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  • n  a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
  • n  an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea
News & Articles

  • Taiwan greets NYU dissident
    TAIPEI, Taiwan — Blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who has accused NYU of bowing to pressure from China by booting him from a fellowship, arrived yesterday in Taiwan, where he is to give several speeches expected to attract the attention of Beijing. Chen last year fled house arrest in China and moved...
    June 24, 2013 - New York Post
  • Taiwan, China sign pact to open service sectors
    Taiwan and China signed a wide-ranging agreement Friday to open up their service sectors, another milestone in the ever-closer trade and economic ties between the political rivals. Following two years ...
    June 22, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Taiwan Reports First Human Case of H6N1 Avian-Flu Strain
    Taiwan health authorities said a local woman was found with H6N1 avian influenza, the first ever reported infection of the viral strain in a person.
    June 21, 2013 - Bloomberg
Quotes

  • Jackie Chan in OC Weekly (blog)
    I'm really confused now,said the 55-year-old Hong Kong actor, as reported by the Huffington Post. "If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic. Taiwan is also chaotic."
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in Reuters
    Now, that doesn't mean that questions of Taiwan, Tibet, human rights, the whole range of challenges that we often engage on with the Chinese, are not part of the agenda,Clinton told reporters in Seoul before flying to Beijing.
  • President Bush in 940 News
    It falls to Taiwan and Beijing to build the essential foundations for peace and stability by pursuing dialogue through all available means and refraining from unilateral steps that would alter the cross-Strait situation,Bush said.

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