Archive for September, 2006

Chen Tries Taiwan Name Game.

Friday, September 29th, 2006

By Rowan Callick
The Australian
09/30/06.

Taiwan’s beleaguered President, Chen Shui-bian, with demonstrators seeking his removal for corruption, has hit back by reviving a longstanding proposal to change the country’s name.
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Taiwan, Latvia Exchange Experiences in Democracy.

Monday, September 4th, 2006

CNA
08/23/09.

A Taiwan-Baltic states conference on democratic development kicked off Monday in Riga, the capital of Latvia, with scholars from the four countries as well as the United States, Germany and Canada attending.
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What’s in Changing a Name?

Monday, September 4th, 2006

By Mark Caltonhil
Taiwan Journal
08/25/06.

Taiwan-based writer and translator Mark Caltonhill muses on the apparent lack of interest locally in changing the names of streets,…
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Made in Taiwan: Vancouver’s Taiwanese Cultural Festival Aims to Reinvent Well-Worn Notions of a Traditional Celebration.

Monday, September 4th, 2006

Vancouver Sun
08/31/06.

Cultural festivals are usually about the good old days: about a mother tongue we don’t use much any more,…
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President Chen Meets With Members of Canadian Parliament.

Monday, September 4th, 2006

Office of the President
08/31/06.

In a meeting with a total of eight members of the Canadian Parliament (MPs) on August 30 at the Office of the President,…
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Goodbye `CKS,’ You Won’t Be Missed.

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

Taipei Times: Editorial
09/02/06.

At long last, the Chen administration is about to deliver a symbolic victory — of sorts — to its core supporters.
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Tea Culture on Show at Taipei Arena.

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

By Mo Yan-chih
Taipei Times
09/02/06.

The exhibition will include tea masters from Urasenke, one of the three main schools that teach Japan’s traditional and detailed tea ceremony.
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African Union Must Speak Out Against Isolation of Taiwan!

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

By Alimamy Bakarr Sankoh (President of the AUT)
Mathaba News
08/31/06.

Public Statement: Taiwan’s Re-entry In The United Nations: “The African Union Must Speak Out Against The Emasculation Of United Nations Principles And Charter”.
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