Chen Shui-bian

...domestic employment issues. Chen also antagonized Taiwan's most important ally, the United States, by promoting a referendum on United Nations membership that Washington saw as needlessly provoking China. "If the party's intention is to...

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The US financial news ­service Bloomberg quoted Shih Cheng-­chuan (施正權), a professor of international affairs at Tamkang University in Taipei, as saying: "Chen Shui-bian is a desperate man and he is trying to use any trick to get out of jail.

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Underscoring his go-slow approach, he appointed former Chen ally Lai Hsin-yuan to the key position of China affairs coordinator, saying he wanted to achieve the widest possible consensus in managing Taiwan's relationship with Beijing.

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...arranged by Gao that his family had received a call from police asking about his participation in the rally. "Basically, the police asked my mother whether I would attend the rally," said the Tamkang University freshman, surnamed Chen.

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...spokesman said. Chen's fate is likely to affect public opinion of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which backed Chen in office and faces tough local elections next year, experts say. "The longer the Chen...

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...find objectionable. In the television interview, Chen also noted that the communique made no mention of the Republic of China or the role Taiwan's 23 million residents should play in determining the island's future. "It's one step...

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...a former leader. Others expressed concern with the legitimacy of the legal process, especially on the appropriateness of putting Chen in handcuffs when he has not been formally charged of any crime, Huang said. "Personally, I don't...

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