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Taipei Times editorial: Ma faces many challenges

Bruce Jacobs in the Taipei Times: Some suggestions for Ma Ying-jeou

Taipei Times editorial: Out with the old, in with the older

Taipei Times: Decisive victory for Ma Ying-jeou

United States navy deploys two aircraft carriers close to Taiwan

Matthew Lien: Two rivers, two mayors and a very clear choice

Taipei Times editorial: It's use it or lose it on Saturday

Sushil Seth: Tibet riots a meter of Beijing's rot

Lee Long-hwa in NY: Beijing's not bringing cookies

Taipei Times editorial: Has Ma Ying-jeou seen the light?

Frank Hsieh: Taiwan could be a second Tibet

Taiwanese take to the streets in huge pre-election rallies

Gerrit van der Wees: Ma Ying-jeou on the wrong side of history

Samuel Yang: Colonialism in Taiwan

Andreas Foster: Choosing Taiwan's future

Taipei Times editorial: Economic growth may not be what is needed

Taiwan government condemns Chinese crackdown in Tibet

Ma Ying-jeou: Future of Taiwan should be decided by the Taiwanese people ...

Mainland Affairs Council slams 2005 communiques by Lien Chan and James Soong

Taipei Times editorial: Lawmakers behaving badly

Taipei Times editorial: Making 'referendum' a dirty word

Sushil Seth: China wants to manage US policy

US Congress write Bush over UN referendum

Mark Stokes: Taiwan must review security risks

Hsieh and Ma face off in last debate

Margot Chen: No time to dally over options for referendum

Taipei Times editorial: Missed opportunities for Ma, voters

US House of Representatives: gives Taiwan full backing

Central Election Commission open to separating poll, plebiscite

Taipei Times editorial: KMT caucus has tricks new and old

Huang Jei-hsuan in California: Green cards and sovereignty

Frank Hsieh: warns against one-party dominance

DOD report: Taiwan keeping up on defense

Prof. Edward Chen: First debate earns mixed review

Prof. Hwan C.Lin: Taiwan's economy is not bad off

Taipei Times editorial: What Taiwan can offer China

Lai I-chung: Report on US-Taiwan breaks new ground

January 2008

Admiral Timothy Keating: PRC's arms are aggressive

Huang Jei-hsuan: Presidential elections: doom or opportunity?

Gerrit van der Wees: Legislative elections: should Taiwan go Dutch?

Nat Bellocchi: Frank Hsieh has precious little time left

Michelle Wang: Democracy needs a helping hand

Ben Goren: Ma Ying-jeou's promise of peace

Michael Turton: Common sense on the polls

Taipei Times editorial: Is it the KMT versus the Constitution?

Kuomintang mulls plebiscite law change

Tseng Wei-chen: Why would Taiwan try to emulate Singapore?

Taipei Times editorial: China doesn't need missiles

Prof. Bruce Jacobs: Open letter to Frank Hsieh and Ma Ying-jeou regarding UN referendum

Sushil Seth: Does the US have a coherent China policy?

Frank Hsieh proposes a third UN referendum

Kurt Campbell: The US and Taiwan: Common yet different democracies

Kuo Chang-feng: It's time to change the system of government

Taipei Times editorial: The KMT under close watch

Jerome Keating: In search for a better voting system

Li Ming-juinn: The DPP must push for reform in the legislature

Hans Stockton: New system favors KMT

Taipei Times editorial: Mr Ma Ying-jeou's 'peace for our time'

Taipei Times editorial: Voting democracy away

Cao Changqing: DPP loss part of democratic process

Taipei Times editorial: Chinese predators and local ennui

Taipei Times editorial: Whither the DPP?

Taipei Times editorial: Expose the mythmaking, Mr. Hsieh

Wu Yu-shan: A new system amplifies old faults

President Chen says: "Four noes" pledge ends with him

Prof. J. Bruce Jacobs: Can the DPP overcome a drubbing?

DPP loses; KMT wins two-thirds majority

Taipei Times editorial: Seventy days to turn things around

Lee Long-hwa from NY: Voting for Taiwan's demise

Taipei Times editorial: A new legislature and old tricks

Legislative elections: Parties issue final appeal for support

Taipei Times editorial: KMT rejecting the tools of democracy

Paul Lin: politicians may need to step back to move forward

Lu Shih-hsiang: "Media slaves" bow to their masters

President Chen stumps for legislators in Tainan

Prosecutors to appeal Ma Ying-jeou verdict

Hanna Shen from Poland: Referendum is an instrument of democracy

Foreign Minister James Huang reiterates China threat

Gaines C. Ho: US wrong on referendum

Gerrit van der Wees: What's really bothering Beijing?

