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NEWS ABOUT: Ma Ying-jeou

Ma Ying-jeou stories: 10 news summaries

 Dalai Lama to Visit Taiwan 


Aug 26, 09 9:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Taiwan has agreed to let the Dalai Lama visit the island to comfort survivors of a devastating typhoon, a decision that could anger China. Beijing considers the Buddhist spiritual leader a "splittist" for promoting autonomy in the Chinese region of Tibet. Allowing him to visit Taiwan could undermine the... More »

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China • Taiwan • Dalai Lama • mudslide • Ma Ying-jeou • Typhoon Morakot

(Newser) - Flooding and mudslides caused by Typhoon Morakot killed over 500 people in Taiwan, President Ma Ying-jeou said today in the country's first firm estimate of casualty figures. Some 400 people are believed to have been buried alive in a single village, the BBC reports. The military has now reopened a... More »

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Taiwan • typhoon • disaster • Ma Ying-jeou • Typhoon Morakot

Taiwan Rebuffs China's Call for Peace Talks

Despite advances, self-governing island still suspects Beijing

Mar 6, 09 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The president of Taiwan dismissed any possible peace talks with China in the near future, saying that tension remains too high to discuss political or military issues. The comment came after Wen Jiabao, the Chinese prime minister, called for new cross-Strait discussions at his annual address to the Beijing legislature.... More »

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China • Taiwan • Wen Jiabao • Ma Ying-jeou • cross-Strait relations

Historic Talks Bring China, Taiwan Closer Than Ever

First high-level talks since 1949 yield trade agreements amid opposition protests

Nov 4, 08 8:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The first high-level talks between China and Taiwan in 60 years have set aside politics in favor of building trade ties, Reuters reports. Negotiations in Taipei sidestepped the sovereignty question and yielded 13 agreements to triple the number of cross-strait flights, allow direct cargo shipments, improve food safety, and normalize... More »

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China • diplomacy • Taiwan • Taipei • Ma Ying-jeou

 Historic China-Taiwan
 Flights Take Off 

Tourists visit old nationalist stronghold

Jul 4, 08 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Commercial flights between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan resumed today for the first time in 60 years, with simultaneous flights landing at  the Taipei and Shanghai airports, the BBC reports. China Southern Airline's chairman described the first flight to land in Taipei as "a sacred moment." The agreement... More »

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China • tourism • Taiwan • Taipei • Guangzhou • Ma Ying-jeou • China Southern Airlines • Liu Shaoyong • Liu Chao-shiuan

New Taiwan President Makes China Overtures

Ma Ying-jeou seeks closer link between Beijing, Taipei

Jun 19, 08 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Since his election as Taiwan's president last March, Ma Ying-jeou has already begun negotiations with Beijing and moved to bring mainland Chinese tourists to the island. In an English-language interview with the New York Times, Ma sets out an ambitious plan for new cross-strait relations: direct links via air and... More »

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China • Taiwan • economic reform • Ma Ying-jeou • cross-Strait relations

China,Taiwan Agree on Cross-Strait Flights

First talks in almost ten years reflect rapidly warming relations

Jun 13, 08 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first talks between China and Taiwan in almost a decade have yielded a historic travel agreement, reports Reuters. Regular flights between the two will begin next month for the first time since the Communists won China's civil war in 1949. Relations between the rivals—still officially at war—have... More »

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China • diplomacy • Taiwan • Ma Ying-jeou

 China Rips Dalai Lama for 
  Olympic 'Sabotage' 

Leader plotting to hold games 'hostage,' says Beijing

Mar 23, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beijing is charging that the Dalai Lama incited recent protests in Tibet as part of a "terror" plot to ruin the Olympic games, Reuters reports. "The Dalai Lama is scheming to take the Beijing Olympics hostage to force the Chinese government to make concessions to Tibet independence,"... More »

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China • Taiwan • 2008 Beijing Olympics • protests • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetans in exile • political demonstrations • Ma Ying-jeou

 Pro-China Party Wins in Taiwan 

President-elect Ma favors reunification with (a democratic) China

Mar 22, 08 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taiwan’s China-friendly opposition party handily beat the island’s ruling party in today’s presidential election, signaling smoother relations between the feuding governments, Reuters reports. President-elect Ma Ying-jeou, who won the vote over the Democratic Progressive Party 58%-42%, campaigned on a call for stronger economic ties with Beijing. More »

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China • Taiwan • Hu Jintao • economy • Frank Hsieh • Ma Ying-jeou • Democratic Progressive Party • Nationalist Party

Taiwan Moves Toward Closer Ties With China

Prez candidates favor warmer relations, despite Tibet violence

Mar 20, 08 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Both candidates in Taiwan's presidential election Saturday favor mending fences with China, the Wall Street Journal reports. Beijing has recently eased its once-blustery rhetoric over the breakaway island, and both Taiwanese parties are betting that closer ties with the mainland's booming economy could help pull theirs out of a slump. More »

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China • diplomacy • Taiwan • independence • Tibet • presidential candidates • election • Frank Hsieh • Ma Ying-jeou

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