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Taiwan, AIT cooperate on dissident


Chinese dissident Wang Rui is seen talking at a news conference in an undated photograph from the Epoch Times.
Photo: Internet screen grab

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs helped communicate between the National Immigration Agency (NIA) and the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) in the case of a Chinese dissident seeking political asylum in the US, an official said yesterday.

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NPP sets referendum drive in motion


New Power Party members demonstrate in Taipei yesterday, calling for people to support its proposals for holding referendums on constitutional reform and changes to the minimum wage and labor laws.
Photo: CNA

The New Power Party (NPP) yesterday began a referendum drive to scrap newly approved amendments to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法), legislate for a minimum wage bill and require the president to call a national affairs conference to draft a new constitution.

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Newsflash

US President Barack Obama voiced hope on Wednesday for a further easing of tensions across the Taiwan Strait as he reaffirmed his commitment to the “one China” policy and to the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), a law passed by the US Congress in 1979 that requires the US to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself.

Welcoming Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) for a state visit, Obama praised a major trade pact sealed last year between China and Taiwan.