Two parliamentarians from Lesotho were charged with treason for expressing the intent to attend today's Taiwan-Africa Progressive Partnership Forum, Minister of Foreign Affairs James Huang (
Huang declined to offer any more details but said that leaders of the country's five African allies and representatives from another 35 African nations had been invited.
Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs African Affairs Department Chang Yun-ping (
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Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Tzu-pao (
Because China usually contacts diplomats to pressure them not to meet Taiwanese officials, they only expected approximately 80 guests to attend.
The event is being organized by the Association for International NGO Studies and will be held at the Grand Hotel.
President Chen Shui-bian (
Participants will include government officials, parliamentarians, representatives from the industrial and academic sectors and non-governmental organizations.
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Issues include information technology, digital opportunities, business management, trade and economic development, healthcare, international medical cooperation, the environment, humanitarian relief, international development and cooperation, development of agricultural technology and cross-border cooperation.
Because of the physical distances and cultural differences, organizers said that they hoped to use the forum as an interaction platform to gradually strengthen partnerships with African countries.
Taiwan would benefit from more integrated military strategies and deployments if the US and its allies treat the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea as a “single theater of operations,” a Taiwanese military expert said yesterday. Shen Ming-shih (沈明室), a researcher at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, said he made the assessment after two Japanese military experts warned of emerging threats from China based on a drill conducted this month by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theater Command. Japan Institute for National Fundamentals researcher Maki Nakagawa said the drill differed from the
‘WORSE THAN COMMUNISTS’: President William Lai has cracked down on his political enemies and has attempted to exterminate all opposition forces, the chairman said The legislature would motion for a presidential recall after May 20, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said yesterday at a protest themed “against green communists and dictatorship” in Taipei. Taiwan is supposed to be a peaceful homeland where people are united, but President William Lai (賴清德) has been polarizing and tearing apart society since his inauguration, Chu said. Lai must show his commitment to his job, otherwise a referendum could be initiated to recall him, he said. Democracy means the rule of the people, not the rule of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), but Lai has failed to fulfill his
A rally held by opposition parties yesterday demonstrates that Taiwan is a democratic country, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday, adding that if opposition parties really want to fight dictatorship, they should fight it on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) held a protest with the theme “against green communists and dictatorship,” and was joined by the Taiwan People’s Party. Lai said the opposition parties are against what they called the “green communists,” but do not fight against the “Chinese communists,” adding that if they really want to fight dictatorship, they should go to the right place and face
A 79-year-old woman died today after being struck by a train at a level crossing in Taoyuan, police said. The woman, identified by her surname Wang (王), crossed the tracks even though the barriers were down in Jhongli District’s (中壢) Neili (內壢) area, the Taoyuan Branch of the Railway Police Bureau said. Surveillance footage showed that the railway barriers were lowered when Wang entered the crossing, but why she ventured onto the track remains under investigation, the police said. Police said they received a report of an incident at 6:41am involving local train No. 2133 that was heading from Keelung to Chiayi City. Investigators
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