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About Taiwan
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Taiwan (Traditional Chinese: 臺灣 or 台灣; Simplified Chinese: 台湾; Hanyu Pinyin: Táiwān; Wade-Giles: T'ai-wan; Taiwanese: Tâi-oân) is an island in East Asia. Full Article
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Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan, returns the ball to Viktoriya Kutuzova of Ukraine during a qualifying match of the Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships in Seoul, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009.
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Taiwan-based Malaysian-Chinese director Tsai Ming-liang, speaks during a promotion for his new art film, "Visage," Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. "Visage," is a movie about a fictional Taiwanese director making a film in Paris against the backdrop of The Louvre art museum.
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Trains of Taiwan's high-speed rail company rest at the platform at Zuoying station, south of Kaohsiung city, on September 22, 2009.
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Trains of Taiwan's high-speed rail company rest at the platform at Zuoying station, south of Kaohsiung city, on September 22, 2009.
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Local Taiwanese residents queue for tickets outside the Kaohsiung Film Archive in southern Taiwan on September 22, 2009, to see a film about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer.
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Pro-Taiwan independent activists display the banners and placards read ' saveguard the value of humanrights, no Chinese hegemony ' during a demonstration outside the Kaohsiung Film Archive in southern Taiwan on September 22, 2009.
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Local Taiwanese residents queue for tickets outside the Kaohsiung Film Archive in southern Taiwan on September 22, 2009, to see a film about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer.
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Local Taiwanese residents watch a film about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer (screen) at the Kaohsiung Film Archive in southern Taiwan on September 22, 2009.
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Local Taiwanese residents watch a film about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer (screen) at the Kaohsiung Film Archive in southern Taiwan on September 22, 2009.
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Local Taiwanese residents watch a film about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer (on screen) at the Kaohsiung Film Archive in southern Taiwan on September 22, 2009.
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Local Taiwanese residents queue for tickets outside the Kaohsiung Film Archive in southern Taiwan on September 22, 2009, to see a film about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer.
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Local Taiwanese residents queue for tickets outside the Kaohsiung Film Archive in southern Taiwan on September 22, 2009, to see a film about exiled Uighur Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer.
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Workers get ready as they prepare to clean the Taiwan High-Speed Railway train in Taipei September 22, 2009.
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A Taiwan High-Speed Railway train prepares to leave in Taipei September 22, 2009. The chairwoman of Taiwan's bullet train operator has indicated she wants to resign, the island's Premier Wu Den-yih said on Sunday, as the High-Speed Railway Co. struggles to stay afloat amid mounting losses.
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A group of anti-gambling activists protest outside Taiwan's cabinet building in Taipei on September 21, 2009, in a demonstration against the government's lifting of decades-old ban on casinos which they claim may turn Taiwan into the republic of casinos.
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A group of anti-gambling activists protest outside Taiwan's cabinet building in Taipei on September 21, 2009, in a demonstration against the government's lifting of decades-old ban on casinos which they claim may turn Taiwan into the republic of casinos.
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Buddhist nuns protest outside Taiwan's cabinet building in Taipei on September 21, 2009, in a demonstration against the government's lifting of decades-old ban on casinos which they claim may turn Taiwan into the republic of casinos.
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A Taiwanese protester against President Ma Ying-jeou holds Ma's photo and slogan reading "Wooing China" during a rally again Ma government, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan.
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A Taiwanese protester against President Ma Ying-jeou holds bloody dolls and wears a slogan which reads "Retardate Government" during a rally again Ma government, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan.
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A Taiwanese protester against President Ma Ying-jeou shouts and holds slogan which reads "Taiwan Indenpence" during a rally again Ma government, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Taiwanese protesters hold up banners and wear t-shirts that read 'Republic of Taiwan' and a placard shaped like a hand that carries an expletive followed by the name 'Ma' in Chinese characters during a demonstration against President Ma Ying-jeou in Taipei on September 19, 2009.
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Taiwanese protesters hold up banners and wear t-shirts that read 'Republic of Taiwan' and a placard shaped like a hand that carries an expletive followed by the name 'Ma' in Chinese characters during a demonstration against President Ma Ying-jeou in Taipei on September 19, 2009.
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Detroit Tigers' relief pitcher Fu-Te Ni, of Taiwan, delivers against the Minnesota Twins during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 in Minneapolis. The Twins won 3-0.
