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		<title>&#8216;Old friends&#8217; pledge seamless changing of the guard at MOE</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Post February 2, 2012 By Enru Lin Incoming Minister of Education (教育部長) Chiang Wei-ling (蔣偉寧) promised a seamless transition from the current Minister Wu Ching-ji (吳清基). “Today I requested advice from the minister and have reaped a great deal of profit,” Chiang said to local press after an hour-long briefing with Wu. “Still, I will not pretend to know anything that I don&#8217;t know, and am in the process of doing my homework,” said Chiang. Wu and Chiang embraced yesterday at the press event and exited hand in hand. Both told media that the impending transition will be like “creating a seamless join between rail sections” (無縫接軌).    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Solution to beef row to boost US relations: Ma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Post February 2, 2012 President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday said his government will adopt a “new approach” to handling a dispute over U.S. beef imports. Ma told visiting American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Chairman Raymond Burghardt that the beef row has hampered trade talks over the signing of a trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA) between the two sides.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Police enforce backseat seat belt law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Post February 2, 2012 Over 50 drivers were fined for non-buckled-up backseat passengers in Taipei just yesterday morning, the first day the new seat belt regulation came into effect, according to local police, who warned drivers all around Taiwan against the upcoming three days of thorough inspections for violators. After a half-year advocating period, regulations demanding rear seat car passengers to wear seat belts were finally implemented. Plenty of passengers had hastily buckled up upon noticing other vehicles being stopped, the police said yesterday.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan may be one remarkable democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s a model for other countries stumbling toward democracy. Global Post February 1, 2012 By Cain Nunns TAIPEI, Taiwan — Pundits often point to Turkey or Indonesia as a model for the Arab Spring&#8217;s transitional democracies. In Asia, some urge the increasingly reform-minded Burma to follow the example of Taiwan, an erstwhile dictatorship that has become a regional poster child for functioning democracy. Others aren&#8217;t so convinced.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan places US$921m order for PAC-3 missiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taipei Times Feb 02, 2012 By J. Michael Cole  /  Staff Reporter Taiwan has placed a US$921 million order for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles as part of its military program to strengthen its air defense capabilities, a contract notification said on Monday. In a press statement, Lockheed Martin Corp said the contract included missile and command launch system production and a follow-on sale of the PAC-3 Missile Segment to Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan-U.S. trade talks hinge on beef issue: economics minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focus Taiwan 2012/02/01 Taipei, Feb. 1 (CNA) Economics Minister Shih Yen-shiang said Wednesday that the U.S. beef dispute is an issue that has to be dealt with and &#8220;the sooner the better.&#8221;    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. Times Travel Show: Taiwan knows how to draw a crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times January 28, 2012, 5:52 p.m. By Alice Short Assistant managing editor/features There&#8217;s something about Taiwan &#8230; at least at the Los Angeles Times Travel Show. Every year experts on travel to the island nation put on quite a show and attract quite a crowd. The display space includes what every attendee might expect: handouts on trips that focus completely on Taiwan and literature on trips to Southeast Asia and China with a stopover in Taiwan. There are maps of Taipei that display markets and restaurants and hotels.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan investment in Subic Bay reaches US$1.84 billion in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focus Taiwan 2012/01/29 Taipei, Jan. 29 (CNA) Investment in the Philippines&#8217; Subic Bay by Taiwanese companies reached US$1.84 billion last year despite the global economic uncertainty, according to the Subic Bay Development and Management Co. (SBDMC).]]></description>
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		<title>Dragon lanterns spring into life</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Post January 30, 2012 Awakening to the arrival of the spring season, many dragon lanterns are roaring to life as people in Taiwan start celebrating the upcoming Lantern Festival of the Year of the Dragon. Residents in the Greater Taipei area and visitors from abroad will have the rare opportunity to appreciate two gigantic dragons dancing in the capital city as part of the celebrations.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Floating-Casino Bid Turned Into China’s Biggest Aircraft Carrier Purchase</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg Jan 26, 2012 By Paul Barrett The Varyag was to be a 1,000-feet- long Admiral Kuznetsov-class warship, a platform for several dozen fighter jets as well as eight or 10 helicopters. Then the former Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, and Ukraine inherited the still-unfinished vessel with a ski-jump incline at one end to help launch aircraft.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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