Entries from Truth About China tagged with 'Taiwan'
Taiwan pulls movies from Shanghai festival
By Min Lee - Associated Press | via (UNCENSORED) Yahoo! NewsJune 11, 2010 Taiwan has pulled eight movies from China's leading international film festival, an official said Friday, citing concerns that festival organizers could use the occasion to assert Beijing's sovereignty...
Chinese Military Seeks to Extend Its Naval Power
By Edward Wong | The New York TimesApril 26, 2010 The Chinese military is seeking to project naval power well beyond the Chinese coast, from the oil ports of the Middle East to the shipping lanes of the Pacific, where...
China's Censors Tackle and Trip Over the Internet
Michael Wines, Sharon LaFraniere and Jonathan Ansfield | The New York TimesApril 07, 2010 Type the Chinese characters for "carrot" into Google's search engine here in mainland China, and you will be rewarded not with a list of Internet links,...
Researchers Trace Data Theft to Intruders in China
By John Markoff and David Barboza | The New York TimesApril 05, 2010 Turning the tables on a China-based computer espionage gang, Canadian and United States computer security researchers have monitored a spying operation for the past eight months, observing...
Journalists' E-Mails Hacked in China
By Andrew Jacobs | The New York Times30 March 2010 In what appears to be a coordinated assault, the e-mail accounts of more than a dozen rights activists, academics and journalists who cover China have been compromised by unknown intruders....
Rift Grows as U.S. and China Seek Differing Goals
By Edward Wong | The New York TimesFebruary 20, 2010 When President Obama met with the Dalai Lama in the White House on Thursday, he was following a tradition that all recent American presidents had dutifully honored. Yet, to some...
China hits back at US-Taiwan sale
By BBC World News30 January 2010 China has announced a series of moves against the US in retaliation for a proposed weapons sale to Taiwan worth $6.4bn (£4bn). Beijing said it would suspend military exchanges with the US, impose sanctions...
Lawyers, Activists Denied Access
By Radio Free AsiaNovember 18, 2009 Chinese rights lawyers and petitioners were closely watched and prevented from meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama during his visit to Beijing. Rights lawyers and activists in Beijing during U.S. President Barack Obama's visit...
China's Export of Censorship
By Christopher Walker and Sarah Cook | Far Eastern Economic ReviewOctober 12, 2009 The Chinese government's effort to prevent dissident authors from taking part in the prestigious Frankfurt Book Fair, an international showcase for freedom of expression, has offered Germany...
Uighur Film to Show In Taiwan, Angering China
By REUTERS | The New York TimesSeptember 20, 2009 Taiwan's second-largest city said Sunday it would show a film about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer further angering China which is still fuming about the Dalai Lama's recent visit to the island....
Harrison Ford Documentary, Dalai Lama Renaissance, Attacked by China's Communist Party
By PRWebJuly 29, 2009 China's Communist Party attacks "Dalai Lama Renaissance" (www.DalaiLamaFilm.com), a documentary film about the Dalai Lama narrated by Harrison Ford, after the film premieres in Taiwan and receives front page positive Taiwanese press. China's response likely an...
Pelosi Sees No Improvement In China on Human Rights
Agence France-Presse | The Washington PostJune 06, 2009 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said yesterday she sees no progress in China on human rights, regretting that neither economic reforms nor U.S. pressure are making Beijing budge. Pelosi, who visited China...
A Manifesto on Freedom Sets China's Persecution Machinery in Motion
By Michael Wines | THE NEW YORK TIMES01 May 2009 Behind the west Beijing apartment building where Liu Xia keeps a fifth-floor flat, the police have built a guardhouse. Its purpose is not to protect Ms. Liu, who seeks no...
Report: Chinese Develop Special "Kill Weapon" to Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers
U.S. Naval InstituteMarch 31, 2009 With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy seems to have yet another reason to be deeply concerned....
US House reaffirms commitment to Taiwan
By Agence France Presse | via UNCENSORED Yahoo! NewsMarch 25, 2009 Congress voted Tuesday to reaffirm the US commitment to ensuring Taiwan's security, despite protests from China which claims the island. The House of Representatives in a voice vote approved...
Post-Olympics China Turns Its Back On Internet Censorship Promises
By Jason Mick | DAILYTECH.COMDecember 18, 2008 Just when you thought China had softened on web crack-downs, it returns to its old ways China has not exactly been known for its great freedom of speech. Its citizens' internet access is tightly...
China says within rights to block some websites
By REUTERS | via UNCENSORED Yahoo! NewsDecember 16, 2008 China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday the country was within its rights to block websites with content illegal under Chinese law, including websites that referred to China and Taiwan as two...
China spying on Skype users: Canadian researchers
By Agence France Presse | via UNCENSORED Yahoo! NewsOctober 02, 2008 China is monitoring the chat messages of Skype users and censoring them if they contain sensitive keywords such as "Tibet" or "Communist Party," according to a group of Canadian...
Cash Helped China Win Costa Rica's Recognition
By Graham Bowley | The New York TimesSeptember 13, 2008 As part of an incentive package to persuade Costa Rica to shift its diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China last year, China used the muscle of its enormous foreign exchange...
Taiwan activist deported by China
By ASSOCIATED PRESSAugust 10, 2008 China has deported a pro-independence Taiwanese activist who wanted to cheer athletes from Taiwan at the Olympics. Yang Hui-ju says Beijing immigration officials searched her bag and confiscated her valid visa. Returning to Taipei on...
Taiwan nixes China move to change Olympic name
By Peter Enav - Associated Press Write | The Charleston GazetteJuly 12, 2008 TAIPEI, TAIWAN -- A senior Taiwan official has rejected China's attempts to change the name under which the island will compete in next month's Olympics, striking a discordant note...
Taiwanese to rally over China law
By Caroline Gluck | BBC World News March 16, 2008 Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in rival political rallies across Taiwan. What is known as Super Sunday is the last chance for big weekend rallies...
Japanese Company Recalls Globes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | The New York TimesJanuary 10, 2008 A Japanese educational company is recalling 10,000 electronic talking globes after customers complained that self-governing Taiwan was labeled a part of the People's Republic of China. The ''Smart Globe''...
Taiwan's Vice President Lu raps China over air space move
By TODAYonline.com 17 December 2007 Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu on Sunday accused China of interfering with the island's upcoming parliamentary and presidential polls by trying to squeeze its air space.Lu said that on November 26 China, via Hong Kong's...
Taiwan blocks Chinese WTO judge
By BBC NewsNovember 20, 2007 The appointment of a Chinese judge to the highest court in the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been blocked by Taiwan in a surprise decision. Taiwan lodged its objection citing fears of bias and the...
China returns Taiwan mail over UN slogan
By Associated Press | via (uncensored) Yahoo! NewsNovember 14, 2007 China is stamping return to sender on mail from Taiwan postmarked with a slogan supporting the island's bid to join the United Nations. Taiwan's post office began putting a "U.N....
China Promotes Taiwan-Focused Military Officers
By David Lague | The New York TimesOctober 10, 2007 China has promoted at least four senior military officers with experience in planning for war over Taiwan ahead of a major political meeting next week at which the Communist Party...
Don't Put Taiwan's Democracy and Freedom back into a Box
The following is a paid advertisement which was published in The New York Times and The Washington Post on September 17, 2007. As this is a very important document, we decided to publish the full text on this web site...
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