DELAYING TACTIC? China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said it was certain Taipei understands more about the new routes, but did not mention postponing implem
CHINA THREAT: Dozens of protesters mobilized by the TSU tried to enter the venue to stop the meeting, but were outnumbered by police and dragged away
AIRING PROBLEMS: Despite calls for Wang Yu-chi to avoid a scheduled appointment, he said that he believed in meeting to discuss issues face-to-face
BUSINESS AS USUAL: The ministry said it would keep its approach to US ties low-key, after an ROC flag flown at a Washington estate owned by Taiwan spa
FLAG FLAP: Following China’s ‘furious’ response, the State Department said no US government personnel attended the ceremony, and that relations remain
‘EMPTY WORDS’: Skeptics said reconciliation would be hard if Ma could not even mend relations with Wang Jin-pyng and grant Chen Shui-bian medical paro
By Wu Chun-feng / Staff reporterDuring his tour of Taiwan, China’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Chairman Chen Deming (陳
‘ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS’: DPP legislators excoriated Chinese President Xi Jinping for his stance on cross-strait ‘unification’ and solving the ‘Taiw
DHARMA BUMMED: Local legislators condemned China’s repression of religious freedom alongside a woman who said she escaped detention by Chinese officia
FAMILIAR FACES: The people behind the initiative for an ‘international legal persona of the ROC and the PRC’ include former officials, and KMT and DPP
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