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	Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kuang, who was just elected in April as the first female Taitung magistrate, said that Taitung is the home of Austronesian culture and boasts the richest resources for both Austronesian and Formosa indigenous cultures.
		She said that the county has already accumulated tremendous experience by organizing the festival for seven years.
		Other officials at the Taitung County Government said special arrangements have been made with hotels, restaurants and travel agencies in the county to provide tourists with either one-day tours or two-day trips.
	www.chinapost.com.tw /backissue/taiwan/detail.asp?ID=85743&GRP=B (266 words)

	Taitung travel guide - Wikitravel
		Taitung is a city in south east Taiwan.
		National Museum of Prehistory, In the 1980s and 1990s, a team of archaeologists from National Taiwan University excavated over 1500 stone coffins and more than 20,000 stone and pottery artifacts belonging to the Peinan culture.
		It's quite beautiful, and features one of the world's few saltwater hotsprings, lots of scenic tropical vegetation and coral seashores, as well as a number of current and former prison complexes.
	wikitravel.org /en/Taitung (238 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
		This led to a Taitung County Commissioner by-election.
		Since we decided to offer our endorsement, we need to guarantee she will not behave in such a way.He failed to mention that even if she is incorruptible (highly unlikely), she will still be able to keep her position even if the KMT brass decides kicks her out at some point.
		Meanwhile, Kuang urged the public to respect the Taitung voters' decision, saying: the losers should not badmouth (the winners) to disguise their failure.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=7670010&postID=114451914219550876 (601 words)

	intro. of Taiwan Mountain Aborigines
		Six of nine are concentrated primarily in Taitung and Pintung counties.
		To the north are the East Scenic Area and west to the eastern end of the southern Cross-Island Highway; to the east lie Green and Orchid islands; and to the south is Chipen Hot Springs.
		Taitung was the first place, which the aborigine tribes originally lived long time a ago.
	members.tripod.com /hula1978/aborigines.htm (2062 words)

	Species info - HTML
		It is now known to be common in much of its restricted range; for example, there were counts of 100 or more birds at Kenting in Pingtung county in September 1989 and December 1996, at Tungho in Taitung county in January 1993, and at Tajung, Fenglin, Hualien county, in October 1996 (CWBF database).
		It is unclear whether there has been a real change in its range and numbers during the twentieth century, or whether the apparent increase is simply because its range is more accessible now than it was in the early part of the century.
		In the early 1970s, their ranges were found to overlap at Tienhsiang in Hualien county and 13 km north of Fengkang in Pingtung county, and by 1991 the area of overlap had expanded to include Hojen, Peipu and Hsipao in Hualien county, and Fangshan and Fangliao in Pingtung county (L. Severinghaus in litt.
	www.rdb.or.id /view_html.php?id=31&op=pycntaiv (1001 words)

	Revitalization and Growth Among Tribal Churches in the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Several pastors of Changgwang and Hsinchang have founded a prayer mountain in Taitung County which is called Mt. Sinai, where a monthly overnight retreat is held, emphasizing praise, teaching, and prayer.
		Churches in Kaohsiung County and on the East Coast were influenced by Rev. Lin Chenghsi of the East Coast Paiwans.
		The churches in Hsinyi Hsiang, Nantou County were deeply divided for a time over the forms of worship and the validity (or lack of it) of visions and interpretations by the visionaries.
	members.aol.com /taimission/revital.htm (4096 words)

	Powerful earthquake rocks Taiwan (Roundup) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The quake struck at 6:02 pm (1002 GMT), with its epicentre in Taitung County, eastern Taiwan, 10 kilometres underground, the Seismological Observation Centre said.
		The major quake took place when the Taitung county was holding a by- election of the county magistrate.
		A small fire caused by gas leak related to the earthquake was also reported in the eastern county.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /asiapacific/printer_1151717.php (243 words)

