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- Lu tells media in US of the perils Taiwan is facing
Former vice president Annette Lu (fq) said in Washington on Thursday that step by step and day by day Taiwan was being changed into Chinese Taipei. There was a danger, she said, that Taiwan would lose its democracy and become a province of China. She
- Ma eager for US beef deal
President Ma Ying-jeou (^E) said in Panama on Thursday that he was looking forward to an early agreement with the US on beef imports to Taiwan. Ma, who arrived in Panama City on Tuesday to attend new Panamanian President Ricardo Martinellis
- About 10 firms submit bids for AIG Taiwan unit-papers
TAIPEI, July 4 (Reuters) - About 10 global and Taiwan financial firms have submitted bids to buy troubled AIG's Taiwanese insurance unit, newspapers said on Saturday, in a deal that could fetch up to over $2 billion. Global private equity firms Kohlberg
- Taiwan's forex reserves reach $317.564bn
TAIPEI: Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves, one of the world's largest, rose for an eighth straight month to a record high of $317.564 billion at the end of June, the central bank said on Friday. * Taiwan's forex reserves are one of the world's largest,
- About 10 firms submit bids for AIG Taiwan unit: reports
TAIPEI (Reuters) - About 10 global and Taiwan financial firms have submitted bids to buy troubled AIG's (AIG.N) Taiwanese insurance unit, newspapers said on Saturday, in a deal that could fetch up to over $2 billion. Global private equity firms Kohlberg
- President Ma speaks out against Honduras coup
President Ma Ying-jeou has criticized the coup in Honduras which has seen the Honduran President Manuel Zelaya forced out of the country. Ma made his remarks in a speech in the National Assembly of Panama on Thursday. Ma said that Taiwan, as a democratic
- Revised law not enough: Chinese, foreign spouses
Amendments to the Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and Mainland Area (HY) passed last month that relaxed several restrictions on Chinese immigrant spouses do not go far enough, immigrant rights activists said yesterday. The
- Suicide is No. 2 cause of death for young Taiwanese
Suicide remained the second-leading cause of death among young Taiwanese men and women aged 15 to 24 last year, with 60 percent of the cases related to relationship problems, a government official reported earlier this week. Lee Ming-pin (), director of
- Tibet exhibition opens in Taipei
A month-long special exhibition on the culture, religion, life and political system of Tibetans living in exile was inaugurated in Taipei yesterday. The exhibition commemorates the 50th anniversary of the flight of the Dalai Lama and tens of thousands
- President Ma expects speedy conclusion to beef talks with U.S.
9:45 am TWN, CNA PANAMA CITY -- President Ma Ying-jeou said in Panama Thursday that he looks forward to an early agreement with the United States on beef imports to Taiwan. Ma, who arrived in Panama City Tuesday to attend new Panamanian President Ricardo
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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan, however it reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using the 1947 constitution drawn up for all of China. Over the next five decades, the ruling authorities gradually democratized and incorporated the native population within its governing structure. Throughout this period, the island has prospered to become one of East Asia's economic "Tigers." The dominant political issue continues to be the relationship between Taiwan and China and the question of eventual reunification.
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