Read more Ma Ying-jeou stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26973/ma-ying-jeou.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:13:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67874/dalai-lama-to-visit-taiwan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaiwan has agreed to let the Dalai Lama visit the island to comfort survivors of a devastating typhoon, a decision that could anger China. Beijing considers the Buddhist spiritual leader a "splittist" for promoting autonomy in the Chinese region of Tibet. Allowing him to visit Taiwan could undermine the rapidly...http://www.newser.com/story/67874/dalai-lama-to-visit-taiwan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 21:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66890/typhoon-toll-hits-500-as-taiwanese-are-buried-alive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFlooding and mudslides caused by Typhoon Morakot killed over 500 people in Taiwan, President Ma Ying-jeou said today in the country's first firm estimate of casualty figures. Some 400 people are believed to have been buried alive in a single village, the BBC reports. The military has now reopened a...http://www.newser.com/story/66890/typhoon-toll-hits-500-as-taiwanese-are-buried-alive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 2:28:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52568/taiwan-rebuffs-chinas-call-for-peace-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe president of Taiwan dismissed any possible peace talks with China in the near future, saying that tension remains too high to discuss political or military issues. The comment came after Wen Jiabao, the Chinese prime minister, called for new cross-Strait discussions at his annual address to the Beijing legislature....http://www.newser.com/story/52568/taiwan-rebuffs-chinas-call-for-peace-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 8:30:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41689/historic-talks-bring-china-taiwan-closer-than-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first high-level talks between China and Taiwan in 60 years have set aside politics in favor of building trade ties, Reuters reports. Negotiations in Taipei sidestepped the sovereignty question and yielded 13 agreements to triple the number of cross-strait flights, allow direct cargo shipments, improve food safety, and normalize...http://www.newser.com/story/41689/historic-talks-bring-china-taiwan-closer-than-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Nov 2008 8:53:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/31622/historic-china-taiwan-flights-take-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCommercial flights between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan resumed today for the first time in 60 years, with simultaneous flights landing at the Taipei and Shanghai airports, the BBC reports. China Southern Airline's chairman described the first flight to land in Taipei as "a sacred moment." The agreement to reopen...http://www.newser.com/story/31622/historic-china-taiwan-flights-take-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Jul 2008 6:16:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30407/new-taiwan-president-makes-china-overtures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSince his election as Taiwan's president last March, Ma Ying-jeou has already begun negotiations with Beijing and moved to bring mainland Chinese tourists to the island. In an English-language interview with the New York Times , Ma sets out an ambitious plan for new cross-strait relations: direct links via air and...http://www.newser.com/story/30407/new-taiwan-president-makes-china-overtures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Jun 2008 6:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29923/chinataiwan-agree-on-cross-strait-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first talks between China and Taiwan in almost a decade have yielded a historic travel agreement, reports Reuters. Regular flights between the two will begin next month for the first time since the Communists won China's civil war in 1949. Relations between the rivals—still officially at war—have...http://www.newser.com/story/29923/chinataiwan-agree-on-cross-strait-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Jun 2008 4:41:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22314/china-rips-dalai-lama-for-olympic-sabotage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBeijing is charging that the Dalai Lama incited recent protests in Tibet as part of a "terror" plot to ruin the Olympic games, Reuters reports. "The Dalai Lama is scheming to take the Beijing Olympics hostage to force the Chinese government to make concessions to Tibet independence," writes China's official...http://www.newser.com/story/22314/china-rips-dalai-lama-for-olympic-sabotage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Mar 2008 6:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22261/pro-china-party-wins-in-taiwan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaiwan’s China-friendly opposition party handily beat the island’s ruling party in today’s presidential election, signaling smoother relations between the feuding governments, Reuters reports. President-elect Ma Ying-jeou, who won the vote over the Democratic Progressive Party 58%-42%, campaigned on a call for stronger economic ties with Beijing.http://www.newser.com/story/22261/pro-china-party-wins-in-taiwan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Mar 2008 11:02:30 CDT