TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 22 — Ma Ying-jeou, a smooth Harvard law graduate who advocates better relations with China, was elected president of Taiwan by an overwhelming margin Saturday, opening the prospect of lowered tensions in the volatile Taiwan Strait.
Archive for March, 2008
Taiwan Voters Elect New President
March 24, 2008Taiwan’s Ma Sets Plan To Recast Ties to China
March 24, 2008TAIPEI, March 23 — Taiwan’s president-elect, Ma Ying-jeou, outlined ambitious plans Sunday to revolutionize economic and security relations with China, aiming ultimately for a peace accord ending 59 years of hostility across the Taiwan Strait.
China reproaches foreign media over Tibet coverage
March 24, 2008China has sharply criticized foreign reporters here over their coverage of the riots in Tibet, accusing them of biased reporting and preventing them from traveling to Tibet or neighboring provinces to report on the unrest.
Death reports as Chinese police open fire on monks and nuns
March 24, 2008Hundreds of monks, nuns and local Tibetans who tried to march on a local government office in western China to demand the return of the Dalai Lama have been turned back by paramilitary police who opened fire to disperse the crowd
Crisp wants to play everyday
March 19, 2008Red Sox [team stats] center fielder Coco Crisp [stats], who arrived in camp this morning, is making it clear he wants to be an everyday player, rather than a backup to rookie Jacoby Ellsbury.
China: Tibet a ‘life-and-death’ battle
March 19, 2008China called the Dalai Lama a “wolf in monk’s robes” Wednesday and said it was locked in a “life-and-death battle” with his supporters after protests marking the biggest challenge to Chinese rule in Tibet in almost two decades.
World’s most luxurious train to be built
March 11, 2008The Chinese based Quighai-Tibet Railway Corporation announced their plans to launch the world
’s most luxurious train that will run the five day route from Beijing to Tibet’s capital Lhase, beginning September 1st.
