Ma Ying-jeou

CORRECTED - McCain tilts towards Taiwan, Obama may favor China

By Ralph Jennings TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain would seek to defend Taiwan and play hard ball with China if he comes to office, but Democratic front-runner Barack Obama would further...

McCain tilts towards Taiwan, Obama may favour China

By Ralph Jennings TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain would seek to defend Taiwan and play hard ball with China if he comes to office, but Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama would further...

CORRECTED - McCain tilts towards Taiwan, Obama may favour China

By Ralph Jennings U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain speaks at a campaign rally in Defiance, Ohio October 30, 2008. McCain would seek to defend Taiwan and play hard ball with China if he comes to office,...

Presidential Campaigns Reach Out to Asian Americans

By Peggy B. Hu Representatives from the campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama fielded questions from Asian Americans during a two-hour town hall meeting in Annandale, Virginia, October 28. Charles Lu, Obama's chief of staff...

McCain Tilts Towards Taiwan, Obama May Favor China

Republican presidential candidate John McCain would seek to defend Taiwan and play hard ball with China if he comes to office, but Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama would further sideline Taipei as he courts Beijing.

Presidential Campaigns Reach Out to Asian Americans

Representatives from both major presidential campaigns field questions from Asian Americans during a town hall meeting in Annandale, Virginia. The gathering provides an opportunity to ask questions that have not been addressed...

Taiwanese president to meet Chinese envoy

Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou said he will meet with a top Chinese envoy next week in his official capacity as the island's president, in an attempt to allay fears that such high-level contacts will compromise Taiwan's...

Mao Zedong toys go on sale in Taiwan stores

TAIPEI (Reuters LIfe!) - Mao Zedong, the man who routed China's Nationalists in a civil war and sent them fleeing to Taiwan in 1949, has just surfaced behind convenience store counters on the same island.

Mao Zedong toys go on sale in Taiwan stores (Reuters)

TAIPEI (Reuters LIfe!) – Mao Zedong, the man who routed China's Nationalists in a civil war and sent them fleeing to Taiwan in 1949, has just surfaced behind convenience store counters on the same island. Taiwan 7-Eleven stores...

Taiwan leader names former deputy president as APEC envoy (AFP)

AFP/POOL/File – Lien Chan, vice president in the Kuomintang government from 1996-2000, seen here in April 2008, will … TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday named a former deputy leader as the most senior...