Archive for August, 2006

Don’t be too harsh on the Foreign Ministry.

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

China Post
08/22/06.

[check this out; mixed messages and both sides of the mouth talking here, cb]

Chad, Taiwan’s largest diplomatic ally in Africa, switched recognition from Taipei to Beijing earlier this month.
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Chinese Diplomat Loses Temper

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

By Leeshai Lemish
Epoch Times
08/18/06.

“Forget it, it’s high time to shut up!” the People’s Republic of China’s Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said, referring to the United States, during a BBC interview Thursday.
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Use your imagination, Taipei History Comes Back to Life.

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

By Daphne Su
The China Post
07/29/06.

Most Taipei residents would not notice the small, dark alley in Taipei’s Dadaocheng district as they walked to work or school.
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PM’s Intervention Urged as Canadian Faces Death in China.

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

By Allison Hanes
National Post
08/10/06.

The family and friends of a Canadian imam slated to be executed in China as early as today are pleading with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make a telephone call they hope might spare Huseyin Celil’s life.
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Global Effort Essential to Put a Halt to Overfishing.

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

By Gordon Houlden
Taipei Times
08/11/06.

Some people believe that being separated by an ocean leaves peoples far apart. For Canada and Taiwan, the ocean happens to bring us closer together.
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Take Your Olympic Torch and Snuff It.

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Taipei Times
08/12/06.

In recent days the Chinese government closed down a local Wikipedia imitator, apparently for daring to refer to the Republic of China and a Falun Gong figure by name.
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Lee Criticizes DPP’s Policy on PRC Trade.

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Taiwan News
08/14/06.

The Democratic Progressive Party administration’s cross-strait trade policy has been ineffective since it took power in 2000,…
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Education Ministry Revises History Textbooks.

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Taiwan News
08/16/06.

Starting next month, controversial issues such as the so-called “lack of conclusion on Taiwan’s international status” would be included for the first time in history textbooks…
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Complete Opening For Taiwan is Not Feasible.

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

By Paul Lin
Taipei Times
08/05/06.

The Conference on Sustaining Taiwan’s Economic Development came to a close last week, and it remains difficult to reach a consensus on cross-strait economic and trade policy.
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Taiwan Breaks Diplomatic Relations With Central African Country of Chad.

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Canadian Press
08/06/06.

Taiwan is breaking off diplomatic relations with the central African country of Chad, the island’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
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