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US lawmakers press on Taiwan arms sales (AFP)...2008 unveiled a 6.5-billion-dollar arms package for Taiwan, which included Patriot missile defenses and Apache attack helicopters but not F-16s. Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, despite a conciliatory stance toward Beijing, has... In this article: Taiwan, United States, Beijing, China, Dalai Lama, Agence France Presse, Barack Obama, and Washington |
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Taipei Times | 1 day ago
SEF-ARATS talks subvert Taiwanese sovereignty
The resumption of talks between the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) has been flaunted by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) as one of his major political achievements. With...
In this article: Taiwan, Chen Yunlin, Democracy, Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, Wang Daohan, Ma Ying-jeou, Rebiya Kadeer, and Chiang Pin-kung
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MarketWatch | November 11, 2009
Taiwan 's Kaohsiung makes trouble with China
...of mainland China will be met with economic retaliation. Since the inauguration of President Ma Ying-Jeou last year, the relationship between Taiwan and China has warmed. The two countries began unofficial negotiations last year, and...
In this article: Taiwan, Kaohsiung, China, Beijing, Dalai Lama, Rebiya Kadeer, Ma Ying-jeou, Typhoon Morakot, and Separatism
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washingtonpost.com | November 08, 2009
China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding
...20 live in zoos outside China. China initially offered the pandas to Taiwan in 2005, but the then pro-independence government of Chen Shui-bian rejected the gift as propaganda to push for unification. After Ma Ying-jeou of the rival...
In this article: Taiwan, China, Ma Ying-jeou, Taipei Zoo, Sichuan province, Giant Panda, and Chen Shui-bian
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China, Taiwan sign landmark financial deals
The MOUs are part of a broader rapprochement under Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou as China solidifies its position as a global economic power -- despite some concerns about the potential effect on Taiwan's de facto political independence.
In this article: Taiwan, China, Beijing, Barack Obama, San Francisco, Antagonism, Dow Jones, and Ma Ying-jeou
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 09, 2009
Pandas separated to encourage procreation
...was the offer accepted. China and Taiwan are expected to discuss a trade agreement at the forthcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Singapore next week, as a prelude to a partial Free Trade Agreement. Sponsored Features
In this article: China, Taiwan, Taipei, Giant Panda, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Ma Ying-jeou, and Chen Shui-bian
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The People's Republic of China (PRC) ( listen), commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.29 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population. It is a socialist republic ruled by the Communist Party of China under a single-party system and has jurisdiction over twenty-two provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two largely self-governing Special Administrative Regions. China's capital is Beijing.
At 9.6-million square kilometres, the People's Republic of China is the world's third or fourth largest country by area. Its landscape is diverse with forest steppes and deserts (the Gobi and Taklamakan) in the dry north near Mongolia and Russia's Siberia, and subtropical forests in the wet south close to Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. The terrain in the west is rugged and high altitude, with the Himalayas and the Tian Shan mountain ranges forming China's natural borders with India and Central Asia. In contrast, China's eastern seaboard is low-lying and has a 14,500-kilometre long coastline bounded on the southeast by the South China Sea and on the east by the East China Sea beyond which lies Korea and Japan.
- Name:
- the People's Republic of China
- Conventional Long Name:
- People's Republic of China
- Capital:
- Beijing
- Language:
- Simplified Chinese (written);
- Simplified Chinese (written)
- Largest City:
- Shanghai
- Government type:
- Socialist state
- Legislature:
- National People's Congress
- Founding Date:
- October 01, 1949
- Formations:
- People's Republic of China proclaimed.
- Area:
- 9,640,821
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $7.89 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 2nd
- GDP (nominal):
- $4.222 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 105th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 3rd
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $3,180
- Time Zone:
- China Standard Time
- Currency:
- Yuan
- Demonym:
- Chinese
- Drives On:
- right, except for Hong Kong & Macau
- Currency (code):
- CNY
- Country Calling Code:
- +86
- ccTLD:
- .cn
- Anthem:
- "March of the Volunteers"
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