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  James Soong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Chu-yu Soong (宋楚瑜 Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'u-yü; pinyin: Sòng Chǔyú; born March 16, 1942) is a politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan.
Soong was born in Hunan Province in mainland China.
Soong travelled to the United States for graduate school and received an M.A. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967 and an M.S. in library science from the Catholic University of America in 1971.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Soong   (2443 words)

  
 ipedia.com: James Soong Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
James Chu-yu Soong (宋楚瑜 Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'u-yü; pinyin: Sòng Chǔyú; born March 16, 1942) is a politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan.
Soong was born in Hunan Province in mainland China, the son of a career military man loyal to the Chiang family.
Although James Soong is of Mainlander background, he proved to be a popular politician among all ethnic groups on Taiwan, in part because he was one of the first Kuomintang (KMT) politicians to attempt to use the Taiwanese language in political and formal occasions, despite speaking it rather badly.
www.ipedia.com /james_soong.html   (1280 words)

  
 Soong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soong is an English transliteration of the Chinese family name 宋.
The official Pinyin transliteration is Sòng, and is Sung in Wade-Giles.
The character is written with the same one as that of the Song Dynasty.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soong   (102 words)

  
 Top Taiwan Party Accuses a Rival of Embezzlement
Soong, his former secretary and his sister-in-law are accused of embezzlement and forgery to divert the funds during Mr.
Soong, a skilled politician with an unusual ability to connect with the public, was a close friend and political ally of Mr.
Soong are politically motivated, especially because the concealment of political donations and secret doling out of funds to gain allies have been common practices in Taiwan.
www.richmond.edu /~vwang/ps345/art77.htm   (619 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Soong's remarkable insurgency hastened the downfall of President Lee Teng-hui, who was forced to resign as chairman of the Nationalists.
Soong was a political renegade, he played the role of hard-nosed party operative -- including a stint as government information director, during which he clamped down on the news media.
Soong declared in an interview in the dining room of a gracious house that he said belongs to his mother.
www.mtholyoke.edu /~jamackay/newpresident.html   (722 words)

  
 Soong reiterates stance against "Taiwan Independence"(05/05/05)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
James CY Soong, chairman of the People First Party (PFP) in Taiwan, waves upon his arrival in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, as Soong and the PFP delegation led by him start a nine-day mainland visit on May 5, 2005.
James CY Soong (C), chairman of the People First Party (PFP) in Taiwan, waves to the crowd as he delivers a speech after arriving at the airport of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 5, 2005.
James CY Soong, chairman of the People First Party (PFP) in Taiwan, waves to the crowd as he leaves the airport after his arrival in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 5, 2005.
www.china-embassy.org /eng/gyzg/t194308.htm   (906 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Taiwan politician opposes independence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ahead of a meeting with China's president, Taiwanese politician James Soong said Sunday he was opposed to moves by his island toward formal independence from China in comments sure to please the Beijing leadership.
Soong, who is head of the Taiwanese opposition People First Party, is scheduled to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao later this week in Beijing.
James Soong, head of Taiwan's second largest opposition People First Party, speaks at a luncheon with local business leaders at a hotel in Shanghai, China, Sunday, May 8, 2005.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/08/taiwan_politician_soong_opposes_independence   (422 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Taiwan opposition leader, China's President meet- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
James Soong made the comment after becoming the second Taiwanese opposition figure in a month to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao, whose government is trying to discourage Taiwan from trying to make its independence permanent.
Soong and Hu also issued a joint statement pledging to work together to promote an end to hostilities between the two sides, which split in 1949 amid civil war.
Soong's visit is part of Chinese efforts to isolate Taiwanese activists who want formal independence by forging ties with groups such as Soong's People First Party, which opposes independence.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20050512/china_husoongmeeting_20050512/20050512?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory   (244 words)

  
 Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
James Soong espouses a "one China under one roof" approach to cross-Strait relations, which is often interpreted as allowing a large amount of flexibility in interpreting Taiwan's international status in negotiations with China.
As Soong finished ahead of Lien in the 2000 election, he seemed unlikely to embrace the role of second-fiddle to Lien in the largely ceremonial post of vice president.
Although Lien and Soong are fighting for their political lives - and perhaps even their reputations - it would not be unfair to say there are some pan-blues who are praying Lien and Soong will concede the race, opening the way for political rejuvenation with new blood and new ideas.
www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FC26Ad03.html   (2274 words)

