It is the final week of typically boisterous campaigning leading to Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections on Saturday, where the embattled ruling Kuomintang is expected to be defeated in both, sparking its third democratic handover of power.
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China push to change Taiwan’s Olympics name
It’s just over twenty days to go to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and one team in particular is having a hard time making sure China can get its name right. Chinese Taipei is the somewhat-apolitical and agreed name for Taiwan’s representatives in international competitions since 1989. The Beijing International Media Centre, as well as the host nation’s Taiwan affairs spokesman, have again strained relations by inserting new Chinese characters into its official name. The changes are subtle, but important.
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Taiwan opposition burned by Tibet protest
Up until early last week, the two major parties contesting Taiwan’s presidential election were singing a very similar tune when it came to closer economic ties to mainland China. But in election rallies over the weekend, it became clear that the impact of China’s crackdown in Tibet is reverberating across the Taiwan Strait, possibly destablising the China-friendly opposition frontrunner.
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Taiwan VP to visit Pacific allies
Taiwan’s Vice President, Annette Lu, has announced she will visit four Pacific allies next week to shore up relations following recent elections in the region. Ms Lu will start her tour in the Marshall Islands on Wednesday, then Nauru and the Solomon Islands, followed by Palau.
China reiterates Taiwan threat
The top commander of the United States Pacific Fleet raised concerns on Tuesday over China’s military build-up, and urged Beijing to clarify the intensions of its increasingly-sophisticated armed forces. Admiral Timothy Keating says he urged Beijing to increase transparency in military affairs during talks with government and defence officials, focusing largely on the issue of Taiwan.
video | Anji and Boy Song. Taipei 2002
A compilation of Anji moments from 9 years old in school in Taiwan, the B4 experience and razing Taipei with Adm. All scuffled with Aphex Twin. (February 2003; 13.8MB)
Send in the Clones | That Magazine
Eh, a quick, 800-word rant which could have easily been blown out to many, many more words and justifiers, but word limits are word limits son, and thanks to That I was able to gloss over the full implications – but it’s funny :P
First Asia-Pacific digital cable TV rollout for Taiwan, led by major local media, tech firms
Press release; Adam Connors, DigiTimes.com [Wednesday 17 April 2002]
Taiwan-based digital STB (set-top box) supplier Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) announced that it has signed an agreement with China Network Systems (CNS) a Koos Group (Taiwan) and News Corp STAR TV joint venture in wiring its Taiwan cable-subscriber households to digital TV by 2005.
Travel Watch: Detour, Taichung
The world’s biggest Guinness Book of Records Museum is a memorable–if peculiar–draw for visitors to Taichung, a gentle city of universities and bookstores about an hour’s flight from Taipei.
