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  CNN Cold War - Spotlight: Chinese-Soviet border clashes
Damansky Island, known to the Chinese as Zhen Bao, is an uninhabited stretch of land, about 1 1/2 miles long by a half-mile wide.
According to Chen Jian, associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and author of "China's Road to the Korean War", the Soviet side was more prepared for the March 15 incident.
Chen adds that, according to Chinese sources, the two battles for Damansky/Zhen Bao Island resulted in a total of 250 Soviet casualties and more than 100 Chinese casualties.
www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/15/spotlight   (1183 words)

  
  phorum - Hakka Chinese Forum at Asiawind - Chinese Surname No.10 CHEN/CHIN/TAN/CHAN
Chen is in Pinyin, Chin in Hakka, Tan in Hokkien, Chan in Cantonese
Chen Hua Cheng was from Tong An county (¦P¦w¿¤) of Fujian province (ºÖ«Ø¬Ù).
Chen Jia Geng was from Ji Mei village (¶°¬ü§ø) in Tong An county (¦P¦w¿¤) of Fujian province.
www.asiawind.com /forums/read.php?f=1&i=1135&t=1135   (736 words)

  
 Taiwan History: ESL iSLAND
Another name Taiwan was referred to in the past was 'Bao Dao' or Treasure Island because of the myth of vast treasures which were allegedly hidden on the island by pirate.
Imposing heavy taxes and labor requirements on the island's occupants and importing missionaries with the emphatic goal of converting them to Christianity, the Dutch didn't endear themselves to the native population.
General Chen Yi was sent to Taiwan under Chiang Kaishek's orders to become Taiwan's governor, but his corruption and incompetence led to riots on February 28th, 1947 when somewhere between 10,000-30,000 civilians were killed during the repressive clampdown which followed.
www.eslisland.com /intro/history.html   (3370 words)

  
 Senkaku / Diaoyutai Islands
The islands are approximately 120 nm northeast of Taiwan, 200 nm east of the Chinese mainland, and 200 nm southeast of Okinawa.
These islands were neither part of Taiwan nor part of the Pescadores Islands which were ceded to Japan from the Qing Dynasty of China in accordance with Article II of the Treaty of Shimonoseki which came into effect in May of 1895.
China argues that Okinotorishima island, the southernmost island in the Japanese archipelago, is merely a rock, not an island, in an attempt to nullify Japan's claim of an exclusive economic zone around the small island, which is under Tokyo jurisdiction.
globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/senkaku.htm   (4130 words)

  
 Keeping the kingdom
The island's effort to protect marine life is not the only aspect of wildlife conservation that has seen an improvement.
Chen feels it is time for the government to enlarge the scope of its activities to include invertebrates.
Many of the island's consumers already try hard to eat only free-range eggs on principle, but Taiwan is short of arable land, and farmers, like farmers everywhere, often seem to be more concerned with profit than with the welfare of the pigs that generate it.
www.eurocbc.org /taipeieviewjune2000_09jun2003page1098.html   (1727 words)

  
 Island In the Stream IV   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Chen Shui-bian (³¯¤ô«ó) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected with a plurality of 39.3%, second was James Soong (§º·¡·ì), Independent with 36.84% and third was Lien Chan (³s¾Ô) the KMT candidate with 23.1 0%.
Chen had only won by 39.3% and not a full majority; but full majorities are not always had in a democracy.
Chen's inability to solve the Legislative Yuan issue has made it difficult to deliver on many of his campaign promises most noticeably the halting of construction on the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant.
www.formosa.org /~taiwanpg/island/smc4.html   (3667 words)

  
 UCLA Asia Institute :: Story, Print Version
Although Chen's election certainly cannot be attributed merely to a reaction against threats from across the strait, Baum concluded, pressure from Beijing undoubtedly worked to Chen's advantage.
Chen Shui-bian won by 29,518 votes out of 13+ million cast, for a margin of victory of less than one-quarter of one percent.
Chen Shui-bian, on the other hand, is (at least to many of his supporters) a Lincolnesque figure.
international.ucla.edu /asia/print.asp?parentid=9435   (3597 words)

