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09/25/2007 Rarely is St Kitts and Nevis (pop: 39,382), not to mention St Vincent and the Grenadines (pop: 125,882), at the centre of a titanic diplomatic struggle. But no nation is too tiny for China and Taiwan to squabble over. Lindsey Hilsum explains why.
From New Statesman
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Related: [China] [Nauru]
06/26/2007 "Out with the old and in with the new"? Or an "imprudent" decision that harms human rights? After 60 years of diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the Costa Rican president announced this month these ties have been broken in favor of establishing relations with China.
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From: Global Voices Online
Related: [China] [Costa Rica]
04/13/2007 The Taiwanese government plans to have women who sell betel nuts at roadside booths distribute boxes containing condoms and information about HIV/AIDS to their customers.
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From: kaisernetwork.org (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Taiwanin evankelis-luterilaisen kirkon presidentti Timothy Fan.
11/10/2006 Suomen Lähetysseuran työ Taiwanissa alkoi vuonna 1956. Ensimmäiset työntekijät olivat kolme entistä Kiinan-lähetystyöntekijää. Lähetysseuran työntekijät olivat joutuneet poistumaan Kiinasta kommunistien noustua valtaan 1949. Suomen Lähetysseuran työntekijä Irma Nygren on asunut Taiwanissa 30 vuotta. Hän on nähnyt maan vaurastumisen ja kehittymisen.
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From: Suomen Lähetysseura
Related: [International Cooperation]
Image: Taiwanin evankelis-luterilaisen kirkon presidentti Timothy Fan.
08/16/2006 Taiwan oli verkkaisen elämänmenon sävyttämä riisipeltojen saari, kun ensimmäiset Suomen Lähetysseuran työntekijät saapuivat sinne 50 vuotta sitten. Nyt lähetystyöntekijät elävät kiirettä sykkivissä suurkaupungeissa. Jokin on silti säilynyt samana: taiwanilaisten rakkaus yhteisöllisyyteen.
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From: Suomen Lähetysseura
Related: [International Cooperation]
07/06/2006 Customs officers in Taiwan have seized more than two metric tonnes of illegal elephant ivory on ships travelling from Tanzania to The Philippines.
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From: Environment News Service (ENS)
Related: [Philippines] [Tanzania ]
Nury Vittachi
05/08/2006 A gentle community gets on with life despite having a wall of missiles pointing at them, reports OneWorld UK's man in East Asia, Nury Vittachi.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [China]
Image: Nury Vittachi
12/15/2005 The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) board of directors today announced that Quanta Computer Inc. of Taiwan was chosen as the original design manufacturer (ODM) for the $100 laptop project. The decision was made after the board reviewed bids from several possible manufacturing companies.
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Related: [ICT]
05/16/2005 Taiwanilla tuore tutkimus vahvistaa yleisen käsityksen, jonka mukaan vuokratyötä tekevien työehdot ovat huonommat kuin vakituisessa työsuhteessa olevien. Yrityksiä se on houkutellut hyödyntämään yhä enemmän työvoimaa vuokraavien yhtiöiden palveluja. Vuokratyöläisen palkka voi olla kolmanneksen heikompi kuin vakituisen ja välityspalkkio voi nousta jopa 30 prosenttiin vuokratyöläisen palkasta.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related: [Labor]
La marcia di Taipei - da AsiaNews
03/26/2005 Circa 500 attivisti cinesi per la democrazia ed i diritti umani hanno inviato mercoledì scorso una lettera aperta all'Ue in cui, denunciando l'alto numero di abusi ai diritti umani tuttora commessi nella Repubblica popolare, chiedono all'Ue di mantenere l'embargo sulla vendita di armi alla Cina. Amnesty International ha segnalato intanto all'Ue nuovi arresti ai danni di attivisti che tentano di difendere i diritti in Cina. E oggi a Taiwan oltre 1 milione di persone sono scese nelle strade della capitale per protestare contro la legge anti-secessione approvata il 14 marzo scorso dall'Assemblea Nazionale del Popolo di Pechino.
