Archive for May, 2006

IPO Officials to Head to China For Talks.

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

CNA
05/21/06.

A group of senior intellectual property officials, including Tsai Lien-sheng (蔡練生), director-general of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs,…
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Using Independent Diplomacy to Protect Democracy.

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

Taiwan News
05/19/06.

The People’s Republic of China government has recently sent several delegations to Taiwan in a very low-profile manner to probe the impact of PRC…
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Being a Pariah Ain’t Easy.

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

Taipei Times: Editorial
05/19/06.

The world is a strange place.
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Treatment of Taiwan Leader Astounding.

Friday, May 12th, 2006

2theadvocate.com
By Li-Jane lee (LTTE)
Re: “U.S. Says No to Overnight Stay for Taiwan President,” New York Times, May 4
05/12/06.

It is astounding that the United States would only allow the democratically elected president of Taiwan a refueling stopover in Alaska,…
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Solomons PM Pledges to Stick With Taiwan.

Friday, May 12th, 2006

By Chang Yun-ping
Taipei Times
05/11/06.

Two days after being elected prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare visited the Taiwanese envoy to assure him that his country would not switch sides to Beijing.
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Beijing’s Traditional Enemy Emerges As Its Best Bet on Taiwan.

Friday, May 12th, 2006

By Hamish McDonald
The Sydney Morning Herald
05/13/06.

Five years from now China will probably be celebrating the centenary of Sun Yat-sen’s overthrow of Manchu imperial rule still as a divided country…
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Taiwan’s Chen Seen in Diplomatic Victory Over China.

Friday, May 12th, 2006

Reuters
05/12/06.

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian returns home from a Latin American visit on Friday after surprise stops in Libya and Indonesia that gave him a modest diplomatic victory over China but drew words of caution from the United States.
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An Island Slips Into Diplomatic Nowhereland.

Monday, May 8th, 2006

By Nury Vittachi
OneWorld UK
05/09/06.

A gentle community gets on with life despite having a wall of missiles pointing at them.
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Solomon Islands Violence Underscores China-Taiwan Rivalry in South Pacific.

Monday, May 8th, 2006

AP
04/27/06.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao jetted into Fiji earlier this month to lavish millions of dollars on Beijing’s impoverished South Pacific allies.
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Lebanon Criticised For Not Allowing Taiwan Leader’s Plane to Stop Over.

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

Khaleej Times Online
05/07/06.

Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian’s plane was initially given permission to land in Lebanon but Beirut buckled under pressure from China…
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