Taiwan News

“The format doesn't matter, but the issues must focus on national policies and those affecting people's livelihood.”

WRONG MAN: A Ma spokesman said the KMT was willing to discuss issues of national interest with Frank Hsieh, but said Hsieh should instead sit down with President Chen By Ko Shu-ling STAFF REPORTER Wednesday, ... via Taipei Times

Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp. Chairman Wu Rong-I said Asia's seventh-biggest equities market plans to sell a stake of as much as 25 percent to overseas bourses. via Bloomberg

“Chen must have some knowledge of international relations”

President Chen Shui-bian was compared to a suicide bomber yesterday, while the Central Election Commission and the opposition Kuomintang remained on a collision course over the distribution of blank ballots in ... via The China Post

Max Wang and Greg Wu, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Wednesday 26 December 2007] Although the 32-inch LCD TV segment remains the mainstream flat panel TV segment in the local Taiwan market, the segment saw its market share ... via DigiTimes

“It is expected the TAIEX will linger in the 8,400 range, and individual stocks are likely to perform better than the market as a whole”

A rally in Taiwan's stock market in January has become likely since Kuomintang presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou has been cleared of corruption charges, said analysts. via The China Post

By Ho Yi STAFF REPORTER Sunday, Dec 30, 2007, Page 18 Secret and The Most Distant Course. via Taipei Times

“We will be paying close attention”

TAIPEI - Taiwan sent officials to Malawi and summoned its ambassador to save diplomatic relations amid reports arch-rival China was aggressively courting the southern African nation, a government spokeswoman ... via Reuters

By Ko Shu-ling STAFF REPORTER Sunday, Dec 30, 2007, Page 3 President Chen Shui-bian, center, holds hands with Democratic Progressive Party legislators Hsu Kuo-yung, left, and Tien Hsin at a rally in Taipei ... via Taipei Times

“We hope to do even better than Lee Myun-bak”

Taiwanese candidates kicked off a campaign for legislative elections on Sunday, with both ruling and opposition parties eyeing the style and outcome of last week's presidential poll in South Korea. via The China Post

“I felt calm the moment I heard the verdict. This is just another beginning. A more challenging road lies ahead, and there's no time to relax”

EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES: The KMT presidential candidate said the High Court's not guilty verdict would only encourage the DPP to redouble efforts to suppress him Byand STAFF REPORTERS Saturday, Dec 29, 2007, Page ... via Taipei Times

The 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu prayed for earlier reunification of China during his recent visit to eastern Fujian Province, which is opposite to Taiwan across the Taiwan Straits. via Xinhuanet

“Prime Minister Fukuda assured me that he wouldn't support Taiwan's referendum”

"We don't want a situation in which Taiwan's referendum leads to tensions between [the two sides]." Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese prime minister Tokyo opposes Taiwan's planned referendum on UN membership, Japanese ... via Taipei Times

Kaddy Chung, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Friday 28 December 2007] Chunghwa Telecom on December 27 announced it was cooperating with Sony Taiwan and Tsann Kuen, a large 3C retail chain in Taiwan, to promote ... via DigiTimes

“It's as if martial law had been imposed in Taiwan again ... are we a democracy? What law authorizes the premier to fire local election commissioners? If the Cabinet dares to fire any one of them, the caucus will definitely take the matter to court”

By Shih Hsiu-chuan and Flora Wang STAFF REPORTERS Friday, Dec 28, 2007, Page 1 Central Election Commission Chairman Chang Cheng-hsiung yesterday refuses to say whether the commission would dismiss local ... via Taipei Times

“Fight? Fight? What if the economy breaks down, then what will we do?”

It's obvious that although the KMT calls it 'a handful,' it knows full well that the majority of Taiwanese support independence. via The Taipei Times

“Following the completion of the acquisition of Bank of Overseas Chinese (BOOC), Citi Taiwan plans to grow business in a number of sectors, particularly the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) market”

"Following the completion of the acquisition of Bank of Overseas Chinese , Citi Taiwan plans to grow business in a number of sectors, particularly the Small and Medium Enterprise market" said Mr. via WebWire

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”

The Chinese Nationalist Party's campaign to paint the Democratic Progressive Party , and President Chen Shui-bian in particular, as power-hungry lunatics sank to a new low on Tuesday when the KMT released a ... via Taipei Times

The tensions between China and Taiwan find their roots in the Chinese revolution, when Communists claim control of the mainland. via The Globe and Mail

“Maybe in the future they will raise their selling prices a little”

STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA Thursday, Dec 20, 2007, Page 12 Business turnover in the local information technology industry this year is expected to rise between 20 percent and 30 percent from last year, a spokesman ... via Taipei Times

“Mediatek will likely continue to benefit from strong handset demand from China, which is its biggest market”

Mediatek Inc., Taiwan's biggest maker of mobile-phone chips, rose to the highest in more than two weeks in Taipei trading after a report said its shipments will increase 8 percent in the first quarter from the ... via The China Post