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  Elections in the Republic of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ROC legislative election, 1969 (supplementary for the Free Area of the Republic of China)
ROC legislative election, 1972 (supplementary for the Free Area of the Republic of China)
ROC legislative election, 1975 (supplementary for the Free Area of the Republic of China)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_the_Republic_of_China   (352 words)

  
 Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Following the pro-reformist election, it was disclosed that Rafsanjani was allegedly linked to government officials who had committed human rights abuses and executions of dissidents, intellectuals, and criminals during his presidency.
The election of a reformist government appeared to precipitate the easing of US sanctions which had been imposed on Iran afer the Islamic revolution in 1979.
President Khatami celebrated his landslide election victory in June 2001 by sharing a platform with the figurehead of the conservative establishment, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, hours after their supporters had clashed on the streets of the Tehran.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Iran+(Islamic+Republic+of)   (2669 words)

  
 Republican China
China was still to be suzerain, but it would have to allow Russia a free hand in Outer Mongolia and Britain continuance of its influence in Xizang.
Soviet advisers--the most prominent of whom was an agent of the Comintern, Mikhail Borodin--began to arrive in China in 1923 to aid in the reorganization and consolidation of the Guomindang along the lines of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
By 1928 all of China was at least nominally under Chiang's control, and the Nanjing government received prompt international recognition as the sole legitimate government of China.
www-chaos.umd.edu /history/republican.html   (1489 words)

  
 China (03/05)
Whenever China was conquered by nomadic tribes, as it was by the Mongols in the 13th century, the conquerors sooner or later adopted the ways of the "higher" Chinese civilization and staffed the bureaucracy with Chinese.
China is now one of the leading recipients of FDI in the world, receiving $64 billion in 2004, for a cumulative total of $563.8 billion.
China is not a member of the Australia Group, an informal and voluntary arrangement made in 1985 to monitor developments in the proliferation of dual-use chemicals and to coordinate export controls on key dual-use chemicals and equipment with weapons applications.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/18902.htm   (11671 words)

  
 East Asian Studies Documents: Constitution of the Republic of China, 1947
The Republic of China, founded on the Three Principles of the People, shall be a democratic republic of the people, to be governed by the people and for the people.
The territory of the Republic of China according to its existing national boundaries shall not be altered except by resolution of the National Assembly.
Citizens of the free area of the Republic of China residing abroad may return to the ROC to exercise their electoral rights and this shall be stipulated by law.
www.isop.ucla.edu /eas/documents/taiwan-cons.htm   (10116 words)

  
 The Constitution of the Republic of China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The sovereignty of the Republic of China shall reside in the whole body of citizens.
The territory of the Republic of China within its existing national boundaries shall not be altered except by a resolution of the National Assembly.
The election of Delegates representing areas equivalent in status to the County or Municipality shall be prescribed by law.
www.taiwandocuments.org /constitution01.htm   (6422 words)

  
 IRI : Around The Globe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The goals of IRI's China Program are to support the efforts of political reformers in the government, academic and nonprofit sectors, foster the development of the rule of law, and help enhance the capacity of Chinese citizens and independent institutions to participate actively in civic and political life.
Although there is wide variation in the quality of grassroots elections in China, in provinces where IRI has been able to observe multiple rounds of elections, many of IRI's recommendations have been implemented and significant improvements have been made.
In China, wide regional variations in campaigning practices and the lack of regulatory guidance on the topic of campaigning suggested that there was an urgent need for a more comprehensive approach to the issue.
www.iri.org /countries.asp?id=1039578672   (2047 words)

  
 ICL - China Index
Separatism and other chinese entities: The Uighurs, a nationalist minority of Turkic origin (numbers varying between 9 and 22 million), consider China's government in the north-western province Xinjiang (East Turkestan) as occupation and strive for regaining the independence they had in 1944-1949 as the 'Republic of East Turkestan'.
China's population policy in the area (forced abortion, encouraged Uighur-Chinese marriages) has led to a majority of Chinese in the region where formerly were only about 5% ethnic Chinese.
There are separate pages for the unacknowledged chinese countries of Tibet (occupied by China) and Taiwan (declared a "renegade province" by China).
www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/ch__indx.html   (375 words)