  
 Chen-Surgi 1-5 paper
Tenerelli and Chen (2002) show that the secondary rain maximum and associated a ring of potential vorticity cores lead the development of the secondary wind maximum.
However, their results also demonstrate the complex behavior as the effects of the sea spray on sensible and latent heat fluxes are acting in opposite senses as the amount of the spray increases in the model.
Bao, J.-W., J. Wilczak, J.-K. Choi, and L. Kantha, 2000: Numerical simulations of air-sea interaction under high-wind conditions using a coupled model: A study of hurricane development.
www.aoml.noaa.gov /hrd/iwtc/ChenSurgi1_5.html   (4868 words)

  
 Taiwan and the Future of Asian Security - Council on Foreign Relations
Chen Shui-bian has been careful not to be provocative and leave that window open.
Chen discussed "Chineseness," saying that, "The people across the Taiwan Strait share the same ancestral, cultural, and historical background." He stressed the "Four No’s": no formal declaration of independence; no change of national title; no inclusion of "state-to-state" relations in the Constitution, and no referendum (on independence).
On the second day of his tenure, Chen reiterated his willingness to go forward and establish what are known as the "three links" – sea, air and communication links – which the mainland has been interested in.
www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=3682   (7103 words)

  
 Inside the Taiwan Political Scene
Chen Shui-bian, pro-independence DPP candidate for Mayor of Taipei in 1998, was handed a big defeat by the anti-separatist majority.
Chen now faces serious challenges from more moderate rivals within his own party who propose some sort of accommodation with Beijing and will point to his reckless radicalism as politically unmarketable.
Chen turned out to be a corrupt petty tyrant who has alienated even city council members from his own party.
www.antiwar.com /orig/chu2.html   (2171 words)

  
 National Committee on American Foreign Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Chen Shui-bian declared that the ROC is Taiwan, Taiwan is the ROC, and ROC sovereignty belongs to the 23 million people of Taiwan.
In his October 10 speech, Chen Shui-bian suggested that “the two sides might take the 1992 Hong Kong dialogue as a basis to seek some way, though not perfect but acceptable, to promote Cross-Strait consultations and negotiations.”16 The Taiwan side said that this speech was a response to Beijing’s May 17 statement.
Chen Qimao is the president of the Shanghai Society for International Relations and the president of the Shanghai Center for RIMPAC Strategic and International Studies.
www.ncafp.org /projects/NEasia/apr05qimao.htm   (4364 words)

  
 Taiwan: The Reformer in Charge (int'l edition)
Chen's task will be as politically sensitive, and potentially economically disruptive, as the one South Korea's reformist President Kim Dae Jung took on when he assumed power in 1998.
Chen's only hope of ruling effectively is to form a strong coalition with other reform-minded factions.
Chen's big test is ''whether or not he can aggressively decrease the tensions without losing Taiwan's sovereignty and dignity,'' says Ray Chen, CEO of Compal Electronics Co.
www.businessweek.com /2000/00_14/b3675010.htm?scriptFramed   (2086 words)

  
 CNN.com - Taiwanese opposition stick to threats to recall president - November 5, 2000
Chen's televised apology on Sunday evening was apparently designed to soothe the opposition, which has accused the president of being rude and disrespectful to Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan.
In his apology, Chen acknowledged that the timing of the announcement was inappropriate but that he still stood by his government's decision to scrap the plant.
Chen's government has argued that it has the power to unilaterally decide to stop the nuclear project, which the president says is an environmental threat.
archives.cnn.com /2000/ASIANOW/east/11/05/taiwan.politics.02.ap/index.html   (522 words)

  
 Ming Empire 1368-1644 by Sanderson Beck
Chen Guangrui in Chang'an wins the top prize in the examinations, marries, and is appointed a governor; but the boatman Liu Hong kills him and takes his wife Lady Yin by force to become governor.
Chen discovers the body of Bridal Du is gone; but Commissioner Du Bao has been besieged in Huaian by the Jin army, and the old tutor is captured by Jin troops.
Chen lies that Du's wife and family were killed; Du Bao fights on in Huaian while the tutor negotiates a treaty between the Jin commander and the Song government.
www.san.beck.org /3-7-MingEmpire.html   (23715 words)

