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...Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen’s government initially acquiesced to that course over resistance within its own defence establishment....
...But Cheng Wen-lon, CSBC’s chair, said the vessel had a “local content quota” of about 40 per cent....
...It also highlighted the international experience of Lai’s running mate, Hsiao Bi-khim, who was until recently Taiwan’s quasi-ambassador to the US....
...As Tsai Ing-wen flew home from Los Angeles, the Taiwanese president could boast success on her first overseas trip in several years....
...Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s US ambassador, tweeted on Wednesday that the G7 statement on Taiwan’s inclusion in the WHO “means a lot”....
...The latest incursion occurred on Monday morning, just as Mr Azar was heading into a meeting with Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s president....
...Shang-wen Hsiao, co-founder and chief financial officer, told the Financial Times he was optimistic that the drone would be adopted by cities seeking to solve congestion issues....
...“We are somewhat disappointed as we had pleaded innocent,” said Shang Baojun, Gao’s defence lawyer....
...“The government debt level is under control, and is safe,” Wen Jiabao, the outgoing premier, said at the national parliament last year....
...Hsiao Bikhim, spokesperson for Ms Tsai, said the US comments were “not consistent with what American officials have told us in our meetings”....
...When Mario Monti, Italy’s technocratic prime minister, last week invited Chinese premier Wen Jiabao to make investments in Italy, bankers assumed luxury goods were among the targets Mr Monti had in mind,...
...But Han Xizai’s consorts – particularly the head concubine (Ho-wen Hsiao) – aren’t far behind. Above tiny, gliding steps, their heads bob like a marionette’s: they seem always to be yielding....
...For low-income rural Chinese, one doctor’s visit could cost them 83 per cent of their monthly income in 2003, according to William Hsiao, an expert on Chinese healthcare at Harvard....
...Mr Shang did not comment on the start of trading in equity futures....
...This week, in a signal of a possible change in direction, Wen Jiabao, prime minister, chaired a meeting that called for stronger reforms of the capital markets....
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