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...But in a sign of flexibility, president-elect Lai Ching-te said during his election campaign that nuclear power could be considered as a back-up option....
...For example, a deal between the US and Taiwan needs approval by the US Congress and the Legislative Yuan, so its legal status is very solid.”...
...While the Chinese Communist party frequently claimed in the run-up to the presidential election that the DPP’s candidate Lai Ching-te would lead Taiwan towards war, Beijing’s reaction to his victory has...
...Chung Ching Kwong, a Hong Kong activist working for the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac) in London, said: “The lack of transparency in the handling of this case poses a serious risk to those...
...It has offered incentives for companies to upgrade their technology and boost employment — policies Lai Ching-te, the DPP candidate to succeed Tsai, has pledged to continue and expand....
...“Chen Chien-jen is Mr Nice Guy,” said Annie Tsai, a 50-year-old librarian who voted for a KMT candidate in the November elections....
...The former president’s office said he was “very moved” and told Yuan that “as long as the two sides have common memories and goodwill, nothing is impossible”....
...Yeh travels abroad as often as she can — at least once a month, she says, and talks fondly about seeing Chen Ching-Yuan being shown at Liste Art Fair in Basel last year....
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.... — Yuan Yang, China tech correspondent, Beijing 4....
...Taiwanese virtuoso Ching-Ying Chien returns as Amba, a role that fully exploits her remarkable strength and range....
...Even — or perhaps especially — the wealthy members of the discreet and exclusive Ching Wan Society, a collectors’ circle founded in 1992, have ventured into the global contemporary art market....
...Hung-wei, director-general of the cyber security department under the Executive Yuan, Taiwan’s cabinet....
...However, local media have speculated Tainan City Mayor Lai Ching-te will be appointed to the role....
...The weaker yuan and low or negative interest rates also made gold more attractive, helping push up investment demand. The precious metal is also seen as a safe hedge against inflation....
...Fewer textural problems marked A Fantasy of Flying Apsaras, a pipa concerto by Kong Zhixuan from Jiangsu that left plenty of room for soloist Wong Chi-ching....
...At 41, Khan’s pattering feet and dervish spins will still steal any scene but both Ching-Ying Chien and Christine Joy Ritter are given moves that leave you smiling in wonder....
...“If you have a grave or tomb, at least when Ching Ming [the Chinese tomb-sweeping festival] comes, people will come to pray and remember.”...
...“The philosophy of the Tao Te Ching is profound, its wisdom applies to anyone, no matter what country you are from,” he says....
...He and Mr Chien, whose grandfather, Wang Yung-ching, was a prominent business tycoon and whose aunt Cher Wang founded smartphone maker HTC, at first ran a successful web browser and then a games developer...
...“Nowadays, the Chinese tourists go to the US, Europe and Japan, the most advanced places,” says Chen Ching-Chon, deputy magistrate of Lienchiang county, of which Matsu is part....
...After the revolution Sun took the post of president of the republic, on January 1 1912, but lost power after a couple of months to a military warlord, Yuan Shikai....
...Hsu Szu-chien, a political science professor at Academic Sinica in Taipei, says some recent incidents pointed to the deterioration of democracy....
...Many of the island’s residents count themselves as fans of the New York Yankees, the new home of pitcher hero Wang Chien-ming, rather than any local professional club....
...“The Han have always considered themselves superior,” comments my geneticist friend Chien Song. “And we industrial societies think ourselves advanced....
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