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Austin's Rants and Raves: April 2007
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Austin's Rants and Raves. RANT a: To talk in a noisy, or excited manner b: To scold vehemently c: To utter in a bombastic declamatory fashion. RAVE a: To talk irrationally in or as if in delirium b: To speak out wildly c: To talk with extreme enthusiasm. Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Human Rights at Guantánamo. In the Miami Herald. An article titled, ' Guantanamo defense team angry over Khadr charges'. What if this was you or your 15 year old son? Would you not hate America even more than you already did?
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R.O.C. the Boat: June 2010
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Dedicated to promoting the Republic of China (Taiwan) to an English-language audience. Thursday, June 24, 2010. Weekly News Background from Taiwan's Government Information Office. I Taiwan Inventions and Designs Shine on World Stage. The Taiwan delegation to INPEX this year included 42 members with 56 invention entries. The youngest member of the delegation was You Jun-bo, aged 13. To better study the growth process of the silkworm, You invented the “multi-angle ecological observation video...Another inv...
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R.O.C. the Boat: November 2007
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Dedicated to promoting the Republic of China (Taiwan) to an English-language audience. Friday, November 30, 2007. A gaffe-and-a-half: Kitty Hawk and minesweeper follow-up. The reason, according to U.S. officials, was the announcement on Nov. 9 that Washington would sell Taiwan $939 million worth of upgraded Patriot missile defense systems in order to "help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability, military balance and economic progress in the region&...If China ...
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R.O.C. the Boat: Weekly News Backgrounder from Taiwan's Government Information Office
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Dedicated to promoting the Republic of China (Taiwan) to an English-language audience. Thursday, July 15, 2010. Weekly News Backgrounder from Taiwan's Government Information Office. July 14, 2010. I Global Investors Wooed after ECFA Signing. Minister without Portfolio Yiin Chii-ming will lead a delegation to Japan at the end of July to conduct investment seminars explaining changes in Taiwan’s investment environment and how ECFA can provide more opportunities. Meanwhile, the minister said, the Ministry o...
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R.O.C. the Boat: March 2008
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Dedicated to promoting the Republic of China (Taiwan) to an English-language audience. Monday, March 24, 2008. Olympic Pledge for Peace Rings Hollow. Perhaps you've heard: this year's Olympic host hasn't been on very good behavoir when it comes to human rights. Here is a letter to the editor published in Defense News. On March 17 from the director of the Press Division at TECRO on the subject:. As reported in your March 10 article by Wendell Minnick, “Is DoD Annual Report on China 20/20? Taiwan’s g...
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R.O.C. the Boat: May 2008
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Dedicated to promoting the Republic of China (Taiwan) to an English-language audience. Wednesday, May 21, 2008. President Ma's May 20 Inaugural Address. On Tuesday, March 20, Taiwan's new President Ma Ying-jeou was sworn into office. The following is a transcripted of President Ma's inaugural address, as posted on the Taiwan GIO's website. Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Heads of State of Our Diplomatic Allies, Distinguished Guests, Overseas Compatriots, My Fellow. The new admi...
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R.O.C. the Boat: January 2008
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Dedicated to promoting the Republic of China (Taiwan) to an English-language audience. Thursday, January 31, 2008. Beijing attempts to spread its soft (and cuddly! Power to the island of Taiwan. According to today's AP article. Pandas—as do we all (please pause for a moment to note our thick tone of sarcasm). Beijing, of course, didn't make the whole thing go over any easier with Taiwan's ruling party when, according to the AP, they subsequently named the lovable fuzzy-wuzzies: "'tuantuan' and 'yuanyuan'...
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R.O.C. the Boat: April 2008
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Dedicated to promoting the Republic of China (Taiwan) to an English-language audience. Monday, April 21, 2008. PRC's Iron Media Curtain Extends beyond China's Borders. In one month the WHO World Health Assembly will convene in Geneva, Switzerland. The assembly convenes every year to vote on matters of business, appoint new officers and to consider applications for membership. Taiwan has applied annually. As if this weren't bad enough, Taiwanese reporters are banned from even covering. International journ...
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R.O.C. the Boat: Weekly News Backgrounder from Taiwan's Government Information Office
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Dedicated to promoting the Republic of China (Taiwan) to an English-language audience. Thursday, July 8, 2010. Weekly News Backgrounder from Taiwan's Government Information Office. July 7, 2010. I ECFA Will Accelerate Asia’s Economic Integration: President Ma. The ECFA, said the president, holds far-reaching implications for Taiwan’s future, which the international community will be examining with keen interest. It will further solidify cross-strait peace while bringing about structural changes...The agr...
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R.O.C. the Boat: Weekly News Background from Taiwan's Government Information Office
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Dedicated to promoting the Republic of China (Taiwan) to an English-language audience. Thursday, July 1, 2010. Weekly News Background from Taiwan's Government Information Office. June 30, 2010. I Taiwan Set to Sign ECFA with Mainland China. And agreed on the texts of the ECFA and of another pact on intellectual property rights protection. The two sides signed these agreements at the fifth round of SEF-ARATS talks on June 29 in the mainland city of Chongqing. By 165 to 1.72 percentage points and creat...