All Democracies Must Include Taiwan (A.D.M.I.T.)

Taipei Times: Editorial
Dec 29, 2005.

In order to comply with the revised Broadcasting and Television Law (廣播電視法) that stipulated Dec. 26 as the deadline for the government, the military and political parties to give up ownership of television and radio stations, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) on Monday night announced that it had sold its controlling stakes in the Broadcasting Corp of China, China Television Co and the Central Motion Pictures Corp.
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By Li Thian-hok (李天福)
Dec 26, 2005.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is at a crossroads and Taiwan’s freedom hangs in the balance.
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M&C News
Dec 25, 2005.

China has rejected Taiwan’s offer to send an official to China’s chief Taiwan negotiator Wang Daohan’s funeral because Beijing is still angry that Taiwan is seeking independence, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Editorial: Taipei Times
Dec 25, 2005.

President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) seems to be having a run of bad luck. First, there was the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) defeat in the recent local government elections.
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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Dec 25, 2005.

Politicians from all parties expressed sadness at the news that China’s top Taiwan negotiator, who helped achieve a breakthrough in cross-strait relations, had died.
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Agence France Presse
Dec 24, 2005.

China reacted angrily to Washington’s support for early democracy in Hong Kong after limited electoral reforms were voted down by disaffected lawmakers.
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By Paul Lin 林保華
Taipei Times
Dec 22, 2005.

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When Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) went to pay his respects at the grave of 228 Incident victims Chang Chi-lang (張七郎) and his two sons, Chang’s descendents,…
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Taipei Times: Editorial
Dec 22, 2005.

After being blocked no less than 41 times in the pan-blue dominated Procedure Committee, the long-stalled NT$480 billion (US$14.4 billion) arms procurement bill has finally made it onto the agenda for formal review by the legislature tomorrow.
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Agence France Presse
Dec 18, 2005.

Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou has conditionally agreed to President Chen Shui-bians’s proposal to form a coalition government but said they first needed to thrash out their differences on major issues.
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By Carmen Russell
The China Post
Dec 17, 2005.

Minister of Economics Ho Mei-yueh took the World Trade Organization (WTO) to task yesterday for limiting the role of Taiwan, the 13th largest trading nation in the world by volume.
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