Wu Den-yih

Wu Den-yih (Chinese : 吳敦義, Pinyin: Wu Dunyi; born January 30, 1948) is a Taiwanese politician of the Kuomintang Party, and the current Premier of the Republic of China. Wu was born in Tsaotun, Nantou County, Taiwan. He earned a BA degree...

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...as rebuilding the Shuangyuan Bridge between Kaohsiung and Pingtung counties that collapsed during the typhoon. Wu said yesterday he believed China would fulfill its promise, but he also said that there was nothing he could do if China did...

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...in the way that George W. Bush's position was undermined by the US government's efforts after Hurricane Katrina. The new Premier is Wu Den-yih, 61, who was mayor of the second city, Kaohsiung, from 1990 to 1998, and was secretary-general of...

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...succumb to the 'September effect.'" Sentiment in the Taipei market was lifted after Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou appointed Wu Den-yih as his new premier and Taoyuan County Magistrate Eric Chu as the new vice premier. The two are "are...

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...blame. " He added, "Now is the time to leave. " Mr Liu, who took office last year, will lead 81 officials to resign on Thursday. Wu Den-yih secretary general of the ruling Kuomintang party and a previously mayor of Kaohsiung, will succeed...

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...to resign. Liu said that would happen Thursday. Ma named Nationalist Party Secretary General Wu Den-yih, 61, to replace Liu. Wu is a veteran lawmaker with a reputation as a skilled political maneuverer. He previously served eight...

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...not to indict him under the Election and Recall Act for Public Servants (公職人員選舉罷免法) in a case that his rival in the mayoral election, Wu Den-yih (吳敦義), had filed over the tape incident. "I passed a lie detector test during the...

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...his premiership in Hong Kong last Saturday after he was asked by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to take the position. Wu told reporters he was invited to visit Hong Kong to learn about its mudslide warning system. Hong Kong has control...

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...by entering the country. There is nothing wrong with this, so there is no need to apologize," Wu said. Wu said that as Kadeer is a ­politician, she would engage in political activity if she came to Taiwan, adding that the WUC is related to...

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...interior said Kadeer's organization is closely related to 'one or two' terrorist groups Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009, Page 3 Premier Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) yesterday denied that the government had referred to Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World...

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