eTaiwan News 2010-11-30 By DEBBY WU Associated Press Taiwan’s main opposition leader said Tuesday she will establish a think tank to help create “a peaceful and stable framework for interacting with China.” The statement by Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party comes just days after her party out-polled the ruling Nationalists in closely...
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Asia Pacific News November 2010 By Victoria Jen TAIPEI : The dust has barely settled on Taiwan’s mayoral race, and the island is already debating over the presidential election in 2012. At the core of the debate is Taiwan’s relations with the mainland. While Taiwanese want the economic benefits of better ties, they are...
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The Washington Post The Associated Press November 30, 2010 TAIPEI, Taiwan — A senior U.S. diplomat dealing with Taiwan said Tuesday that America has an “intimate” defense relationship with the democratic island – a comment likely to anger China, which claims Taiwan as its own. Defense links between the U.S. and Taiwan constitute “an...
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Focus Taiwan 2010/11/28 Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) The results of Taiwan’s municipal elections showed that the ruling party’s reforms have borne fruit, President Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday. Mayoral candidates of the Kuomintang (KMT) fended off their challengers in Taipei, Xinbei(currently Taipei County) and greater Taichung, while the opposition Democratic Progressive Party retained its stronghold...
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The China Post November 28, 2010 – Results in the five municipality elections, especially in the northern cities, have shown the limitations of pollster predictions in modern politics where, quoting former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson, “a week is a long time.” Taiwan’s regulations forbidding the release of polls within 10 days before an...
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