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Taiwan's APEC envoy was always a PRC pickYesterday and today, heads of state and government of 23 APEC members, including US President Barack Obama, Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, are attending the annual summit in Singapore. In this article: APEC, Lien Chan, Taiwan, Beijing, Hu Jintao, China, Bill Clinton, Lee Teng-hui, and Chen Shui-bian |
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Reuters | October 07, 2009
U.S. court rejects Taiwan ex-president's release
The former president last month petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, seeking an order for his release from a life sentence in prison on the basis that the United States still controlled the island off mainland China.
In this article: Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian, Thomson Reuters, All rights reserved, Small business, NYSE, Nasdaq, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and U.S. appeals court
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Charlotte Observer | September 23, 2009
Jailed former Taiwanese president petitions US
...23, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. Lin said Chen is suing the United States because he believes Taiwan should be under U.S. control and demands Washington to release him from his detention on corruption charges. Wednesday's statement comes after...
In this article: Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan, Taipei, Washington, and World War II
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Centre Daily Times | September 11, 2009
Taiwan court convicts Chen, imposes life sentence
...procedures. Complicating matters was China's hostility, based on Chen's pro-independence views - it called him "the scum of the nation" - and his tense relations with the United States, Taiwan's most important foreign partner. Washington...
In this article: Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan, Wu Shu-chen, Nationalist, Beijing, Taipei, China, and Recognizance
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Guardian Unlimited | September 11, 2009
Taiwan jails former president for corruption
...him problems. Chen angered Beijing with pro-independence views and also alienated Taiwan's most important ally, the US, which feared that his stance was increasing the risks of a war and damaging US-China relations. An appeal is...
In this article: Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan, Nationalist, Beijing, Wu Shu-chen, Ma Ying-jeou, Taipei, and Democratic Progressive
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Taipei Times | November 05, 2009
NSC blames beef panic on poor communication
...that Chen would loosen the restrictions. Chen told US officials that as a new president had been elected, his government was a "caretaker" and should not make major decisions, the statement said. The decision to relax the beef policy was...
In this article: US, Taiwan, Washington, Chen Shui-bian, Cattle, and WTO
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USATODAY.com | September 23, 2009
Jailed former president petitions U.S.
...release. On Monday, he filed a petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C., claiming that the U.S. still controls Taiwan because former colonial power Japan never officially transferred the island to...
In this article: Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian, World War II, Taipei, Japan, China, Beijing, and Washington
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US Supreme Court rejects Taiwan case
...and allowed a prior ruling to stand. That ruling came in April when the US Court of Appeals sided with the US government on Lin's case and reaffirmed that US courts do not deal with political matters. Legal analysts said in Washington on...
In this article: Taiwan, US, Chen Shui-bian, US Supreme Court, Washington, US Court Of Appeals, Purgatory, World War II, and Taipei Times
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washingtonpost.com | September 24, 2009
In the Loop: Moammar Gaddafi, Dapper and Chatty at the U.N.
...how this works, according to an account this week in the South China Morning News: Taiwan became Japanese property in 1895 and the United States took over after the Japanese surrender in 1945 and a later peace treaty recognizes that authority,...
In this article: CIA, Chen Shui-bian, Barack Obama, United Nations, Moammar Gaddafi, Pentagon, Justice Department, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Office of Legal Counsel, and Taiwan
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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km) and with about 308 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US $14.4 trillion (a quarter of nominal global GDP and a fifth of global GDP at purchasing power parity).
- Name:
- the United States
- Conventional Long Name:
- United States of America
- Capital:
- Washington, D.C.
- Language:
- None at federal level
- English (de facto)
- Motto:
- In God We Trust
- Largest City:
- New York City
- Government type:
- Federal constitutional republic
- Founding Date:
- September 03, 1783
- Formations:
- Recognized
- Area:
- 3794101
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 17th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $47,440
- Currency:
- United States dollar ($)
- Demonym:
- American
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- USD
- Country Calling Code:
- +1
- ccTLD:
- .us .gov .mil .edu
- Anthem:
- "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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