Taiwan new leader takes office on China pledges
reuters.co.uk     20-May-2008            

By Ralph Jennings TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's new president took office on Tuesday with pledges to forge historic trade and transit ties with China, which claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory. Ma Ying-jeou, 57, the Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate and a former Taipei mayor,... [read full story]                    


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independent.co.uk     39 mins ago   47 related          

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newstatesman.co.uk     28-Aug-2008          

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