	Talk History Forum - Protest for artifacts ends in peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		About 400 residents from eastern Taitung County staged a demonstration outside the Legislative Yuan to protest against what they called the Ministry of Education's "conniving" with NTU to "commandeer" the historic artifacts.
		Displeased with the agreement reached between the ministry, the NTU and the National Museum of Prehistory yesterday morning, protesters then proceeded to the university to vent their anger by throwing betel nuts at its front gate, which was being blocked by security guards.
		Ladu Guna (李家霖), a Taoist master of the Amis tribe in Taitung's Tungho Village who cast a spell on the betel nuts, said that the group's petition is peaceful and sincere in nature and they hope that their message will get across.
	www.talk-history.com /forum/printthread.php?t=1557 (355 words)

	3q2u - Sounds like Scott might be in the crossfire...
		County Culture Bureau Director Lin Yong-fa and the Taitung City mayor intervened on my behalf -- after all, I was unpaid, and the event benefited not only the cafe and the local community but also the bureau and the performers, for whom there is no other original music venue in Taitung.
		On April 12, after performaing at a press confrence organized through the Taidong County Culture Bureau, Scott D. ell was informed by officer Peter Chen of the Taidong Foreign Affairs Police that he was under investigation for breach of labor laws in regard to his performance and advocacy of aboriginal music.
		Taitung has repeated had foreigners doing illegal things(Kyle and Mike had fake degrees and were avid pot users) Peter at Donghe, Val, Sophia with her fiasco and finally Ezell and hippy crew.
	www.3q2u.com /archives/2004/06/16/000400.php (3088 words)

	Epochtimes English Edition-
		But after returning from the Solomons on June 23, local Taitung medical centers and hospitals failed to properly diagnose Hsieh's condition because he was taking medicine intermittently, Shih said.
		According to the CDC, its Taitung branch collected 57 blood samples from 195 local citizens for further investigation, and disinfected 90 houses in the neighborhood.
		The anopheles minimus, the malaria-transmitting mosquito species, is found in 19 towns located in Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Taitung, and Hualien counties.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/3-9-8/4681.html (442 words)

	Times of Oman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The quake struck at 18:02 pm (1002 GMT), with its epicenter five kilometres (three miles) east of Peinan town in eastern Taitung county and 10 kilometers underground.
		Local television stations reported electricity failures and fires in Taitung, which prompted residents to rush out of their homes.
		High-rise buildings in the north of Taipei swayed, and scattered accidents such as gas leaks, collapsed walls and people trapped in elevators were reported across the island.
	www.timesofoman.com /print.asp?newsid=27865 (192 words)

	Taiwan Politics - Orient Expat
		The KMT's sweeping victory was doubly sweet as it managed to wrest back rule in Taipei and Ilan counties, both of which have been governed by the DPP for 16 and 24 years respectively.
		DPP candidate Luo Wen-jia for Taipei County was also alleged to have broken the election law by paying allowances to supporters attending a massive rally last Sunday.
		Chen, who headed Ilan County between 1981-89, lost his bid to rule the northeastern county again by a mere margin of about 8,000 votes to his KMT contender Lu Kuo-hua.
	www.orientexpat.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=5318 (2314 words)

	News: China: Earthquake - Oct 1999, Taiwan spared casualties in latest quake but fears heightened
		Although the latest tremor was felt all over the island, damage reports were limited to power cuts and a damaged bridge in the eastern counties of Taitung and Hualien.
		In Hualien county power supplies were cut to 1,000 homes after the quake struck at 1:53 a.m.
		State radio Broadcasting Corporation of China said that in Hualien and neighbouring Taitung county, near the epicentre, some 5,000 homes were without power for several hours and 40 computers in a securities firm in Hualien fell to the ground during the shake.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/5f5ec7e120e5445ec125681d004bb6d9 (541 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Chen, of the Puyuma tribe and the first Aborigine ever to hold the post of county commissioner, accomplished much as Taitung County commissioner during his two-term tenure from 1993 to 2001.
		In 1999, Global View Magazine recognized Taitung County's local government as number one in the nation for environmental friendliness, education and cultural issues.
		After stepping down from the post of county commissioner last year, Chen was nominated by the KMT and won a seat as a legislator-at-large in last month's election.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/local/archives/2002/01/24/121223/print (560 words)

