Taiwan

...entangled in nets on an oyster farm - was not consistent with suicide. The disputed election plunged Taiwan into months of turmoil and street protests against Mr Chen. He left office last year and is appealing against a life sentence on...

In this article: Chen Shui-bian and Suicide

...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: China, Ma Ying-jeou, Taipei Zoo, Sichuan province, Giant Panda, and Chen Shui-bian

...and zoos, and about 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. Only after Ma Ying-jeou of the rival Nationalist Party...

In this article: China, Taipei, Giant Panda, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Ma Ying-jeou, and Chen Shui-bian

...and precedents, refused to admit him. Thereafter, Taiwan sent people like Academia Sinica president Lee Yuan-tseh (李遠哲) and Morris Chang (張忠謀), chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. When Ma came to office in May last year,...

In this article: APEC, Lien Chan, Beijing, Hu Jintao, China, Bill Clinton, Lee Teng-hui, and Chen Shui-bian

...the risks." Ma's dA©tente with mainland China marks a turnaround from the policies of his predecessor, Chen Shui-bian, whose Democratic Progressive Party had sought to ease Taiwan toward a more formal independence. Ma's Nationalist...

In this article: China, Beijing, Taipei, Chen Shui-bian, United Nations, Dalai Lama, and Democratic Progressive Party