The China Post news staff

Vice Premier Paul Chiu instructed Vice Chairperson Lee Jih-chu of the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) yesterday to temporarily investigate the possible irregularities involving the second financial reforms conducted by the former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
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Far Eastern boss denies bribe claims
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/28 09:37 AM)

By Lisa Wang

“The report totally smears Far Eastern but I feel relaxed because I did not do anything wrong.” — Douglas Hsu, Far Eastern Group chairman Far Eastern Group (遠東集團) chairman Douglas Hsu (徐旭東) yesterday said the company did not attempt to bribe members of ex-president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) family to gain full control of a Chinese subsidiary of Pacific Sogo Department Store (太平洋崇光百貨).
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Chen's son returns today
(China Post, 2008/08/25 10:03 AM)

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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Leaders of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) let out a collective sigh of relief after the son and daughter-in-law of former president Chen Shui-bian getting aboard an airplane for their return trip to Taiwan.
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China confiscates Bibles from US Christians
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/19 11:01 AM)

AP, BEIJING

A group of US Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese officials when they arrived in China is refusing to leave the airport until they get the books back, their leader said yesterday.
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Scandalized former first daughter fingers DPP heavyweights
(China Post, 2008/08/19 10:59 AM)

The China Post news staff

Chen Hsing-yu, daughter of former president Chen Shui-bian, yesterday claimed irately that over the years, her father used the funds he mustered to help the election campaigns of many Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) heavyweights, and she dared them to say that they were all clean about how the funds were used.
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Ma delegation labeled ‘China, Taiwan’
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/18 12:54 PM)

By Shih Hsiu-chuan

The delegation led by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) on a state visit to the Dominican Republic — one of the nation’s allies — was referred to as “China, Taiwan” on embassy signs used to identify it.
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Taipei to resume FTA talks with Dominican Republic
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/18 12:53 PM)

By Shih Hsiu-Chuan

The Dominican Republic and Taiwan will resume negotiations on a free-trade agreement (FTA) to strengthen trade and investment relations between the two countries, Presidential Office Spokesman Wang Yu-chi (王郁琦) said yesterday.
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Golden day for Asia, Federer beaten
(China Post, 2008/08/15 10:09 AM)

By Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters

BEIJING -- Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima and Chinese gymnast Yang Wei led a golden day for Asia on Thursday that showcased the continent's growing sports power.
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Ma meets Panamanian president during stopover
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/15 10:06 AM)

By Shih Hsiu-Chuan

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) held talks with his Panamanian counterpart Martin Torrijos on Wednesday in Panama City during a refueling stop en route to Paraguay.
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Chinese pandas may arrive in Taipei by October
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/15 10:05 AM)

By Meggie Lu

Giant pandas “Tuan-tuan” (團團) and “Yuan-yuan” (圓圓) may begin their new lives at the Taipei City Zoo as early as October, after the Council of Agriculture (COA) yesterday ruled that the zoo was equipped to care for them.

The decision came after the Forestry Bureau Panda Case Review Committee inspected two contending zoos yesterday morning — the Taipei Zoo as well as the Leofoo Wild Animal Park in Hsinchu County — to determine whether their facilities and personnel would be able to accommodate the animals.
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Journalists and activists arrested outside Olympics
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/14 10:01 AM)

AP, BEIJING

Up to eight Tibet activists who staged a protest yesterday near the main Olympics venue and a British television journalist were detained by police, a rights group and a TV producer said.
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Dalai Lama says world should be firm with China
(China Post, 2008/08/14 09:59 AM)

By Emma Vandore, PARIS, AP

The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the world should be firm with China on human rights and freedoms but must also try to bring it into the "mainstream of world democracy."
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Ma team calls name strategy ‘flexible’
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/13 09:52 AM)

By Ko Shu-Ling

The Presidential Office yesterday said the priority for the administration’s UN bid was to participate in the international organization and that the name it would use to apply to join was secondary.
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Bombing spree exposes China’s ethnic divisions
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/13 09:50 AM)

AP, KUQA, CHINA

Donkeys pulled melon-laden carts through the streets and women sold bowls of yogurt in the market of this mostly Muslim city in a remote corner of China, a day after militant bombings left a dozen people dead.
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President Ma leaves for Central, South America
(China Post, 2008/08/12 12:23 PM)

By Dimitri Bruyas, The China Post

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Ma Ying-jeou left Taipei for Los Angeles today for a one-night layover en route to his first state visit to Taiwan's diplomatic allies in Central and South America.
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Ma reiterates commitment to defense
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/12 12:22 PM)

By Ko Shu-ling

Improved cross-strait relations will not affect the administration’s plan to procure arms from the US, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said yesterday.
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Premier presents plaque to Olympic medalist's mother
(China Post, 2008/08/11 10:03 AM)

The China Post news staff

Premier Liu Chao-shiuan extended his congratulations on behalf of the government yesterday to the mother of Chen Wei-ling, who won the country's first medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.
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Beijing police tighten security after stabbing
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/11 10:01 AM)

AP AND AFP, BEIJING

Police tightened security yesterday and resumed investigating the fatal stabbing of the father of a former Olympian, an attack that stunned the athletic community and embarrassed Chinese authorities determined to hold the most successful Summer Games ever.
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Falun Gong collects 1.3m signatures
(Taipei Times, 2008/08/08 09:05 AM)

By Loa Iok-Sin

With support from more than 1.3 million people around the world, human rights activists yesterday urged the Chinese government to fulfill its Olympic promise by stopping persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
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