Chen Shui-bian

...that many problems caused by transitional justice were not properly dealt with over the past 20 years," he said. "Now former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) is paying the price. " Wu made the remarks at a forum organized by the Taiwan...

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...of corruption in recent years. Graft is considered most common in local government, but life sentences given to former president Chen Shui-bian and his wife on corruption charges in September 2009 thrust the central government back into the...

In this article: Taiwan, China, Ma Ying-jeou, Beijing, Typhoon Morakot, Nationalists, Dalai Lama, and Democratic Progressive Party

...appreciated by Tokyo and Washington", the country's most important supporters, he says. Like his jailed predecessor Chen Shui-bian, he too is shaping Taiwan's identity around China: by building a relationship, where Chen focused on the...

In this article: Taiwan, China, Taipei, Dalai Lama, Chinese Communist Party, Hu Jintao, Taiwan Strait, and Typhoon Morakot

...for treason, a crime that can carry the death penalty. The bizarre charge springs from his own bizarre claim: that, during his tenure, he was an American agent. The thinking derives from a tiny band of fringe independence activists, now...

In this article: Taiwan, San Francisco, Nationalist, Kuomintang, Supreme Court, and Republic of China

...October, in a bid to prove that he was not a flight risk. While the surprising revelation did not prompt the court to grant him bail while he prepares his appeal against his life sentence, he may now face additional charges for leaking...

In this article: Taiwan, Taipei, Wu Shu-chen, and Beijing

...China, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, has about 170 diplomatic allies. Taiwan has 23. * Ties were badly strained when Chen Shui-bian from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was Taiwan president from 2000-2008 because...

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...war and fleeing to Taiwan in 1949. * In 1998, Ma was elected Taipei mayor, unseating the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)'s Chen Shui-bian, who later served two terms as president from 2000-2008. Re-elected mayor in 2002, Ma became KMT...

In this article: Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan, Taipei, China, Beijing, Democratic Progressive Party, and Harvard University Law School

...detention improper," his lawyer Cheng Wen-lung told reporters on Friday. The High Court early on Friday refused to grant Chen bail while he prepares an appeal against his life term, citing the severity of his crimes as well as the risk that...

In this article: Taiwan, Supreme Court, Democratic Progressive Party, and Beijing

...matter, an official said. The Supreme Court had questioned the High Court's contention two weeks ago that Chen posed a flight risk while he appeals his life sentence on wide-ranging graft charges. After a four-hour hearing, court spokesman...

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Cheng said that after District Court Judge Chou Chan-chun (周占春) ruled to release Chen in December last year, Chen did not escape, showing that he has no intention of fleeing if he is released. Prosecutors argued that even though Chen...

In this article: Supreme Court, Reuters, Wu Shu-jen, and Taipei