On Friday, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) revoked Minister of National Defense Lee Jye's (李傑) party membership, accusing him of kowtowing to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government.

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By Richard Halloran
"Taiwan is our territory," said Tan Naida, a delegate to the National People's Congress in Beijing. "Just look at history. Why can't we take Taiwan back?"

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By Wu Shu-min 吳樹民
In January, members of the Foundation of Medical Professionals' Alliance in Taiwan, where I serve as president, visited all the representatives of EU countries in Taiwan to thank them for their support of the nation's "meaningful participation" in the WHO.

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The US Food and Drug Administration does not distinguish between artificial trans fats linked to health problems and their natural counterparts
By Kim Severson
Matthew Reich is a baker dedicated to natural ingredients. He uses butter in the cookies and brioche he turns out at Tom Cat Bakery in Long Island City, Queens, and like many professional cooks he applauds the public health effort to get artificial trans fat out of food.

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By Sam Sheringham
More than 12,800km from Beijing, Chinese workers are putting the finishing touches to stadiums for a sport they've never played.

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By Huang Jei-hsuan
There is a long-held Beijing-inspired misperception among international observers that Taiwanese independence is a move by a local province to break away from the motherland -- somewhat similar to Quebec's move to split from Canada.

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