  
 Taiwan election result produces political volatility at home and abroad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Soong's campaign was marked by strident warnings that Lee and the DPP were propelling Taiwan toward an unwanted conflict with China.
Soong won 82 percent of the vote, the KMT 14 percent, and the DPP 3 percent.
As the extent of Soong's support became clear, the KMT campaign dropped its emphasis on a corruption scandal involving Soong in the early 1990s, reasserted the “One China”; policy and urged voters to stick with the KMT as the best means of preventing a DPP victory and war with China.
www.wsws.org /articles/2000/mar2000/taiw-m22_prn.shtml   (1631 words)

  
 TAIWAN POLITICS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
TEXT: Maverick politician James Soong was mobbed by supporters and the news media at central election commission headquarters as he filled out the forms declaring himself a candidate for Taiwan's presidency.
Soong is considered the frontrunner in the campaign for the March 2000 general elections.
Soong says he was the victim of political sabotage by a handful of Nationalist members and that he still loves the party.
www.fas.org /news/taiwan/1999/991118-taiwan1.htm   (331 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Taiwan opposition leader visits Beijing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Soong is the second Taiwanese opposition leader to hold talks with Hu within a month as part of Chinese efforts to contain activists who want Taiwan, which split with China in 1949 amid civil war, to make its independence permanent.
Soong asked mainland Chinese to sympathize with the affection that ethnic Chinese feel for their adopted Taiwanese homeland -- something he called "Taiwan consciousness." He asked mainlanders not confuse that feeling with the actions of a minority of Taiwanese agitating for formal independence.
James Soong, Chairman of Taiwan's People First Party poses with a local schoolgirl after arriving at Beijing airport Tuesday, May 10, 2005.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/11/taiwan_opposition_leader_visits_beijing   (713 words)

  
 Taiwan Politics and Leadership
James Soong, with a 1974 doctorate in political science from Georgetown University, was probably Taiwan's most astute politician  – and a keen reader of opinion polls.
Soong's exit from the political stage in late 1998 was not a pretty scene.
Soong is desperate to claw votes away from the mainlander-heavy Taipei city, where on October 24, he slammed President Chen and former president Lee for “fomenting ethnic divisions”.
www.ndu.edu /inss/china_center/PLA_Conf_Oct01/Tkacik.htm   (5151 words)

  
 Taiwan Communique no. 105
Soong has ample charisma _ at some 36% of the vote he came in a close second in the 2000 Presidential elections _ he has several major skeletons in his closet.
Soong was the recipient of some US$ 400 million in connection with the sale of four Layfayette-class frigates in the early 1990s.
The latest accusations about James Soong claim he was the recipient of US$400 million in kickbacks from the French company Thomson CSF in return for Taiwan's purchase of six Lafayette frigates in 1991.
www.taiwandc.org /twcom/105-no2.htm   (1701 words)

  
 Rifts emerge in ruling party as Taiwan's presidential election heats up
Soong, one of the most influential powerbrokers in the KMT machine, announced his intention to run for president one week after Lee's interview in July with the German Deutsche Welle radio station, in which he defined China and Taiwan as having a “special state-to-state relationship”.
Soong's campaign is in direct opposition to the attempts by Lee's administration to win international recognition of the Republic of China as a separate nation-state from mainland China.
Soong was so closely associated with the older Lee in the early 1990s that they were described as having a “father-son” relationship.
www.wsws.org /articles/1999/dec1999/taiw-d20_prn.shtml   (2257 words)

  
 Taiwan Communique no. 104
Soong garnered a substantial number of votes in the 2000 presidential election.
Soong's kneeling act before last year's mayoral election and the implication of several PFP Kaohsiung city councilmen in a vote-buying scandal have besmirched Soong's reputation.
Soong gave a long speech on the eve of the announcement of the alliance, supposedly giving his views about the current state of affairs in Taiwan.
www.taiwandc.org /twcom/104-no2.htm   (835 words)