  
 Missing List: 2002
Chen was sentenced to 15 years in prison and four years without political rights after his release.
Chen, a free-lance writer, was arrested on suspicion of "using the Internet to subvert state power," according to a September 14 report in the official Hunan Daily.
Chen is still under investigation, and it is not clear whether he has been formally charged.
www.cpj.org /attacks02/china_imprisoned_02.html   (5686 words)

  
 BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Taiwan votes as China watches
The Ta Kung Bao said fighter jets were heard flying over Fuzhou in the southeast Chinese province of Fujian, while a column of tanks and some 60 military transport trucks were seen around the city.
While China has not resorted to the missile tests and military exercises it used to intimidate Taiwan's voters four years ago, Taiwan's armed forces are on heightened alert for the elections.
The election is considered by many to be a crucial test of the island's growing democratic maturity.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/681681.stm   (779 words)

  
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The military exercise at Dongshan Island, which is located at southwest of the Taiwan Straits and 277 kilometres away from Penghu Islands, began in 1996 and has so far been held eight times.
Following his highly disputed re-election, Chen has stated time and again his intention to hold a referendum for the drafting of a new "constitution" in 2006 and enacting it in 2008.
Such a push is widely believed to be Chen's attempt to achieve formal independence for the island.
taiwansecurity.org /News/2004/CD-130704.htm   (532 words)

  
 Planet Ark   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Nationalist Party was ousted by Chen in elections last March after half a century in power.
President Chen and the cabinet have come under fire from anti-nuclear die-hards in the DPP for agreeing to opposition demands to immediately resume construction of the 2,700-megawatt project - already one-third complete before it was shelved last October.
Chen was quoted by his chief of staff, Yu Shyi-kun, as saying Taiwan "cannot afford a political stand-off for a long time".
www.planetark.org /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=9720   (531 words)

  
 The China Desk - Taiwan's Fraudulent Election
This dog and pony show was referred to as "qi Lien, bao Bian" or "dump Lien, save Bian." This time, by a slim margin of 300,000 votes out of 12 million registered voters and an 83% voter turnout, Chen was handed the keys to the Presidential Palace.
Chen began his "acceptance speech" with a ringing declaration about how "the Republic of China's presidential election" had been successfully concluded, and how he had been elected, get this, "President of Taiwan." He did not refer to "the Republic of China" again.
I suggest however that Chen first state clearly what he is doing in advance, so voters can decide if those terms are acceptable to them, and Chen first establish a Republic of Taiwan before deciding he has a right to be its President.
thechinadesk.tripod.com /taiwans_fraudulent_election.htm   (2128 words)

  
 phorum - Overseas Chinese Forum at Asiawind - Chinese surname CHEN (Tan) - Deborah
In 717BC Gui Bao (صÀj) was installed as the twelfth ruler of the State of Chen.
On hearing that there was a power struggle in the State of Chen, Xiong Qian (ºµ°@), the 26th ruler of the State of Chu (·¡°ê present day Jiang Ling county ¦¿³®¿¤ in Hubei province ´ò¥_¬Ù) led an army to invade Chen.
The State of Chen was under the control of Chu as there was no ruler in Chen because the ruler had fled the State.
www.asiawind.com /forums/read.php?f=4&i=1540&t=1540   (2901 words)

  
 DefenseNews.com - Taiwan Opposition Shoots Down Arms Package - 09/13/05 09:52
The opposition insisted the arms bill is illegal after the Taiwanese failed to approve the proposed purchase in the island’s first referendum held simultaneously with presidential polls in March 2004.
Chen said last week that his government would strive to acquire sophisticated weaponry to defend itself against a Chinese invasion.
Relations between China and Taiwan, which split in 1949 at the end of a civil war, have worsened since independence-leaning Chen was elected president in 2000.
www.defensenews.com /story.php?F=1099478&C=asiapac   (466 words)

  
 Chinese military drills imminent: report
Some 18,000 troops have been training on Dongshan Island, 150 nautical miles west of Taiwan, and they will "in the coming days" participate in the drills between the southern provinces of Fujian and Guangdong, the Wen Wei Po said.
Tension between Beijing and Taipei has been heightened since Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian was re-elected this year, with China fearful his pro-independence moves were aimed at gaining formal independence.
Beijing has regarded Taiwan as a renegade province that must be reunified, by force if necessary, since the Communists won a civil war and drove the defeated Nationalists into exile on the island in 1949.
www.spacewar.com /2004/040723054431.gc0anss1.html   (375 words)

