Archive for February, 2006

Taiwan Scraps Body on Unification with China.

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Reuters
02/27/06.

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian scrapped on Monday a body on unification with China and 15-year-old symbolic guidelines on eventual unification, a move that has riled Beijing and alarmed Washington.
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China’s Muted Response to Chen’s Moves.

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

By Chua Chin Hon
Straits Times
02/25/06.

China yesterday refused to be pinned down on whether Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian’s moves to scrap unification guidelines and the body that created them constituted a breach of the anti-secession law.
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‘Pan-Blue’ Threatens Recall, Boycott of DPP Government.

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

China Post
02/25/06.

Opposition ‘pan-blue’ lawmakers yesterday threatened to boycott government operations or even move to recall President Chen Shui-bian if the head of state fails to jam the brakes on his move to scrap the unification line.
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A Bitter `status quo’ Symphony.

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Taipei Times: Editorial
02/25/06.

I am here in my mold/But I’m a million different people from one day to the next/I can’t change my mold.
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Letter to Ottawa Business Journal Staff.

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

ADMIT letter to Ottawa Business Journal Staff
02/26/06.

The following is a letter (19/02/06) sent by myself, a private businessman, to the business journal staff at the Ottawa Business Journal and regards the use and implication of the term “Greater China”. CLB.
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China’s Threat Means NUC Must Go.

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

By Chang Chin-liang, Lee Jong-song and Kenneth Hsu 張清良, 李鐘�
Taipei Times
02/25/06.

Should the National Unification Council (NUC) and its guidelines be abolished? To answer this question, it is necessary to examine the purpose of the NUC and its guidelines.
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Bush Establishes Clarity in Taiwan Policy.

Friday, February 24th, 2006

By Yi-Ren Chen
The Stanford Review
02/24/06.

The Formosa Strait is one of the most dangerous military flashpoints in the world, and lies at the center of one of the most complex future foreign policy decisions facing the United States.
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DPP Resolution Backs Chen on NUC Move.

Friday, February 24th, 2006

By Jewel Huang and Mo Yan-chih
Taipei Times
02/23/06.

Nice! the abolishment of the National Unification Council (NUC) is a necessary and significant step towards dismantling the Republic of China (ROC). Enjoy the article, Christian.
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Obfuscation, Blather and Ma.

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Taipei Times: Editorial
02/23/06.

If anyone ever had lingering doubts about Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) abilities as a Harvard-trained lawyer, they were almost certainly put to rest during his recent interview with the BBC’s Hardtalk television program.
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Former Taiwan Premier Sun Yun-suan Dies at 92.

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Herald News Daily
02/23/06.

Sun Yun-suan, a former Taiwan premier credited with the island‘s economic expansion in the 1980s, died of heart failure on Wednesday at the age of 92.
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