  
 People's Republic of China
In 1951 the UN declared China to be an aggressor in Korea and sanctioned a global embargo on the shipment of arms and war materiel to China.
Among China's most pressing needs in the early 1950s were food for its burgeoning population, domestic capital for investment, and purchase of Soviet-supplied technology, capital equipment, and military hardware.
Elections were held in 1953 for delegates to the First National People's Congress, China's national legislature, which met in 1954.
www-chaos.umd.edu /history/prc.html   (1329 words)

  
 Taiwan: democratization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Surviving the rough-and-tumble of presidential politics in an emerging democracy : the 1990 elections in the republic of China on Taiwan / Ts'ai Ling / Ramon H. Myers.
The republic's political system is however not yet fully democratic, the president is no popularly elected, the media and parts of the local and central election commissions are government controlled.
Analysis of the implications of the December 1992 elections on Taiwan / especially with respect to the conclusions to be drawn of the form of the new system of government.
www.eldis.org /ggov/asia_tai.html   (2023 words)

  
 SCHOLARS SHARE PAPERS, IDEAS ON CHINA ELECTIONS AND DEMOCRACY AT CONFERENCE - Spring 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
CHOLARS SHARE PAPERS, IDEAS ON Limited local elections in the Republic of China’s villages and townships in Taiwan, along with a top-down democratic process, led to the first nationwide democratic election in Taiwan’s history on March 23, 1996.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong, which became a special administrative region in 1997, and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are still in the early stages of electoral politics.
Contributing to that process were expanding economic prosperity, the benefits of compulsory public education, growing voter understanding of how elections served their interests, and a vibrant, ideological marketplace where Western liberal democratic ideas competed with the state and party doctrine of Sun Yatsen.
www-hoover.stanford.edu /pubaffairs/newsletter/99spring/scholars.html   (801 words)

  
 China
China proper consists of three great river systems: the Yellow River (Huang He), 2,109 mi (5,464 km) long; the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), the third-longest river in the world at 2,432 mi (6,300 km); and the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang), 848 mi (2,197 km) long.
After the Korean War began in June 1950, China led the Communist bloc in supporting North Korea, and on Nov. 26, 1950, the Mao regime sent troops to assist the North in its efforts to capture the South.
China, which has now outlawed the sect, was thought to consider the apolitical spiritual group threatening because its numbers exceeded the membership of the Chinese Communist Party.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107411.html   (2873 words)

  
 Taiwan - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Taiwan [1], the Republic of China (ROC), is an island of about 36,000 square kilometers located off the coast of southeastern mainland China, southwest of Okinawa and north of the Philippines.
Taipei is the seat of government of the Republic of China and its center of commerce and culture.
The People's Republic of China still claims Taiwan as a "renegade province" and cross-strait relations are still a constant source of tension.
wikitravel.org /en/Republic_of_China   (9554 words)

  
 FAPA - Important Issues - TSEA
On the very eve of these elections, the People's Republic of China issued a statement that constitutes a new threat to Taiwanese democracy.
In 1996, also on the eve of a Presidential election in Taiwan, the People's Republic launched missiles in a crude attempt to intimidate the people of Taiwan as they approached their election.
There is an important national interest in integrating the People's Republic of China into the world's economy and in promoting the growth of democracy and human rights in a nation that will play a vital role in the coming century.
www.fapa.org /tsea/torricelli0308.html   (1325 words)

  
 Muddling toward Democracy Political Change in Grassroots China: Peaceworks: Publications: U.S. Institute of Peace
Jiang Zemin, “Speech by President Jiang Zemin of the People’s Republic of China at Luncheon by the America-China Society and Five Other Organizations,” October 30, 1997 (copy of speech distributed at luncheon, in the author’s files).
The figure presented here is based on a calculation of a total population in China of 1.3 billion, of whom 70 percent live in the countryside.
China Rural Villagers Self-Government Research Group, Chinese Research Society of Basic-Level Governance, Study on the Election of Villagers Committees in Rural China (December 1, 1993), i.
www.usip.org /pubs/peaceworks/thurst23/notes23.html   (1883 words)