  
 Bao Dao Shao Nu Cheng Gong Ji - DramaWiki
However, her optimism and determination enabled her to face any difficult situation with a heart of gold.
Chen Yi Rong as Lin Bo Ying 林柏英
Chen Ruo Ping (陳若萍) as Yang Yu Hua 楊玉華
wiki.d-addicts.com /Bao_Dao_Shao_Nu_Cheng_Gong_Ji   (218 words)

  
 Election results threaten U.S. arms agreement - The Washington Times: World - December 16, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Pentagon is still pushing for the full package, but officials there and at other agencies said that may be difficult after opponents of President Chen Shui-bian, who campaigned against the deal, retained their majority in the Legislative Yuan.
The Beijing government, which considers Taiwan a wayward province of China, argues that arms sales to the island are an obstacle to the peaceful reunification of the two Chinas.
The United States counters that Taiwan needs the weapons to defend itself from a Chinese military buildup and that it is obligated to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself under the terms of the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act.
www.washtimes.com /world/20041215-101444-3184r.htm   (576 words)

  
 Chinese New Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although Chinese New Year is not institutionalised as public holiday, these countries recognise the significant number of their citizens who are of Chinese origin.
Depending on locality, the same day may also be celebrated as the Lantern Festival, or as the Chinese Valentine's Day.
Traditionally, red packets (Mandarin: 'hong bao' (紅包); Hokkien: 'ang pow' (POJ: âng-pau); Hakka: 'fung bao'; Cantonese: 'lai see' (利是)) are passed out during the Chinese New Year's celebrations, from married couples to unmarried people, especially children.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_New_Year   (3236 words)

  
 Control of Cyclin D1, p27Kip1, and Cell Cycle Progression in Human Capillary Endothelial Cells by Cell Shape and ...
Note that CE cells extended over multiple small dotlike adhesive islands separated by 10-µm-wide uncoated regions, whereas they remained restricted to single larger-size islands that are separated by larger nonadhesive boundary regions (100 µm wide).
Shown are fluorescence views of CE cells cultured on square adhesive islands 30, 60, or 80 µm wide and stained for F-actin using FITC-phalloidin, nuclei using the DNA binding dye DAPI, or nuclear-associated (hypophosphorylated) pRb using a monoclonal antibody.
Chen, B.M., and Grinnell, A.D. Integrins and modulation of transmitter release from motor nerve terminals by stretch.
www.molbiolcell.org /cgi/content/full/9/11/3179   (8319 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
CHEN Neng WEN Rui-zhi (59) Study on simulation model for escape behavior in disaster (I) : model development and computer realization.
MANG Li-ping TANG Ke-li CHEN Wen-liang (94) Study on the cyclic property of the annual sediment discharge variation of debris flows at Jiangjia Ravine, Yunnan, China.
CHEN Li XIAO Yu-bai (126) Statistical analysis of essays issued on Journal of Natural Disaster in 1992 - 1999.
mceer.buffalo.edu /infoService/enews/journalsVwr.asp?fileNumber=0202j15&max=28&custom=0   (463 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg Columnists   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Talks cooled in recent months, as it became clear President Chen Shui- bian, who is loathed by China's government, would be re-elected.
Chen, let's face it, has proven to be a better politician than leader.
Chen, a ``traitor'' in China's eyes, won the election.
quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000039&refer=columnist_pesek&sid=as9UIfS6cLBA   (832 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: Scandal-mongering blighting the nation's political scene
Chen Che-nan's repeated evasions, his gambling trip to South Korea and and other occasions when he had travelled without requesting leave eventually caught up with him when a photo of him and former KRTC vice chairman Chen Min-hsien in a casino in South Korea's Cheju Island in 2002 was displayed on a TVBS talk show.
Chen had previously said that he had never been to Incheon.
As a result of the statements Liang made, Chen was swiftly summoned for questioning and later detained.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=43279   (734 words)

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