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First Case in Asia: Dextrocardiac Patient Survives Heart Transplant in Taiwan

The Tri-Service General Hospital (三軍總醫院) in Taipei announced yesterday that it had successfully transplanted a beating heart into a female patient diagnosed with “mirror-image dextrocardia,” a congeni ...

2013/05/24

First H7N9 Avian Flu Patient in Taiwan Discharged from Hospital

After over a month of intensive care at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), the first and only H7N9 avian flu patient in Taiwan, a 53-year-old Taiwanese businessman, named Lee, was finally dis ...

2013/05/24

DPP: "China" Needs Good Faith Communication Rather than Setting Preconditions

Yu Zhengsheng (俞正聲), a member of the Mainland's CCP Standing Committee of the Politburo and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, pointed out th ...

2013/05/24

President Ma: We Are Protecting Our Fishing Operations in the Region, Not Conducting a Military Drill

It has been two weeks since fisherman Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成) was shot dead on the fishing vessel Kung Ta Hsing No. 28 (廣大興 28號) by a Philippine coast guard cutter. The ROC government has dispatched sev ...

2013/05/24

MOJ Temporarily Halts the Dispatching of Philippine Investigators to Taiwan

The Ministry of Justice said yesterday that it had turned down the Philippine government’s request to send its investigators to Taiwan today as the Philippine government did not give a positive respon ...

2013/05/23

CCP Willing to Interact with DPP Provided It Stops Seeking “De Jure Taiwan Independence”

Last year, during the 18th CCP (Chinese Communist Party) National Party Congress Political Report, the following phrase was used by Beijing: "Look into cross-Strait political relations under the speci ...

2013/05/23

Zhang Zhijun: Cross-Strait Based on Politics One China Framework and 1992 Consensus

Zhang Zhijun (張志軍), director of the Taiwan Affair Office under the Mainland’s State Council, granted an exclusive interview to the Taipei-based United Daily News two days ago. In the interview, Zhan ...

2013/05/23

Chen Shui-bian to Reapply for DPP Membership

Former President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) reportedly plans to reapply for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) membership. Chen, who withdrew from the DPP in August 2008 after admitting to charges of corrup ...

2013/05/23

Ma Welcomes Philippine Positive Response to Fishery Talks

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III publicly stated that Manila was willing to hold talks on Taiwan-Philippine fisheries cooperation the day before yesterday. In response, President Ma Ying–jeou ( ...

2013/05/23

Wu Nai-jen and Hung Chi-chang Granted New Trial

Wu Nai-jen (吳乃仁), a former DPP party secretary-general who served as chairman of the state-owned Taiwan Sugar Corp. (Taisugar, 台糖) 10 years ago under the Chen Shui-bian administration, and former DPP ...

2013/05/23

ROC Fisheries Agency: Taiwan Vessel Did Not Enter Philippine Territorial Waters

The Philippine government accused the Taiwanese fishing vessel “Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28 (廣大興廿八號)” of having entered its territorial waters and turned off its Voyage Data Recorder (VDR). The Fisheries Ag ...

2013/05/22

Parallel Probe: Philippines Agrees to Two of Taiwan Investigators’ Eight Requests

With respect to the shooting incident involving the Taiwan fishing vessel “Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28 (廣大興28號),” the ROC government continues to consult with the Philippine government on the investigation. ...

2013/05/22

Senior US Congressman Urges Manila to Offer Formal Apology to Taiwan

U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-Ca.), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, wrote on May 20 that the Philippine government should formally apologize to the government and people of the R ...

2013/05/22

SIU Appeals Verdict in Lin Yi-shih Case

Lin Yi-shih (林益世), a former secretary-general of the Executive Yuan (Cabinet), was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison by the Taipei District Court on April 30. The ruling resulted in h ...

2013/05/22

DPP Plans to Hold "China Policy Grand Debate"

The DPP has long attributed its defeat in the 2012 President Election mainly to its vague [Mainland] China policy, and many DPP members called on the party central to hold debates on issues related to ...

