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SIBU (March 31): Federation of Alumni Association of Taiwan Universities (Alumni) Malaysia president Datuk Dr Tang Yong Chew has praised the Sarawak government for being the first in the country to recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC).
He said since then, Selangor, Melaka, Penang a
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In the last few years, the relationship between Indonesia and China has grown significantly in various fields. It has even been argued that Jakarta has become increasingly dependent on Beijing, both economically and politically.
However, what is less often reported is that the growing China-Indonesia ties have coincided with the closer relationship between Indonesia and Taiwan. Until today, relations between China and Taiwan are complex and tense: the former claims the latter to be a breakaway province which it has vowed to retake, by force if necessary, while the latter says it is clearly much more than a province, arguing that it is a sovereign state. Taiwan’s close ties with the United States also complicates the issue. This, of course, creates a dilemma for many countries that have relations of one kind or another with both China and Taiwan.