Liu Kuan-teh: Legislative poll results important for Hsieh

DPP fearful of low election turnout

Prof. Chen Lung-chu: Referendums are key to democracy

Chen Yi-shen: Transitional justice is not just electioneering

DPP and KMT Party heavyweights hit the campaign trail

LY elections: DPP eyes independent voters, seeks 50 seats

Richard Halloran: Asian leaders facing difficult tests

Tom Lantos leaving: Taiwan to lose third powerful ally in Congress

Chong-Pin Lin: What an Obama presidency means

President Chen's New Year's message: Chinese missile threat growing

National Democracy Hall reopens

Europarliament member Charles Tannock: Give Taiwan credit for democracy

Cao Changqing: Middle road a betrayal of the DPP’s principles

Taipei Times editorial: Taiwan doesn’t need Palestine model

Liang Wen-Chieh: DPP must mend to attract voters

Premier-designate Liu Chao-shiuan: names major Cabinet posts

Prof. Lin Wen-cheng: More questions about the "1992 consensus"

Richard Halloran: China’s well-organized Tibet-bashing campaign

Shen Chieh: Everyone should be reflecting on the election

Prof. Jerome Keating: It’s "not politics," but mind your P’s

Mark Du from Miami: Tibet and the Olympics: You all ought to know

Dominique Moisi: China and the Olympics: Clash of hypocrisy, incompetence

Lin Cho-shui: Boao Forum: When words are more than words

DPP to chart a new beginning

Taiwan Thinktank Forum discusses Taiwan's sovereignty

Taipei Times editorial: Ma Ying-jeou running soft and hard

Prof. Ruan Ming: The sinister forces behind Boao

Tsai Ing-wen enters DPP chairmanship election

Taipei Times editorial: How deep are Hu' s "deep" thoughts?

Chow Mei-li: Taiwan can provide a voice for the Tibetans

Siew meets Powell as president Chen pans trip

Lu Shih-hsiang: The intoxicating deification of Ma

Alison Hsieh from Greece: Taiwan should be consistent on WHO application

Taipei Times editorial: Is Ma’s Cabinet already old hat?

Prof. Ruan Ming: Sovereignty and "one China" not compatible

Siew and Hu meet at Boao Forum in Hainan

Taipei Times editorial: Self-respect loses to self-censorship

President Chen: WHO bid to use ‘Taiwan’ as title

Stephen Yates: What to expect of the US and China

Shaheen visit marred by threat

Taipei Times editorial: Taming the KMT dragon

Taipei Times editorial: Washington sends mixed signals

Sushil Seth: Tibet: China’s make-believe world

Charles Hong: Ma, before and after the elections

Taipei Times editorial: Think before you leap, Ma

Liu Shih-chung: Ma's dream of visiting US sparks controversy

February 2008

Taipei Times editorial: Forgetting what 228 is really about

Frank Hsieh urges public to vote for the dream of their forefathers

Ma Ying-jeou promises 228 apology, new historical perspective

"Walk against the wind" march ends at huge rally in Taipei

Taipei Times editorial: Even Ma must be dumbstruck

Randall Schriver: Timing of Rice remarks "inadequate"

Stephen Nelson from Toronto: Lessons from 228

President Chen hopes for better dialogue with the US

Li Thian-hok: Freedom must win on March 22nd

AEI/Armitage report: US and Taiwan must bolster ties

Members of US Congress call for an end to "one China" policy

Taipei Times editorial: One rule for Kosovo, one for Taiwan

President Chen Shui-bian: mulling `defensive referendum'

Jerome Keating: German film offers insights for Taiwanese

Foreign Minister James Huang: Taiwan officially recognizes Kosovo

Sushil Seth: China's rise will mean turbulence

Kosovo declares independence

Frank Hsieh's accuser apologizes publicly

Ma Ying-jeou criticizes Central Election Commission investigation

Taipei Times editorial: KMT elders should grow up

Stephen Yates: The direction of Taiwanese politics

Ministry of National Defense seeks answers over Chinese spy scandal in the US

Congressman Howard Berman set to be Taiwan's champion

Jerome Keating: Finding identity amidst the baloney

FBI charges trio with spying for China

Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandson criticizes Lien Chan for refusal to concede in 2004

Overseas Taiwanese organizations urge Bush to support UN membership for Taiwan

John McCain has Chinese aggression in his sights

Taiwan allies protest UN treatment of Taiwan

Deputy Secretary Negroponte: Give Taiwan more international space

US House of Representatives to vote on Taiwan bill

Taiwan expats in Germany berate German foreign minister

William Cooper: UN poll should stay

State of Indiana adopts three resolutions in support of Taiwan