Ma Ying-jeou

...Lama, risking improved ties with China. President Ma Ying-jeou has agreed to a request from the opposition to invite the Dalai Lama next week, to comfort victims of deadly Typhoon Morakot. China said it was "resolutely opposed" to the...

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...for his visit. He has said he had a moral responsibility to visit the victims. He said he was not disappointed by President Ma Ying-jeou's refusal to meet him. "This is a humanitarian visit," he told reporters. "On my side, there is no...

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...Ma told reporters in central Nantou county. The Dalai Lama, whom Beijing has accused of trying to split Tibet from China, confirmed his trip after the president's announcement. The visit, scheduled for August 30 to September 4, was...

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...for a pre-Football World Cup peace conference, sparking outrage around the world. Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, who refused the Dalai Lama a visa last year for fear of souring improving ties with Beijing, said that his government had...

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...Taiwan. Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou risked angering China with his surprise announcement Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, that he has agreed to let the Dalai Lama visit the island to comfort survivors of a devastating typhoon. (AP...

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...FT.com and redistribute by email or post to the web. Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou approved a planned visit by the Dalai Lama at the end of August, a move that risks angering China at a time when cross-Strait tensions are at historic lows

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...to split the country." The authorities in Beijing said Taiwan's pro-independence opposition had ulterior motives in asking the more pro-Beijing President Ma Ying-jeou to approve the Dalai Lama's visit. "Some of the people in the...

In this article: Dalai Lama, Taiwan, China, Beijing, Typhoon Morakot, Buddhist, Democratic Progressive Party, and Chen Shui-bian