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2012 ELECTIONS: Key figures speak out to support Tsai

Friday, 16 December 2011 08:12 Taipei Times

The DPP yesterday showed a teleconference between Harvard professor Chen Lan-bo and its spokesperson Chen Chi-mai, right, in which Chen endorsed Tsai Ing-wen’s innocence and said Taiwanese should be angered by the KMT smear campaign.

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The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday disclosed more information as it reiterated that presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) was innocent of alleged illegal involvement in Yu Chang Biologics Co (宇昌生技股份有限公司).

The party also again condemned Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Minister Christina Liu (劉憶如) for what it said was repeated lying about document forgery.

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Taiwan giving up on US subs, eyeing local plan: analyst

Thursday, 15 December 2011 09:01 Taipei Times

Taiwan has all but given up on acquiring diesel-electric submarines from the US and is expected to embark on a domestic program with assistance from abroad, a leading defense analyst told the Taipei Times.

Longstanding plans to augment Taiwan’s small and aging submarine fleet gained momentum in 2001, when the administration of US president George W. Bush offered to provide eight diesel-electric submarines to Taiwan for about US$12 billion.

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The announcement earlier this week by US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman that he was resigning from his post to seek the Republican Party’s nomination for the presidential election next year could have substantial implications for Washington’s Taiwan policy.

A billionaire and former governor of Utah, Huntsman was a Mormon missionary in Taiwan from 1987 to 1988 and is said to be fluent in Mandarin and Hoklo (also known as Taiwanese).