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Taiwan
Development Perspectives 2010
May 2010
ISBN
978-986-7745-49-1
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 Typhoon Morakot sideswiped Taiwan on August 8, 2009, leaving in its wake hundreds of people buried alive in landslides and a third of the island under floodwaters, a few yards deep in many low-lying areas. It is Taiwan's worst flood disaster in history. And it occurred while Taiwan was hard pressed for coping with the global economic crisis, often referred to the financial tsunami. On the other hand, voters went to the polls to elect the new magistrates and mayors in altogether 17 counties and cities across the country. |
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Taiwan
Development Perspectives 2009
May 2009
ISBN
978-986-7745-47-7
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| Two important elections took place in Taiwan in 2008. Voters went to the polls to elect a new Legislative Yuan on January 12 and their new president on March 22. The Kuomintang won a landslide victory in the legislative elections and its candidate Ma Ying-jeou was elected
president. A majority government was formed for the first time in eight years. These changes are chronicled and their impact on the future of Taiwan is analyzed in Taiwan Development Perspectives 2009. |
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Taiwan
Development Perspectives 2008
May 2008
ISBN
978-986-7745-45-3
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| Two national elections took place in the first quarter of 2008. The Kuomintang won the legislative elections on January 12. Its standard-bearer Ma Ying-jeou decisively defeated his Democratic Progressive Party rival Frank Hsieh on March 22. The elections brought the Kuomintang back to full power, ending eight years of minority government under the Democratic Progressive Party. The Kuomintang now controls the executive and legislative branches of the government, brining in a change the people of Taiwan have looked forward to. In this edition, Taiwan Development Perspectives touches upon these and other important events that have occurred in the past year. |
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Taiwan
Development Perspectives 2007
May 2007
ISBN
978-986-7745-40-8
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| The year 2006 saw many important political and social events unfold in Taiwan.?There was a sensational scandal involving the family of President Chen Shui-bian and his close aides. Wu Shu-chen, the first lady, was indicted for corruption, charged with borrowing bills and receipts from friends and relatives to claim a NT$14.8 million reimbursement from a public fund under her husband's control for the conduct of ¡§affairs of state.¡¨ That triggered a series of rallies, in which at least one million people took part to demand that Chen step down. The two special municipalities of Taipei and Kaohsiung elected their new mayors and city councils at the end of the year.?They were regarded as a forerunner for the presidential election of 2008. This edition of Taiwan Development Perspectives touches upon these and other important issues that emerged in the year. |
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Taiwan
Development Perspectives 2006
May 2006
ISBN
986-7745-37-X
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| The National Assembly, considered one of the three branches of the parliament of the Republic of China, became history in 2005 as it voted itself out of work under Taiwan's ongoing constitutional reform. The reform also affected the Legislative Yuan, another branch of the parliament, while the third branch, the Control Yuan, ceased to function. Changes will be made to how the chamber of deputies, the only branch left, is elected. For one thing, the chamber will halve its seats from 225 to 113. .......... |
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Introduction of the Fifth Cross-Strait Economic, Trade, and Cultural Forum |
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Source: The National Policy Foundation
July 13, 2009
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The Fifth Cross-Strait Economic, Trade, and Cultural Forum ended on July 12, and a package of recommendations was announced during the closing ceremony. |
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 What a ludicrous dispute the ECFA manga controversy is! |
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If there's any more ludicrous dispute than the one currently going on between the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, we don't know what is. The only good news is that it seems to have come to an end. The contemptibly and amusingly vain dispute was kicked off by some brainless spin doctor from the ministry that is trying whatever it can to promote an economic cooperation framework agreement between Taiwan and China, which is designed to bring more benefit to the former than the latter but is greatly opposed by the pro-independence opposition party that professes not to have anything to do with our giant neighbor. |
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| Sovereignty over the Spratlys II |
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South Vietnam's navy stopped Chinese fishing vessels off Hsisha, also known as the Paracel Islands, twice in February 1959. Vietnamese marines went ashore and arrested 160 Chinese fishermen on one of the islands. Beijing lodged strong protests on February 27, and Saigon had to release all the captives on March 9. A Chinese frigate and a submarine visited Yunghsing or Woody Island, the largest of the Paracels, later in March. The navy set up a land office on the island to coordinate patrols over the waters of the Macclesfield Bank and the Paracel and Spratly Islands. |
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The Republic of China in Taiwan claims the South China Sea is under its jurisdiction. Taipei insists any type of activity conducted in that vast sea area requires its approval. But the fact is that the government has done little to defend its sovereign rights over the area where there are four groups of coral reef archipelagoes. |
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Speeches by Dr. LIEN Chan,
Honorary Chairman of the KMT |
at a Luncheon Sponsored by the
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and
UC Division of Social Sciences
Chicago, Tuesday, October 31, 2006 |
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| Taiwan Security: A KMT's Perspective |
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SU Chi, KMT Legislator, ROC
At the United States-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference
Sponsored by the US-Taiwan Business Council
Denver, Colorado, USA |
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September 11, 2006 |
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I. Facts and Misperceptions
- March 1, 2000, Lee Tenghui sent out a long list of arms procurements
- April 25, 2001, George W. Bush agreed to the list except the Aegis
- January 16, 2004, Chen Shui-bian put out ¡§additional anti-missile equipment¡¨ for referendum on March 20 election against the advice of the US and the Lien/Soong team, placing electoral interest ahead of national security interest.
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| Speeches delivered by Chairman Ma during his Visit to the U.S. |
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