2013/05/22

Philippine President Open to Discussing Fisheries Cooperation Talks with Taiwan

After he presided over the anniversary celebrations of the Philippine Navy at Fort San Felipe, President Benigno Aquino III told local media that he would consider concluding talks on Taiwan-Philippin ...

2013/05/22

Family of Deceased Fisherman Demand that Philippine Gov’t Release Video Recording

The Philippine authorities reportedly possess evidence that the Taiwanese fishing vessel “Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28 (廣大興28號)” had entered its territorial waters. The Philippine government accused the vess ...

2013/05/21

Taiwan, Philippines Agree to Conduct “Parallel Probe” into May 9 Fatal Shooting Incident

The Justice Ministry said yesterday that the ROC and the Philippine governments had reached a consensus to conduct a parallel probe into the May 9 fatal shooting incident in which Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成 ...

2013/05/21

13 More Mainland Banks to Offer RMB / NTD Exchange Services

Liu Teng-cheng (劉燈城), Chairman of the Bank of Taiwan (BOT), stated yesterday that in the future the BOT would increase its overseas foothold. In addition to a second branch and a sub-branch in the Mai ...

2013/05/21

Mainland to Adopt Taiwan’s Textbook “Basic Readings in Chinese Culture”

The Mainland’s Zhonghua Book Company plans to import Taiwan’s senior high school textbook “Basic Readings in Chinese Culture” （中華文化基本教材） and then publish it as their own textbook “Fundamental Reading ...

2013/05/21

Export Orders Drop 3 Months in a Row

The Department of Statistics (DOS) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) stated yesterday that Taiwan’s export orders in April totaled US$ 35.69 billion, down US$ 150 million from a month ago ...

2013/05/21

Consultations on Taiwan-Singapore Economic Agreement Completed

On May 16, Taiwan and Singapore stated that both sides had completed the most difficult substantive consultations on the ASTEP (Agreement Between Singapore and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan ...

2013/05/20

ROC Athletes Bag Gold Medals in 3 Separate Events

In the Shanghai stage of the 2013 Archery World Cup, Taiwan’s female archers Tan Ya-ting (譚雅婷), Wu Chia-hung (吳佳鴻), and Lin Fang-yu (林芳瑜) beat the South Korean team on May 17th. Two days later, Taiwa ...

2013/05/20

Justice Ministry Exhibits Evidence Suggesting Deliberate Manslaughter in May 9 Fatal Shooting Incident

In an international press conference on May 19, Deputy Justice Minister Chen Ming-tang (陳明堂) exhibited evidence suggesting that the Philippine coast guard had intentionally targeted Taiwanese fisherme ...

2013/05/20

President Ma: Philippine Coast Guard Shooting Constitutes Murder

On May 17, President Ma Ying-jeou stated that the Philippine coast guard cutter had wantonly opened fire with automatic weapons on an unarmed Taiwanese fishing vessel which had done nothing to provoke ...

2013/05/20

NTU and SU Move to Final Round of NPP4 Debate Competition

The Taipei-based "Want Want China Times Group" held a semi-final debate competition for university students on Nuclear Power Plant No. 4 (NPP4) on May 18. After the debate, students form Soochow Univ ...

2013/05/20

Reciprocal Cross-Strait Offices: SEF and ARATS Reach Consensus on Framework of Text of Agreement

It was simultaneously reported on both sides of the Strait that Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and its counterpart, the Mainland’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (AR ...

2013/05/17

ROC Criticizes Philippine Gov’t for Ignoring the Facts

Presidential Office spokesperson Garfie Li (李佳霏) today stated that remarks made by the Philippine government spokesman on the fatal shooting incident totally ignored the relevant facts, and the govern ...

2013/05/17

President Ma: International Law May Be Applied Mutatis Mutandis in Resolving Cross-Strait Disputes

President Ma stated yesterday that cross-Strait relations were not country-to-country relations, but were a special kind of relations, adding that the concept of “recognition” under international law ...

2013/05/17

Premier Jiang: Prepare for Prolonged Boycott Against the Philippines

After the announcement of eleven retaliatory measures against the Philippines, Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) sternly declared during yesterday’s Cabinet meeting that the ROC government would wage a prol ...

2013/05/17

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