Category: Taiwan
Inside China: Taiwan, China vie for toughness
The May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard set off an inadvertent naval competition between Taiwan and China. The incident occurred in [...]
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Obama’s silence on Taiwan masks its significance in Asia
For decades, when US policymakers contemplated conflict with China, their fears focused on Taiwan. Today, by contrast, Sino-American tensions seem to be on the rise [...]
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PH, Taiwan seen to start talks on fishery agreement by June
The Philippines-Taiwan technical working group (TWG) may meet by the middle of the year on a possible fishery agreement, when officials hope that the recent issue over a [...]
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Is China Inserting Itself Into the Taiwan-Philippines Spat?
This week a Chinese warship and a couple of maritime agency vessels conducted a patrol in the areas of the Spratly Islands that the Philippines claims, prompting an official [...]
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PH thanks Taiwan for call to citizens not to harm Filipino workers
In a sign of easing tensions, President Benigno Aquino III’s expression of gratitude to Taiwan when it urged its citizens not to harm Filipinos was received well by the [...]
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Taiwan’s UMC sets up R&D centre in Singapore
Taiwan’s United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a leading microchip maker, Wednesday said it has spent $110 million setting up a research and development unit in [...]
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NBI off to Taiwan for shooting probe
It’s now the turn of Philippine investigators to go to Taiwan to gather evidence for their probe on the fatal shooting of a suspected Taiwanese poacher last May 9, [...]
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Mainland to ensure continuity of Taiwan policy
The Chinese mainland will ensure the continuity of its policies towards Taiwan and work to make new achievements in the development of cross-strait relations, top political [...]
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Philippines to send probe team to Taiwan
Taipei has approved Manila’s request to send investigators to Taiwan to examine evidence and interview witnesses to the May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by [...]
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Tensions Flare in Asian Seas, Now Involving Taiwan
The world is growing used to reports of aggressive diplomatic and military behavior by China over ownership of the South China Sea and the East China Sea, resulting in [...]
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China Times: Taiwan, China need to discuss regional cooperation
During a visit to Southeast Asia early this month, Foreign minister Wang Yi of China said his country will work to turn the South China Sea into a “sea of peace, [...]
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Taiwan Dollar Forwards Gain a Third Day Before Bernanke Speech
Taiwan dollar forwards rose for a third day on speculation Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke will signal today the need to sustain stimulus policies that have spurred [...]
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Taiwan fares well in US’ religious freedom report
Religious freedom is “generally respected” in Taiwan with no major problems last year, according to an annual US Department of State report issued on Monday. [...]
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Why Taiwan Won’t Let The Philippines Off Easy
Veteran Taiwanese political scientist George Tsai cringes at the anti-Philippine hysteria that swept his homeland like a typhoon after May 9. That day Taiwan began its [...]
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Deadly spat between the Philippines and Taiwan is a big headache for the US
A contentious territorial dispute between Taiwan and the Philippines is having nasty repercussions – and the US is caught in the middle. The trouble started earlier [...]
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