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From: Asia News, Amnesty International (sezione italiana)
Related: [China] [Civil Rights] [Activism] [Democracy] [Arms & Military]
Image: La marcia di Taipei - da AsiaNews
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03/15/2005 Kiinan kansankongressi on hyväksynyt kiistellyn lain, joka antaa laillisen perustan voimatoimille Taiwanin itsenäisyyden estämiseksi. Taiwanissa kansallisen tutkimuslaitoksen tekemän mielipidekyselyn mukaan 90 prosenttia taiwanilaisista vastustaa itsenäisyyskysymyksen ratkaisemista sotilaallisesti. Myös Yhdysvallat on ilmoittanut pitävänsä lakia valitettavana.
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From: OneWorld on Yahoo News
Related: [China] [Politics] [Conflict]
Image: - © Out There News
02/24/2005 In Finland, workers of the Taiwanese owned Foxconn have been in a legal strike since 16th February. By the action they defend their right to apply the plastic industry collective agreement, which guarantees workers higher pay than the agreement Foxconn suggests. If Foxconn could enforce its plan, it would create a precedent that would seriously hurt the rights of all wage and salary earners.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related: [Finland] [Labor]
Carroarmato cinese
12/28/2004 Il Comitato permanente del Parlamento cinese ha approvato ieri il disegno di legge anti-secessione mirante a fronteggiare i piani indipendentisti di Taiwan e a tener unito il Paese in un eventuale conflitto contro l'isola. In risposta gli Stati Uniti hanno deciso, per la prima volta dal 1979, di inviare militari a Taiwan: gli Usa sono "preoccupati delle crescenti ambizioni militari di Pechino nella regione dell’Asia-Pacifico". Intanto Cina e Russia hanno deciso di avviare manovre militari congiunte sul terrirorio cinese a partire dal prossimo anno.
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From: Asia News
Related: [China] [East Asia] [Geopolitics] [Security]
Image: Carroarmato cinese
Mappa della Cina con Taiwan
11/26/2004 Mentre il presidente cinese Hu Jintao saluta come un successo il suo primo viaggio in America Latina, nel corso del quale 39 compagnie cinesi hanno siglato accordi commerciali con i Paesi sudamerican soprattutto per la fornitura di energia e materie prime, continua a salire la tensione tra Cina e Taiwan. In risposta all'ordine dato dal presidente taiwanese al Kuomintang (il partito d'opposizione filo cinese) di cambiare il suo simbolo perché simile a quello della bandiera cinese, la Cina ha comunicato che se Taiwan "continua a premere per l'indipendenza, il conflitto armato sarà inevitabile".
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From: Asia News
Related: [China] [Trade] [Arms & Military] [Security]
Image: Mappa della Cina con Taiwan © Out There News
03/22/2004 Uncertainty and divisions loom in the days and weeks ahead in Taiwan, after mass demonstrations, fuelled by folktale-like speculations about the rigging of Saturday's presidential elections, turned into violent riots Sunday.
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From: Inter Press Service
Related: [Politics] [Democracy] [Conflict]
12/10/2003 TAIPEI, Dec. 10 (CSM) -– President Chen Shui-bian is on the campaign trail, tossing himself into mobbing crowds, pushing the envelope, and liberally using the 1,000-volt word that nobody in Beijing wants to hear: referendum.
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From: Christian Science Monitor
Related: [China] [Politics] [Arms & Military]
06/18/2003 Listen up, British Columbia. The official responsible for Taiwan's efforts to control SARS has issued a warning about the dangers of contracting out hospital staff. Centre for Disease Control director Su Ih-jen is recommending hospitals take direct control of contracted-out work — such as laundry, cleaning and nursing aide services — to bolster Taiwan's infection control efforts.
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From: Canadian Union of Public Employees
Related: [Canada] [Disease/treatment] [Governance]
09/09/2002 Amid growing tensions with Taiwan, China has built a missile defence shield to protect the huge Three Gorges dam, currently under construction, from the threat of military attack, the government revealed last week.
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From: Probe International
Related: [China] [Energy] [Conflict] [Security]
A screen from one of Ohana's creative, entertaining English- instruction DVDs.
08/11/2002
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Related: [United States] [Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China] [China]
Image: A screen from one of Ohana's creative, entertaining English- instruction DVDs.
05/09/2002 Taiwan is discussing dumping low-level nuclear waste in the politically troubled Solomon Islands, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency.
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From: Environment News Service (ENS)
Related: [Solomon Islands] [Nuclear Issues]
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