	Association for Asia Research- Chen Raises DPP's Goal in Taiwan Elections
		In the meeting, the DPP candidate in Penghu County, Kao Chih-peng promised Chen that he would secure a seat in his constituency, and Chen said that the DPP would raise its election projections to 101 seats based on Kao's word.
		Chung said that Chen hopes the DPP will grab at least five seats in Taoyuan County, five in Tainan County, six in Kaohsiung City, five in Chunghua County, four in Pingtung County, two in Ilan County, 13 in Taipei County, one in Taitung County and one in Miaoli County.
		Chung said that Chen stressed that the three goals of the DPP -- holding a referendum, winning his presidential re-election and dominating the legislature -- were almost complete, and if the pan-green camp does not control the legislature, the president's re-election would be meaningless.
	www.asianresearch.org /articles/2423.html (378 words)

	Powerful earthquake rocks Taiwan, no casualties reported (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The powerful quake was felt in most areas in Taiwan with skycrapers in the capital city of Taipei shaking in a slow up-and- down movement.
		The quake took place when the Taitung county was holding a by- election of the county magistrate.
		Police said there was no report of casualties so far, but Taiwanese Formosa TV reported a fire apparently caused by the earthquake in the central county of Taichung.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /asiapacific/printer_1151697.php (199 words)

	Falun Dafa Clearwisdom.net - Falun Dafa Spreads Widely in Taitung, Taiwan (Photos)
		On its west, Taitung connects with the Central Mountains, rising one higher than the next, and the sky is blue with clouds.
		Taitung County is surrounded by the hills on one side and the water on the other.
		Madam Zhu, one of the first practicing Falun Dafa in Taitung, recalls that she used to have a serious high blood pressure problem and often went to the emergency room in the middle of the night, and neither traditional Chinese medicine nor Western medicine worked for her.
	clearwisdom.net /emh/articles/2006/6/5/74115.html (1767 words)

	Down the Twisted Coast (Part 2 of 4) -- ThingsAsian Article
		I headed over to Gringos, a fairly well known Taitung Hostel under joint western/ Taiwanese management, and a place that catered specifically to students, travel writers, and other people of limited means.
		This area of Taitung County is populated largely by native tribes people, and most of the people I spoke to told me that they were from the Ami tribe.
		Pushed from the fertile plains into the hills by the Hakkas, then pushed from the hills into the mountains when the Han from Fukkien pushed the Hakkas into the hills, most of the native population of Taiwan now live on the far eastern edge of the island.
	www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.2361.html (1635 words)

	42 People Injured In Earthquake Jolting Taiwan
		Most of the people were hurt by falling ceilings or goods in the houses, while some others were wounded as they run about in shock, according to a source with the Fire-fighting Bureau of Taitung County, where the epicenter was located.
		Initial report showed Taitung City has a strong jolting, where electricity was once cut off, a fire broke out, and gas pipes were leaking.
		A source in Taitung said by 9 p.m., the situation was under control and no more casualties were reported.
	www.firefightingnews.com /article.cfm?articleID=7383 (188 words)

	PENGHU MAGISTRATE SAYS 'NO' TO NUCLEAR WASTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Taipei, Sept. 3 (CNA) Penghu County Magistrate Wang Chien-fa said Sunday he resolutely opposes any proposal to store nuclear waste from the country's three nuclear power plants in any location in his island county.
		If a nuclear dump were to be built on any of those islets, Wang said, it could cause irreparable damage to the county's overall natural ecology.
		Against this backdrop, he said, the county government simply would never compromise on this issue.
	cna.com.tw /eng/cepread.php?id=200609030025 (394 words)

	Reducing health disparity in Taiwan: quantifying the role of smoking -- Cheng et al. 14 (Supplement 1): i23 -- Tobacco ...
		County is more rural with a high percentage of aborigines.
		County was 52.47%, with a level III smoking intensity.
		SAF for Taitung County was reduced to 32.08% from
	tc.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/14/suppl_1/i23 (2824 words)

	Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News
		Notes from Stage 3 from Doug Ollerenshaw of the race action in the Taitung County Road Race.
		The first 30km were gradually uphill as we traveled to the north into the hills bordering the coast.
		The final 100km along the coast toward Taitung were mostly flat with a tailwind, but that didn’t mean things got any easier.
	www.dailypeloton.com /displayarticle.asp?pk=9007 (848 words)

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		Taitung County Magistrate Hsu Ching-yuan said yesterday that if no other cities or counties in Taiwan are willing to accommodate radioactive waste produced by the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), Taitung will not "shirk its social responsibility."
		Hsu made the remarks in a press conference when he spoke about his stance on the nuclear waste storage site issue after he and representatives from the county`s Tawu Township returned from an inspection mission to a nuclear waste dump in Japan.
		Hsu noted that the waste has been stored on Orchid Island for more than two decades and he said Taitung County, heeding the will of the Tao, hopes that it can help with the relocation.
	www.nuclearno.ru /text.asp?5626 (460 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Liu Chao-hao, deputy magistrate of the southeastern coastal county, suggested that the government could select an elementary school in one of the county's remote regions to give lessons wholly in English from first through third grade.
		Taking his own county as an example, he said the county government recently announced 28 openings for the coming semester, only 22 of which have been filled.
		He made the remarks at a seminar sponsored by the Council for Economic Planning and Development in which officials, educators and business executives exchanged views on how to elevate the English proficiency of the younger generation.
	www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art636.txt (201 words)

	Taitung (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Festival in Taitung - Article about a festival celebrating the birthplace of the Austronesian language family in Taiwan with some basic background on one of the current theories of the origin of Austronesian.
		Today Tropical Nursery - An export company with more than 30 years experience in breeding, selecting and culturing Phaleanopsis and Doritaenopsis.
		Zorba Garden - An Italian restaurant and cafe located on the east coast between Shanyuan Resort Beach and Hsiao Yeliou in Taitung.
	www.website.to /taitung (97 words)

	International Schools CyberFair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The total area of Chihshang Township is 80 square kilometers, which is the widest terrain at Taitung longitudinal valley.
		Moreover, during the Japanese occupation era, "Chihshang rice" was called the "Emperor rice." "Chihshang" really deserves the name of "Home of rice" at Taitung County.
		Through the case study on "Chihshang rice", students learn to integrate their knowledge, and throught the presentation of the website, we hope to promote Taitung's specialty, and to provide some informations about Chihshang for people to understand it.
	www.gsh.org /GSH/CF/_cfm/ViewNarrative.cfm?narrID=396 (1965 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Taitung County Magistrate Hsu Ching-yuan (徐慶元) said yesterday that if no other cities or counties in Taiwan are willing to accommodate radioactive waste produced by the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), Taitung will not "shirk its social responsibility."
		Hsu made the remarks in a press conference when he spoke about his stance on the nuclear waste storage site issue after he and representatives from the county's Tawu (大武) Township returned from an inspection mission to a nuclear waste dump in Japan.
		Media reports had said that nuclear waste currently stored on the outlying Orchid Island will be relocated to Tawu, following President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) meeting with aboriginal leaders in Taitung County last week during which the president promised that the nuclear waste site dispute will be solved by the end of the year.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/taiwan/archives/2003/04/24/203287/print (463 words)

	Falun Dafa Clearwisdom.net
		The Deputy Head of Taitung County expressed that in Taiwan and all over the world, people who love peace and freedom should join together to condemn what is happening in China.
		Principal Chen of Yanwan National Primary School in Taitung County benefited from practicing Falun Gong, and taught all school students to practice Falun Gong.
		In 21 counties in Taiwan, government officials, university professors, doctors and lawyers, housewives, primary school students, people from different professions, social strata, nationalities, and ages--all practice Falun Gong.
	www.clearwisdom.net /emh/articles/2003/11/12/42190.html (466 words)

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