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		<title>&#8216;Old friends&#8217; pledge seamless changing of the guard at MOE</title>
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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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		<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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		<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>MOEA trying to resolve US beef row: officials</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Post February 1, 2012 The China Post news staff and CNA&#8211;Mindful of the importance of the “beef issue” to Uncle Sam, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is trying aggressively to resolve the dispute between Taipei and Washington over U.S. beef exports to Taiwan by seeking a realignment of the positions of the Ministry, the Department of Health (DOH), and the Council of Agriculture (COA), MOEA officials said yesterday. The Ministry also will work harder to persuade consumers, related industries, and the Legislature, they said.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese dissident, Taiwan media tycoon spar over &#8217;1989 massacre&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Post February 2, 2012 TAIPEI&#8211;An exiled student leader of the 1989 pro-democracy protest in Tiananmen Square in Beijing said Wednesday he wants to meet with a wealthy Taiwanese entrepreneur to settle a dispute over whether the Tiananmen Incident in 1989 was a massacre. Wang Dan (王丹), who now lives in Taiwan, said on his Facebook page that he hoped to challenge the views of Tsai Eng-meng (蔡衍明), chairman of the Want Want Group — which owns many major media outlets, including the China Times, a Taipei-based daily newspaper.    [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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		<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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		<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>Commentary: Taiwan should get OK to buy F-16s</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fort Worth Star-Telegram J.R. Labbe Vice President Joe Biden is in Fort Worth today for two private fundraising events for President Barack Obama&#8217;s re-election campaign. Given that Tarrant County ranks second only to Orange County, Calif., for its deep-red Republican hue, there probably wasn&#8217;t a need to book the convention center. That&#8217;s not to say this slice of Texas is devoid of elected Democrats. State Sen. Wendy Davis and state Reps. Marc Veasey and Lon Burnam have all garnered a headline now and then for their work in Austin. Of course, Veasey hopes to have an opportunity to see the vice president more often if the congressional redistricting maps align in his direction. Veasey has filed to run for the new U.S. House District 33 seat. But future Biden sightings in the Capitol also depend on the November presidential election. Veasey may make it to D.C. about the same time Obama and Biden move out. One way the vice president might be able to put a few more votes in his win column is to announce that the administration has approved the sale of new F-16s to our nation&#8217;s longtime ally Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou promises AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt new approach to US beef imports</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taiwan News 2012-02-01 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – President Ma Ying-jeou told visiting American Institute in Taiwan Chairman Raymond F. Burghardt Wednesday that the new Cabinet would take a new approach to the problem of beef imports from the United States. The US wants Taipei to lift its ban on beef containing ractopamine, a leanness-enhancing drug banned in Taiwan but found in some meat shipments from the US.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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