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At the behest of the Dalai Lama, a few hundred Tibetan exile leaders are set to meet this week to decide a new direction for the Tibetan movement after talks with the their Chinese counterparts have all but failed.
Tibetan leaders spoke in frank terms Sunday for the first time since their most recent talks with [...]
In a stunning sight, Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) was handcuffed and arrested today on corruption and money laundering charges. As Chen was being lead into the prosecutors’ office, he raised his arms in defiance and shouted, “Long Live Taiwan” and “political persecution!”
It was a long time coming for the embattled former president of Taiwan, who this [...]
China announced today a major economic stimulus package of 4 Trillion Yuan, or $586 Billion to stimulate the economy. The package is seen as the boldest move yet to reinvigorate its suddenly lethargic economy now feeling the effects of a growing worldwide economic downturn brought on by the U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis.
The [...]
Protesters clashed with police earlier today outside a hotel in Taipei as China’s highest-ranking official, Chen Yunlin, the head of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, met with Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou, in the highest level meeting between officials from the Mainland and Taiwan in over 50 years.
The meeting came on [...]
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