Quemoy and Matsu
(1990 est. pop. 43,000). The islands of Quemoy and Matsu are part of a group of fifteen islands that are located in the Min River estuary about twelve kilometers off the coast of Fuji...
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Taipei (dpa) - A total of 17 teams from around the world gathered
in Taipei Monday for the 29th William Jones Cup Basketball
Tournament.
The teams will play t...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan will apply to host major international
sports events, including the Olympics, if the nation's opposition
party KMT's candidate Ma Ying-jeou wins the pr...
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China expressed surprise Friday at Taiwan's rejection of a plan
to stage a leg of the Olympic torch relay in Taipei and called on the
island's authorities to reconsider...
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The Olympic torch will not pass through Taiwan next year as
initially planned, due to the failure of Beijing and Taipei to
resolve their dispute over the condit...
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China expressed surprise Friday at Taiwan's rejection of a plan
to stage a leg of the Olympic torch route relay in Taipei and called
on Taipei to reconsider.
Jian...
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Taiwan's pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian on Friday
defended his government's decision to reject China's torch relay
arrangements, which he says has encroached upon Taiwan's sovereig...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Monday said the
island should stop remaining "invisible" in the world and must seek
to become a normalized country given it...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan on Wednesday urged Venezuela to issue visas
to its baseball players so that they can attend the 13th Youth World
Baseball Championship.
...
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Taipei (dpa) - The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) has
stripped Venezuela of the baseball youth world championships because
it denied the Taiwan players visas, a sp...
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The Olympic torch will not pass through Taiwan next year as
initially planned, as Beijing and Taipei have failed to resolve their
dispute over the conditions for doing so, the International O...
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