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Taiwan elects first female president and rejects pro-China party

January 30, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen and Ralph Jennings Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan elected Tsai Ing-wen as its first female president Jan. 16, handing her pro-independence party its first majority in the national legislature and rejecting the China-friendly party that has led the self-governing island for eight years. The result should be deeply unsettling to […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese Cabinet, Democratic Progressive Party, East China Sea, Hsieh Lee-fung, John Kirby, Making Tsai, Nationalists Chu, Outgoing President Ma Ying-jeou, South China Sea, State Department, TAIPEI, Taiwan Affairs Office, Taiwan Strait, Tsai Ing-wen, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, Willie Yao

Analysis: Historic meeting symbolic for Taiwan-China relations

November 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Many thought it might never happen: The presidents of China and Taiwan — inheritors to the Communist and Nationalist regimes that fought a civil war and remained bitter rivals for decades — coming together as equals for talks. While it isn’t yet clear what the impact will […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Nathan, Asia Society, Associated Press, China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Chinese, Columbia University China, DPP, Democratic Progressive Party, Ma Ying-jeou, Singapore, Taiwan Strait, Tsai Ing-wen, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, Xi Jinping, attention

Taiwan, Chinese presidents to meet for first time since 1949

November 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen and Ralph Jennings BEIJING (AP) — The presidents of China and Taiwan will meet this weekend for the first time since civil war divided their lands 66 years ago, their governments said Wednesday, a highly symbolic move that reflects quickly improving relations between the formerly bitter Cold War foes. The meeting Saturday […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Although Beijing, Charles Chen, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, DPP, Eric Chu, Josh Earnest, Ma Ying-jeou, Nationalist Party, Nationalist Presidential, President Ma, Sean King, Singapore, Taiwan Affairs Office, Taiwan Strait, Vol 34 No 46 | November 7 - November 13, Willy Lam, Zhang Zhijun

China says new air routes needed to ease its flight delays

January 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — New commercial flight routes off China’s southeast coast are intended to ease chronic flight delays, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday, without commenting on Taiwan’s concerns they could affect flight safety in its airspace.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Beijing, Central News Agency, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hong Lei, Pearl River Delta, Taiwan Strait, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30

Flag-raising by Taiwan in Washington riles China

January 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Monday it was not given advance notice about a New Year’s flag-raising ceremony at the residence of Taiwan’s representative to Washington that has angered China.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, Jen Psaki, New Year, Obama, Shen Lyu-shun, State Department, Taiwan Strait, Twin Oaks, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16

Taiwan plane survivor crawls out, phones dad

August 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Johnson Lai and Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press XIXI, Taiwan (AP) The 10 survivors of Taiwan’s worst air disaster in more than a decade include a

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Beijing, China Airlines, Christopher Bodeen, Hung Chang-ming, Hung Yu-ting, Shu Chi-tse, Shu Chong-tai, Taiwan Strait, Vol 33 No 32 | August 2 - August 8, XIXI

Asia’s major military powers double defense spending

October 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Asia’s top powers have doubled defense spending in the past decade, spurred by the explosion in military expenditure by China, new research shows.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Asia Pacific, China, Cold War, David Berteau, India, International Studies, Obama, South Korea, Southeast Asian, Taiwan Strait, United States, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, WASHINGTON, attention, japan

Charges of United States bias as Taiwan election nears

January 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peter Enav The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Washington has been lavishing attention on Taiwan, stepping up official visits and saying it will likely allow visa-free travel to the United States. The moves are raising suspicions that America is trying to influence a tight presidential election here in January.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, American Institute, Beijing, China, East Asia, Edward Chen, Financial Times, International Development, James Soong, June Teufel Dreyer, Sheila Paskman, TAIPEI, Taiwan Strait, Tamkang University, Though Ma, Though Tsai, United States, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13

Taiwan, China launch direct shipping, air links

December 20, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KEELUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese jetliners and cargo ships left Monday, Dec. 15 for China to open a new era of direct air and shipping services with the mainland

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, Beijing, Chen Shui-bian, Chen Yunlin, Chiang Pin-kung, China Eastern Airlines, China Ocean Shipping Group Company, Chinese, Hong Kong, KEELUNG, Straits Exchange Foundation, Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwanese Trans Asia Airways, Vol 27 No 52 | December 20 - December 26, Xu Lirong

All about the money — Economy, not rights, rules the new China–US world

November 30, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — As a dangerous confrontation flared between China and Taiwan in 1996, Bill Clinton deployed the Seventh Fleet to deter the two rivals from going to war. Five years later, when a U.S. spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter, George W. Bush faced a prolonged international crisis. Meanwhile, human rights and democracy in China were a perennial hot-button issue.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Barack Obama, Beijing Olympics, Bill Clinton, Cheng Xiaohe, China, Chinese, Iran, Jin Canrong, New York, North Korea, President George Bush, Renmin University, Seventh Fleet, Taiwan Strait, Wei Jingsheng, vol 27 no 49 | November 29 - December 5

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