  
 CHINA NEWS CHINESE NEWS | HavenWorks.com/world/china capital: Beijing, People's Republic of China, PRC, P.R.C., Zhong ...
"China is rapidly expanding its military capability, boosting its potential to strike beyond Taiwan and jeopardizing the balance of power in the region, the Pentagon said in a report to Congress."...
"China cannot be certain that its military, while steadily strengthening, is capable of conquering Taiwan, the Pentagon said in a new report on Chinese military power and strategy."...
"China is prepared to use nuclear weapons against the US if it is attacked by Washington during a confrontation over Taiwan, a Chinese general said on Thursday."...
www.havenworks.com /world/china   (4991 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation.
China's economy during the last quarter century has changed from a centrally planned system that was largely closed to international trade to a more market-oriented economy that has a rapidly growing private sector and is a major player in the global economy.
Another long-term threat to growth is the deterioration in the environment - notably air pollution, soil erosion, and the steady fall of the water table, especially in the north.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html   (1995 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Executive Yuan of the Republic of China held the eighth meeting of its ad hoc decision-making task force today, March 22, 1996, with Premier Lien Chan presiding.
In the statement, the Premier noted that elections for the Republic of China's Ninth-term President and Vice-president, as well as the Third National Assembly will be held tomorrow, March 23.
However, he stressed that this upholding of public security is not limited to the period of campaigning; we shall continue to monitor the situation after the election and safeguard the peacefulness of our entire society.
www.taipei.org /whatsnew/gio0322.htm   (651 words)

  
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 A Conversation with Lee Teng-hui --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Encyclopædia Britannica was honoured to have the opportunity to speak with Lee Teng-hui, who in March 1996 won a landslide victory in the first direct presidential elections in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
It is spoken of as “the oldest book in the world,” for it was composed sometime between 3000 and 2500 BC by a high official of the Egyptian government.
An autonomous region of northern China, Ningxia Huizu is bordered by the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region and the provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9112900   (670 words)

  
 Xinhua - English
China to discuss draft of anti-money laundering law
The three known survivors of Monday's horrific bus crash in eastern Mexico have died, bringing the total death toll to at least 66.
China to test manned moon landing in 2017
www.chinaview.cn   (395 words)

  
 President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Chen was formally nominated by the DPP as its candidate for the 2000 presidential election.
Lu Hsiu-lien won the popular mandate and were elected as the tenth-term president and vice president of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Lu Hsiu-lien were re-elected as the eleventh-term president and vice president of the Republic of China (Taiwan), once again winning the popular mandate to lead the nation toward a new era.
www.gio.gov.tw /taiwan-website/5-gp/president.htm   (3373 words)

  
 China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)
The People's Republic of China (PRC) is an authoritarian state in which, as specified in its Constitution, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP or Party) is the paramount source of power.
Among books banned during the year were "China Peasant Survey," and "The Past Does Not Go Up In Smoke," a collection of essays dealing with the effect of political tumult in the 1950s and 1960s on the lives of prominent Chinese intellectuals.
The NGO Reporters Without Borders called China "the biggest jail in the world for cyberdissidents." The Committee for the Protection of Journalists reported that the country had 43 journalists jailed at year's end.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41640.htm   (19112 words)

  
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 OpinionJournal - The Real World
This edifice houses the embassy of Taiwan, the Republic of China (officially called the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office), which in July 2004 bought an entire office building in midtown Manhattan, had it gutted, arranged for swift renovation and in April began moving staff over from the old offices.
The original signatory for China of the U.N. charter was the Republic of China.
Ambassador Hsia has invited a wide variety of guests to the housewarming parties he is hosting at the Republic of China's new embassy building this week.
www.opinionjournal.com /columnists/cRosett/?id=110007359   (1174 words)

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