Taiwan election draws capital interest
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Bee Staff Writer. Today, Carl Lai, a plant scientist from Sacramento, will vote in Taipei on the future of Taiwan, along with roughly 4,000 other Taiwanese from California.
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A parliamentary election victory for Taiwan&#39;s opposition coalition will boost investor confidence and the financial markets on Monday, analysts said.
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Taiwanese opposition lawmakers cruised the streets in trucks Sunday, thanking voters for their upset victory in an election expected to calm U.S. fears that the island was headed toward a conflict with rival China.
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Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang, the top figure in the pro-independence administration of Chen Shui-bian, announced on Sunday he would seek his party's nomination for the 2008 presidential election.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is under pressure to find ways to work with an opposition-dominated parliament after his party suffered a surprise setback in weekend legislative elections.
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Taiwan is attracting interest as perhaps the last place to find affordable shares in companies with extensive Chinese operations.
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The vote, which could shape the way the island handles relations with China, was the first since Mr Chen narrowly won the presidency in March.
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Taiwan capital says network will reach 90% of population of 3M, will charge users for access. TAIPEI  - Taipei plans to make wireless Internet access available across the Taiwan capital by the end
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The 2008 presidential candidate of  Taiwan&#39;s ruling party appealed on Monday for U.S. understanding  of the island&#39;s frustration at being isolated by China and  vowed efforts to restore dialogue with Beijing.
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A stable of dark horse candidates, including one who claims the capital of Taiwan owes him a cow and a septuagenarian who once used tear gas in parliament, has brought colour to Taipei's mayoral elections.
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The resurgence of pro-China opposition party, Kuomintang, which took a majority in Saturday's legislative elections, boosts its chances for the presidential vote in March.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 8 -- The news came as a shock to many Taiwanese. After 63 years as a faithful ally of this self-ruled island, Costa Rica was switching diplomatic relations to mainland China, acknowledging that money was the big lure.
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Taipei, Dec. 11 (CNA) Taiwan voters went to the polls Saturday to elect the nation&#39;s sixth Legislative Yuan, which is scheduled to open Feb. 1, 2005.
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High-stakes elections are likely to reinforce President Chen Shui-bian's drive to bestow more trappings of independence on this self-governing island despite warnings from the Chinese government and the U.S.
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Frank Hsieh, the candidate of Taiwan&#39;s ruling Democratic Progressive Party in next March&#39;s presidential election, pledged Tuesday to loosen regulations covering the transfer of Taiwanese technology to China.Taiwanese companies face various hurdles in moving their operations to China and typically have to receive government approval before making chip investments on the mainland. The two nations separated in 1949 amid civil war, and Beijing has long threatened the use of force to take the island if it moves towards formal independence.Intel and other non-Taiwanese chip-makers investing in China face fewer administrative barriers.&quot;The degree of regulation is a problem so in terms of technology transfer I would like to loosen it if I become president and make it as loose as Intel,&quot; Hsieh said at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents&#39; Club of Japan in Tokyo.The exchange of chip-making technology to China is a hot issue in Taiwan, whose economy is influenced by major semiconductor makers.In October the founder and former chairman of United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), the world&#39;s second largest contract chip maker, were found not guilty of investing in and transferring technology to a Chinese chip maker. Earlier in the year a Taipei court overturned an NT$5 million (US$154,000) fine against UMC over the same deal with He Jian Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.Taiwan&#39;s presidential election is scheduled to take place on March 22, 2008.
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Taiwan votes on Saturday to choose a new parliament in a ballot that could shape its future relations with China.
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The people of Taiwan are voting to choose a new parliament in a ballot that could shape its future relations with China.