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 2008
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| Jan.12 |
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Opposition sweep to victory  Kuomintang (KMT) party, which supports closer ties with mainland, won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections
| The KMT secured 72% of the seats in the 113-seat chamber, beating President Chen Shui-bian's party
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| Mar.17 |
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 Asian markets rally after turmoil Asian markets have steadied after a day of global market turmoil sparked by the emergency sale of bank Bear Stearns
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| Mar.18 |
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 Asian markets lift after Fed cut The Nikkei index jumped more than 3%; shares in Australia, Taiwan and South Korea rose by 2%
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| Mar.21 |
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 Taiwan votes, with China on minds Voters headed to the polls to vote in presidential elections, with the violence in Tibet in the backdrop and relations with China on the front burner
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| Mar.22 |
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Opposition triumphs in elections Voters overwhelmingly elected Nationalist Party's Ma Ying-jeou to be president, choosing the promise of economic growth through ties with China
| Official results gave Ma an advantage of nearly 17% over Mr Hsieh.
Ma Ying-jeou polled 58.45%, with Hsieh getting 41.55%, on a turnout of 76%
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Taiwan victor promises China ties Newly-elected president Ma Ying-jeou has pledged to establish better economic and political ties with China
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| Mar.27 |
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Pentagon orders nuclear inventory Defence Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a full inventory of nuclear arms after parts of ballistic missiles were mistakenly sent to Taiwan
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| Apr.12 |
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 Taiwan, China hold historic meeting| Taiwan's vice president-elect met with Chinese President Hu Jintao in the highest-level political contact between the governments in 60 years | |
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| May.25 |
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Taiwan party chief heads to China Wu Poh-hsiung has departed for a 6-day visit, in what is seen as another sign of warming ties between the two sides
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| May.28 |
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China invites Taiwan to key talks China has invited the Taiwanese organisation to restart bilateral talks that have been suspended for a decade
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| Jun.11 |
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Taiwan, China open formal talks Negotiators have opened their first formal talks in almost a decade, aiming to forge an agreement on expanded charter flights
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| Jun.12 |
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China, Taiwan sign charter flights deal The countris formally agreed to expand charter flights and tourism and to set up permanent offices in each other's territory
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| Jul.3 |
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Direct China-Taiwan flights begin| The first regular direct flight from mainland China to Taiwan since the two sides split in civil war in 1949 has landed at Taipei's airport | |
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| Jul.18 |
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Tropical storm 'kills 14' 6 were hurt and another 6 were missing. A husband and wife who were swept away by fast-rising creek water
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| Jul.27 |
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 Second typhoon bears down Taiwanese stacked sand bags at doors and boarded up windows as Typhoon Fung Wong approached the island, whipping up waves
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| Sep. 13 |
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Typhoon Sinlaku dumps rain| The typhoon was moving slowly toward the northern shores of Taiwan, promising to dump heavy rain on on the region as it crawls north | |
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Typhoon Sinlaku slams into Taiwan Sinlaku slammed with heavy rain and strong winds, flooding low-lying regions and causing landslides that disrupted traffic
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