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Taiwan Turmoil: Protesters Won't Relent
By WILLIAM FOREMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI,
Taiwan (AP) - Political turmoil set off by Taiwan's
disputed presidential election spooked major stock markets
across Asia on Monday and threatened to drag on for
months. Thousands of protesters camping out in front of
the Presidential Office in the capital, Taipei, refused to
leave until the ...
Monday 2004-03-22, Las Vegas Sun (English)
Chen Shui-bianDivider, not unifier
Playing ethnic card, DPP leader has split
Taiwan into two camps By TAIPEI - President Chen Shui-bian
once said his being elected would help to create ethnic
harmony in Taiwan - but the record shows he has divided
Taiwanese society. The ongoing islandwide protests against
the outcome of ...
Monday 2004-03-22, The Straits Times (English)
Taiwan's whodunnit is the talk of HK
By THE MAN in the street in Hong Kong seems
more interested in speculating about who was behind last
Friday's shooting of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian
than the outcome and impact of the presidential election.
A newspaper vendor, who identified himself as Mr Fong,
said: 'Friday's shooting ...
Monday 2004-03-22, The Straits Times (English)
Asian Stocks Decline in U.S. Trading, Led
by Taiwan; Sony Drops
March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell
in U.S. trading. Taiwanese shares slumped after the
opposition challenged the legality of President Chen
Shui-bian's re-election. Merrill Lynch & Co. cut its
recommendation on Taiwanese equities, saying overseas
investors had expected an opposition victory. ``You want
to get out ...
Monday 2004-03-22, Bloomberg (English)
Taiwan crisis was never real
GWYNNE DYER 'IF CHEN loses, the chances of
war are about 20 per cent,' said Mr Arthur Ting of Cheng
Kung University in Taiwan, only days before the vote last
Saturday in which President Chen Shui-bian was seeking
re-election. 'If he wins, the risk rises to 40 per cent.'
He won. His margin of victory was narrow: 50.12 per cent
of ...
Monday 2004-03-22, The Straits Times (English)
Taiwan's opposition supporters won't
abandon protests against election results
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Political turmoil set
off by Taiwan's disputed presidential election spooked
major stock markets across Asia on Monday and threatened
to drag on for months. Thousands of protesters camping out
in front of the Presidential Office in the ...
Monday 2004-03-22, Yahoo Daily News (English)
Taiwanese Stocks Sink in U.S. After
Disputed Election (Update1)
March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Taiwanese stocks
slumped in the U.S., pointing to further losses Tuesday in
Taipei, after the Nationalist Party challenged the
legality of President Chen Shui- bian's re-election and
demanded a probe into speculation he faked an
assassination attempt to win votes. The iShares MSCI
Taiwan Index Fund ...
Monday 2004-03-22, Bloomberg (English)
Taiwan opposition still protesting
presidential vote
- - - - - - - - - - - - By Stephan Grauwels
March 22, 2004 | TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Opposition
activists refused to disband protests Monday until
authorities agree to re-count Taiwan's weekend
presidential election, narrowly won by the incumbent one
day after he was lightly wounded in a shooting critics say
influenced the ...
Monday 2004-03-22, Salon (English)
Democracy wins
`Wrong' result in Taiwan means Beijing may
wait even longer for `right' vote here Stephen Vines
Anyone viewing the results of the Taiwan presidential
election through the prism of the Chinese ...
Monday 2004-03-22, Hong Kong Standard (English)
Gwynne Dyer: Chen, China and rocky road to
independence
COMMENT "If Chen loses, the chances of war
are about 20 per cent," said Arthur Ting of Cheng Kung
University in Taiwan, only days before the vote in which
President Chen Shui-bian was seeking re-election. "If he
wins, the risk rises to 40 per cent." He won. His margin
of victory was narrow: 50.12 per cent of the votes for
President Chen, versus ...
Monday 2004-03-22, NZ Herald (English) |
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