Democratic Progressive Party

...argued he constituted a flight risk. Wife sentenced Many in Taiwan, including Mr Chen's supporters in the opposition Democratic Progressive Party he led, expect a guilty verdict. If convicted, Mr Chen could spend the rest of his life in...

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We handled a second typhoon much better. We learned lessons." he says. Ma has partly escaped worse repercussions because the opposition Democratic Progressive Party is still picking itself off the canvas after its former leader, Chen...

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...conference. Chen's continued detention renewed questions on whether the nation's judiciary has compromised Chen's human rights. Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) expressed regrets over Chen's continued detention.

In this article: Chen Shui-bian, Detainee, Taipei Times, and Tsai Ing-wen

...from the China-friendly Chinese Nationalist Party. Chen Shui-bian, who belonged to the Democratic Progressive Party, and his family were expected to appeal to the high court. It was not yet clear whether the district court will...

In this article: Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan, Chao Chien-ming, Wu Shu-chen, Ma Ying-jeou, and Taipei

...elected president of Taiwan. His victory in 2000 broke the Kuomintang (KMT), or Nationalist Party, grip on government in Taipei, and ushered in eight years of rule by his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Mr. Chen and the DPP had two...

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...total of NT$500m (GBP9m). Chen, the former Democratic Progressive party leader, was the first non-Nationalist to lead the self-ruled island since Chiang Kai-shek fled there at the end of the civil war in 1949. Prosecutors had charged Chen...

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Opposition Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen - who has repeatedly argued for Chen's release - said the former president offered to have himself confined at home or wear a monitoring device in exchange for his bail. Tsai...

In this article: Chen Shui-bian, Tsai Ing-wen, Taipei, Taiwan, Wu Shu-chen, and Ma Ying-jeou