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Ma Ying-jeou

Taiwan's new leader eyes weekend direct flights to China

TAIPEI (XFN-ASIA) - Taiwan's incoming president Ma Ying-jeou aims to launch weekend cross-strait charter flights starting July 4, maintaining his promise ... ... TAIPEI (XFN-ASIA) - Taiwan's incoming president Ma Ying-jeou aims to launch weekend cross-strait charter...

Taiwan's president-elect boards same plane as prisoner

Taipei - A handcuffed felon on the same flight as President-elect Ma Ying-jeou has security authorities in trouble over their poor communication and coordination with police, Taiwanese media and officials said Thursday. Ma, who won a landslide victor...

Hopes rise for Taiwan-China dialogue

Two weeks after Ma Ying-jeou won Taiwan's presidential election, signs are emerging that Taiwan and China are edging towards resuming a dialogue ... Only two weeks after Ma Ying-jeou won Taiwan’s presidential election in a landslide, the first signs are emerging that...

TAIWAN: San Lih TV chairman Lin leaves news desk

Pro-DPP CEO steps down after TV programs attacking Ma Ying-jeou fail to generate DPP victory in presidential elections ... The China Post Tuesday, April 1, 2008 TAIPEI, Taiwan --- San Lih Entertainment TV board chairman Lin Kun-hai is leaving the news desk after his...

Taiwan's prospective first lady sets example of independence

The question is whether Chow Mei-ching should stay at the bank where she has worked for more than 20 years or sacrifice her career and take up duties as first lady. ... : Last Monday, the first work day after Taiwanese voters overwhelmingly elected Ma Ying-jeou as the...

ETF Update: Brokerages Embrace ETFs, March Performance, Taiwan Trouble, Bear Stearns' Active...

posted on: April 02, 2008 | about stocks: Brokerage Firms Embrace ETFs Brokerage firms are putting their arms around ETFs in a big way, even going so far as to build entire portfolios out of them. Model ETF portfolios are likely to face competition from no-load life-cycle...

Taiwan stocks rise on Wall St, president-elect's plan

Taiwan stocks rose 1.46 per cent on Wednesday after a rally on Wall Street, with domestic shares rising after president elect Ma Ying-jeou said he wants to pass a revised 2008 budget with more economic stimulus spending. ... The major Wall Street indexes jumped more than...

Taiwan's Ma aims to be peacemaker, not troublemaker

TAIPEI (Reuters) - President-elect Ma Ying-jeou said on Tuesday he hopes to transform Taiwan from "troublemaker" to "peacemaker" internationally, outlining a series of policy steps to stimulate trade and investment with political rival China. ... Taiwan's President-elect...

Taiwan leaves cross-party links open

Taiwanese President-elect Ma Ying-jeou said the private Straits Exchange Foundation would handle Taiwanese business but left party roles open. ... Ma noted that the channels of communication between the Taiwanese Chinese Nationalist Party, or KMT, and the Communist Party...

Taiwan sprays Downer over 'chequebook diplomacy' claims

Taiwan has hit back at claims from former foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer that it uses chequebook diplomacy in the Pacific. ... The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs was responding to allegations made by Mr Downer on Radio Australia's Pacific Beat program....