  
 Jerome F. Keating's writings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Soong's campaign had taken on too much water when the KMT accused him of a large embezzlement of party funds.
James Soong's ship is not yet dead in the water but without a source of financial funds or a political position (Soong has not held an office in over six years) it is beginning to list to one side.
Soong has had held a long list of offices from GIO Chief all the way to Provincial Governor, in those he has witnessed much of the KMT's inner dealings and where the bodies are buried.
zen.sandiego.edu:8080 /Jerome/1138461446/index_html   (969 words)

  
 Soong on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Soong Yao-ju or Charles Jones Soong, 1866-1918, graduated from Vanderbilt Univ. and, after returning to China (1886), was a Methodist missionary in Shanghai.
Soong Tzu-wen, better known as T. Soong, 1894-1971, his most distinguished son, was educated at Harvard and later (1917-23) engaged in private business in China.
Soong Ai-ling, 1890-1973, graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga. She married K'ung Hsiang-hsi and engaged in child welfare work.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Soong.asp   (1175 words)

  
 The Strait Scoop by Bevin Chu
Soong could be counted on to be right there, every time a typhoon struck, standing in flood water up to his knees.
Soong is so well-liked even 30% of the pro-separatist DPP has committed to supporting Soong rather than their own nominee, the abrasive and fanatical Chen Shiu-bian.
What happened between Lee Teng-hui and James Soong, she said, was like what happens when a powerful but unfaithful CEO keeps a mistress, unbeknownst to his wife, his board of directors, and the general public.
www.antiwar.com /chu/c021800.html   (2630 words)

  
 Taiwan Opposition Leader Meets China's Hu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
James Soong's visit to the mainland comes amid Chinese efforts to forge ties with Taiwanese groups such as his People's First Party that favor uniting Taiwan and the mainland.
Soong's visit comes two weeks after the chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, Lien Chan, met with Hu in the highest level contact between the sides since they split amid civil war in 1949.
Soong's speeches in the southern city of Changsha and Beijing Hu have also been broadcast live and his activities have been given front page newspaper coverage in the entirely-state controlled press.
www.softcom.net /webnews/wed/af/Ayb71079188.Rnhq_FAC.html   (398 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Second Taiwan opposition leader visits China- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
James Soong, head of Taiwan's second-largest opposition party, the People First Party, said he hoped to ease tensions between the two sides, which split in 1949 and have no official relations.
Soong began his visit in the western city of Xi'an, an ancient imperial capital, and was to fly to Beijing next week to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Government supporters have said Soong and Lien picked the wrong time to travel to China, because their trips came too soon after Beijing's legislature passed an anti-secession law in March, authorizing the use of force against the island if it moves to make its de facto independence permanent.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20050505/china_taiwan_20050505/20050505?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory   (751 words)

  
 VOA News Report
Soong suggested growth is being threatened by rising tensions over China's threats to attack the island, if its government formally declares independence.
Soong said the key to resolving the Taiwan issue is not through weapons or slogans, but by deepening ties.
James Soong is the second Taiwanese opposition leader to come to China recently, as Beijing seeks to strengthen ties with opponents of Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-bian.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/taiwan/2005/taiwan-050511-317d91e2.htm   (365 words)

  
 NEWS - INTERNATIONAL - ASIAN - Comcast.net
James Soong, the head of Taiwan's second-largest opposition party, the People First Party, and his wife pay...
The visit by James Soong, head of the People First Party, is part of Chinese efforts to combat Taiwanese activists who want formal independence for the self-ruled island, which Beijing claims as its territory.
Soong later traveled to Nanjing, a city that was China's capital before its ruling Nationalists were defeated by the communists in 1949 and fled to Taiwan.
www.comcast.net /news/international/asia/index.jsp?cat=ASIA&fn=/2005/05/06/126019.html   (568 words)

  
 Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
Soong promised to discuss the situation, but dissident PFP legislators have not yet been invited to talk.
Many legislators protested that Soong had refused to change his policies and directions, and at the same time was sending disappointing messages such as, "those who have opinions [contrary to the party line] are more than welcome to leave".
In essence then, the compromise with the pan-green DPP is not the main misstep that has plunged the PFP into this crisis: many swing voters, unlike the diehard pan-blues, are pleased to see that political parties end their venomous factionalism to keep the economy rolling.
www.atimes.com /atimes/China/GE26Ad01.html   (1119 words)

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