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Documents - Contemporary Taiwan
Republic Of China (Taiwan), National Defense Report, 2008
Congressional Research Service, "Security Implications of Taiwan's Presidential Election of March 22, 2008," April 4, 2008
Prepared by Shirley Kan, Asian and Security Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service
President Chen Shui-bian, New Year’s Address January 1, 2008
Office of the President
January 1, 2008
Vice President Lu, Esteemed Colleagues and Dear Fellow Countrymen:
Taiwan Information Minister Shieh, Taiwan Belongs in the UN, 2007
Shieh Jhy-wey is Minister of the Taiwan Government Information Office. This op-ed was published in the New York Sun on September 12, 2007.
Full interview: Frank Hsieh, 2007
Frank Hsieh, presidential candidate of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party, is on a trip to the United States, Taiwan’s most important unofficial ally. Ahead of meetings with US administration officials beginning Monday, Mr. Hsieh spoke to Kathrin Hille, the FT’s Taipei Correspondent. The following is an edited transcript of the interview.
2006 US State Department Report on Human Rights in Taiwan, March 6, 2007
This report describes the human rights practices by the Taiwanese government. Problems exist in the following areas: corruption by officials, violence and discrimination against women, trafficking in persons, and abuses of foreign workers.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: China’s Military Modernization and Cross-strait Balance," September 15, 2005
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on September 15, 2005. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
Anti-Secession Law adopted by NPC March 14, 2005
Order of the President of the People's Republic of China
Hu Jintao
President of the People's Republic of China
No. 34
Chen Shui-bian, “Paving the Way for a Sustainable Taiwan: Presidential Inauguration Address,” May 20, 2004
Heads of States, Diplomatic Envoys and Foreign Dignitaries, Distinguished Guests, and Fellow Citizens:
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: China's Military Modernization and the Cross-Strait Balance," February 6, 2004
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on February 6, 2004. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
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