It's fashionable in some quarters to suggest that the Bush administration is exasperated with Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's supposed attempts to "provoke" China.metamorphosis, and now has a new steeliness to it.
Taiwanese citizens will soon vote to elect their mayor/county magistrate, city council members, and in a referendum – and each of these uses a different voting system.
Taipei, Oct. 18 (CNA) The Shilin Prosecutors Office on Tuesday said they had no reason to suspect foul play in the death of former People First Party (PFP) Legislator Hwang Yih-jiau (黃義交).
Taipei, Oct. 17 (CNA) Former People First Party (PFP) Legislator Hwang Yih-jiau (黃義交) died Monday after falling from a building in Taipei's Neihu District. He was 69 years old.
United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) founder and former chairman Robert Tsao (曹興誠) on Friday last week pledged to donate NT$3 billion (US$100 million) to help Taiwan protect itself from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggression.
While still UMC chairman, Tsao gained a reputation for supporting unification with China and backing parties such as the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), the New Party and the People First Party, which have similar leanings.
During a TV show on Monday, host Clara Chou (周玉蔻) asked Tsao which politicians he now supported.
Tsao said he had supported the New Party when it formed, had become disappointed by People First