 420km southeast of Oluanbi (鵝鑾鼻) Taiwan’s southern tip, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said. Moving in a northwesterly direction at 10kph, Parma packs center winds of 137kph and gusts of 173kph.

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Advisers’ trips to Beijing criticized

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:08:46 +0000

[Taipei Times]– The Presidential Office said yesterday it was inappropriate for presidential advisers to attend Beijing’s celebrations marking 60 years of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule in China, but stopped short of denouncing or threatening to punish them.

Presidential Office Spokesman Wang Yu-chi (王郁琦) said that he had been informed that the three presidential advisers in question were indeed in Beijing, but they “should not be there to attend the celebration events.”

“The timing of their visits may be debatable, but it is indeed inappropriate if they did attend the celebration activities,” Wang said.

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MOJ to probe Chen ‘US agent’ claim

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:39:34 +0000

[Taipei Times]– Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng (王清峰) said yesterday that prosecutors would look into allegations by former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) attorney that Chen was an “agent” of the US government.

Wang made the remarks at a meeting of the legislature’s Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee.

She was referring to the former president’s petition last week for the US to intervene as the “principal occupying power of Taiwan” to seek his immediate release and restore his civil and human rights.

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