Ma Ying-jeou (traditional Chinese: 馬英九; simplified Chinese: 马英九; pinyin: Mǎ Yīngjiǔ; born July 13, 1950) is the 12th term and current President of the Republic of China (ROC), commonly...
He is an old soldier now, almost as old as the republic he fought to defend. As Taiwan marks the centenary of the Republic of China this year, 97-year-old Wei Hsien-wen can reflect on what was _ and what might have been.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) announced yesterday afternoon that the latest presidential election poll, with 75 percent voter estimates, the presidential candidate support for Tsai Ing-Wen accounted 50.1%, KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou
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Taiwan said Wednesday it was determined to acquire F-16s from the United States, rejecting allegations that the island had toned down its campaign for approval to buy the jet fighters. Taiwan in 2007 applied to the United States to buy 66 F-16
Two Chinese fighter planes intruded into Taiwanese airspace, the defence ministry said Monday, in an incident local press said resulted from their attempts to drive away a US spy aircraft. In the high-altitude face-off, one Chinese jet did not leave
Taiwan established an anti-corruption agency Wednesday as part of the government's efforts to fight corruption among government officials. President Ma Ying-jeou said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the Agency against Corruption (AAC) that "
National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday gave the green light for Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to set up a cable news channel after he promised to leave sex and violence out of his trademark animated news.
Taiwan set up a new anti-corruption agency Wednesday in the wake of a series of graft scandals involving officials, politicians and judges. The new agency, under the island's judicial department, is made up of 240 officials with Chou Chih-jung as its
The newly established Agency Against Corruption under the Ministry of Justice was formally inaugurated this morning at a ceremony attended by President Ma Ying-jeou and Premier Wu Den-yih, as well as by other top government officials, including
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