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Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers display the placards in front of Premier Wu Den-yih (L) at the Parliament in Taipei on September 18, 2009, alleging that newly appointed Premier Wu Den-yih lied about a recent trip to Hong Kong and demanding he apolog...
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Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers display the placards in front of Premier Wu Den-yih (3-L lower row) at the Parliament in Taipei on September 18, 2009, alleging that newly appointed Premier Wu Den-yih lied about a recent trip to Hong Kong and demandi...
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Taiwan-based Malaysian-Chinese director Tsai Ming-liang, speaks during a promotion for his new art film, "Visage," Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. "Visage," is a movie about a fictional Taiwanese director making a film in Paris against the backdrop of The Louvre art museum.
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In terms of big-ticket corruption there’s no way that someplace like Taiwan is that order of magnitude less corrupt than someplace like Thailand
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The United States has never taken a position on the political status of Taiwan
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Information provided by relevant U. S. authorities to Taiwan's offices in the United States prior to and after Obama's visit has been the most extensive ever
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I told Burghardt that as any statement from the U.S. president concerning Taiwan's sovereignty tends to have a great impact, we hope Obama will exercise prudence in dealing with the issue and will leave no room for speculation
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Rod Owens came from behind him and would've gotten him two yards later ... Jermaine Thomas was even behind him coming. Taiwan (Easterling) was coming. Beau Reliford circled around he got bowed out and was still a yard and a half behind him. And every lineman was chasing the play.
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our beloved Fokker-100. Now that they have all returned home to Europe I salute their record in what has truly been a magnificent era for aviation in Taiwan.
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This Mission is a direct result of (Gov. Felix Camacho's) efforts to promote Guam as an investment destination to Taiwan investors
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It's all linked, improving relations with China, and then China helps Taiwan improve its economy, which will help Ma Ying-jeou get re-elected
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The two vessels from southern Taiwan's Pingtung County were seized by the Myanmar navy last week, probably for intruding into that country's Exclusive Economic Zone without proper certification
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While the focus of our Thomas Bryson Home stores is very much on the domestic market of China in the short to medium term, it is hoped that the expansion of the brand within China will allow the stores to migrate into other countries and areas in the Asia Pacific region over time, including Taiwan, Hong...
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the issues between Beijing and Taiwan must be resolved peacefully and with the assent of the people of Taiwan
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Taiwan is a part of China
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Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China
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We can only begin talks on a peace agreement when the two sides accumulate more mutual trust and mutual benefits, and when there is a strong consensus in Taiwan and more concrete goodwill by China. It is not the time to rush into any peace talks now
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If you look at the development of India, which was very dominant in software, and compare that with the likes of Taiwan, which was clearly very dominant in the hardware side, it's the likes of Taiwan that have suffered more in this downturn
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The quarter's strong result was driven solely by a rise in consumer demand on the mainland ... Consumers in Hong Kong and Taiwan were deterred by the soaring gold prices in September, with Taiwan's weaker economic scenario further discouraging domestic demand.
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The Nan Shan deal matters to a great number of insurance policy holders in Taiwan. The resale agreement with Chinatrust Financial has raised concerns over the interest of the Nan Shan customers
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continue Nan Shan's commitment to its policy holders, agents, and employees, as well as to the people of Taiwan.
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Their families originally hoped that the signing of a cross strait judicial aid accord would have allowed their loved ones to be extradited back to Taiwan... When I traveled to Beijing to explore why the imprisoned Penghu folks have not yet been repatriated, Chinese officials in charge of Taiwan affairs...
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Component manufacturers in Taiwan and China told the publication that Apple will launch a pair of tablets in the latter half of 2010, one sporting a 10.6-in. TFT-based display, the second a smaller OLED screen.
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There are very few films (in Taiwan) about presidents but I think Chen Shui-bian is definitely qualified as he is well known internationally
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We had a visual-effects team from the United States, a special effects team from Korea, big parts of the crew from Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and China itself. We had to perform the way the allies have to work together in the actual battle -- like a team
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Recent measures from Brazil and Taiwan curbing capital inflows send a clear signal: emerging market policymakers are far away from accepting a sustained reallocation of portfolio capital from the west, and its liquidity and currency implications
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One thing is positive that the obstacles that Taiwan faces in its efforts to sign FTAs with other countries will be lessened once it signs the ECFA with China
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This is the reason why we seek to sign an ECFA, a cross-Taiwan Strait version of a free trade agreement, with China
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