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2001
Business (5)
Politics (7)
Crime (2)
Disasters (4)
War & Army (3)
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Taiwan, January 2001
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| Jan.1 |
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First Taiwan Boat Reaches Mainland 2 boats docked completing the first legal direct crossing from Taiwan
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| Feb.5 |
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China sends boat to Taiwan Boat has 97 mainlanders. No officials accompanied the entourage | |
| Feb.13 |
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Taipei, Hong Kong meeting The mayor of Taipei met with the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and invited him to Taiwan
| Feb.23 |
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Aviation standards violated Investigators of fatal crash of a Singapore Airlines found a runway closed for repairs have
not been marked
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| Mar.20 |
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China opposes arms sales to Taiwan Deputy Prime Minister said that Sino-American relations would suffer if Taiwan receives permission to buy U.S. destroyers
| Mar.31 |
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Dalai Lama to quell China's anger Tibet's leader has called on China to send a representative to Taiwan to investigate whether he involved in anti-Chinese activities
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| Apr.23 |
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Bush defers Taiwan's request U.S. President decided not to sell the high-tech destroyers to Taiwan. He did approve the sale of 4 older destroyers
| Apr.25 |
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Bush pledges to defend Taiwan U.S. President said that the United States would do whatever it took to help Taiwan defend herself | |
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| May.21 |
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Taiwan's Chen begins visit Hundreds expressed support for Taiwan President. Chen walked along one of city's main streets | |
| May.28 |
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Taiwan president visits Panama Chen Shui-Bian meant to build economic ties and to resist Beijing's growing influence
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| Jun.20 |
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Taiwan fires missiles Military successfully test-fired 3 U.S.-made patriot missiles
| Jun.23 |
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Bus hijacking ends without injury 14 people were released after bus was hijacked by a married couple who held them for 4 hours
| Jun.25 |
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Typhoon kills scores Typhoon Chebi has killed 73 people in province of Fujian and Taiwan. 83 were still missing
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| Jul.14 |
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Mixed reaction to 2008 win 200,000 had converged on Tiananmen Square. Taiwan fears the event could exacerbate nationalism on the mainland
| Jul.29 |
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Typhoon kills 16, dozens missing Storm with winds of up to 160 kph (104 mph) caused landslides | |
| Jul.30 |
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Typhoon heads for China Typhoon killed 43 people in mudslides and raging waters. International flights cancelled
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| Aug.27 |
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Taiwan to ease trade with China Economic advisers urged President to abandon policy of caution and easing a ban on direct trade and transport links
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| Nov.11 |
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Taiwan joins China in WTO Beijing had insisted Taiwan, 'separate customs territory', could enter only after China
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| Dec.1 |
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Ruling party declares victory President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party declared victory in legislative elections | |
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