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Hu Jintao met with Lien Chan on sidelines of 17th APEC Economic Leaders Meeting.
Improving ties across the Taiwan Strait were evident here Saturday, when Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met Lien Chan, Kuomintang honorary chairman.
DPP to back march against expanded U.S. beef imports
DPP members display a poster in front of the Taipei City Government yesterday, asking Taipei City Mayor Hao Lung-bin to participate a rally which will be held this Saturday to protest against the government's policy to allow the unlimited import of U.S. beef.
CPC asked to conditionally freeze oil price hikes
The Economics and Energy Committee of the Legislative Yuan yesterday passed a provisional motion requesting the state-run CPC Corp.
Mayor shows KMT agrees Taiwan belongs to PRC
Taiwan citizens should be grateful to Hsinchu City Mayor Lin Cheng-tse for ripping up the fig leaf of "one China with separate expressions" employed by President and ruling Chinese Nationalist Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou to mask the reality behind the touted "reconciliation" with the authoritarian People's Republic of China.
Hu Jintao meeting KMT honorary chairman "natural"
A Chinese mainland official on Taiwan affairs indirectly confirmed Wednesday a possible meeting between Hu Jintao and Kuomintang honorary chairman Lien Chan in Singapore.
Peaceful cross-Straits development "right path": KMT honorary chairman
Wu Poh-hsiung , honorary chairman of the Kuomintang, meets Liang Baohua, secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China in Taipei, east China's Taiwan Province, Nov.
Taiwan's envoy to raise ECFA issues with China at APEC
Lien Chan, center, Taiwan's representative to the 17th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting speaks to the press yesterday during a news conference.
Why Taiwan does not need ROC centenary
The campaign by the restored rightist Chinese Nationalist Party government under President Ma Ying-jeou to stuff the political genies of Taiwan democratic national identity and Taiwan - centrism back into a "great China" bottle will reach a crescendo in the coming two years with the planned "celebrations" of the 100th anniversary of the founding of ...
Mainland delegation starts Taiwan tour for exchange, cooperation
A delegation from the Chinese mainland arrived here Monday afternoon, kicking off their 6-day tour of exchange and cooperation.
Director Wang Yi of China's Taiwan Affairs Council said yesterday that a oemainland China is ready to sign the memorandum on cross-strait financial supervision cooperation, and therefore it's would be great if the memorandum on cross-strait financial supervision cooperation these two days.a Wang made the remarks after speaking at the opening ...
Background To Tibetan Uprising
In the early years of the twentieth century, China was largely a backward country.
Taiwan says China starts building first aircraft carrier
Taiwan said Wednesday that its giant neighbour China has started building its first aircraft carrier, a move analysts have said could raise military tensions in the region.
Premier Wu accused of Bali holiday with gangster
Premier Wu Den-yih traveled to the holiday island of Bali with a convicted gangster, Next Magazine wrote yesterday.
KMT honorary chairman named as envoy to APEC forum
Taipei, Nov. 2 Ruling Kuomintang Honorary Chairman Lien Chan has been appointed as the special envoy of President Ma Ying-jeou to the leadership summit of the 2009 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the Presidential Office announced Monday.
Taiwan's new democrats need integrity and passion
Taiwan's democracy resulted from the combination of decades of sacrifice and brave resistance to the authoritarian rule of the Chinese Nationalist Party by a bottom-up grassroots movement, international pressure from the global human rights community and the acceptance of the necessity of liberalization by KMT autocrat Chiang Ching-kuo in the late ...
KMT to have by-election in mid Nov
The Kuomintang on Monday decided to hold a by-election of its Central Standing Committee in mid November after committee members were either ousted or forced to turn in resignations following a vote-buying scandal.
Taiwan's constitutional court: a model for Beijing?
Did the Chinese government's recent refusal to allow Shanghai writer Li Jianhong to return to the mainland violate the Chinese constitution's human rights guarantees? There is no effective way to enforce constitutional rights on the mainland.
Lawmakers to review U.S. beef import agreement
The Legislative Yuan will be able to review the protocol signed by Taiwan and the U.S. allowing the import of bone-in beef, lawmakers said yesterday.
KMT expels Hsinchu County chief
The ruling Kuomintang expelled Hsinchu County Magistrate Cheng Yung-chin and his wife yesterday for campaigning on behalf of a breakaway candidate for the Dec.
Taiwan -- Ma denies any deal behind beef decision
President Ma Ying-jeou, Premier Wu Den-yih and Secretary-General of the National Security Council Su Chi yesterday geared up to dampen a growing storm over the recent decision to allow imports of U.S. bone-in beef products and offals, with Ma stressing that his administration would not sacrifice people's health for economic benefits.
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