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(Archived document, may contain errors) No. 82 October 27, 1988 THE CASE FOR TAIPEPS MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS INTRODUCTION Its foreign currency reserves were $70.7 billion this July; its Gross National Product nearly topped the $ 100 billion mark last year; and it has the distinction of being one of the world's most prominent trading nations.
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Saturday visited the Chi-hai (Seven Seas) Residence, the former home of Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國), son and successor of Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石). She was there in her capacity as head of state to attend the opening of the Ching-kuo Chi-hai Cultural Park and the Chiang Ching-kuo Presidential Library. At one point, Tsai was seated between “1992 consensus” supporters former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and former vice president Lien Chan (連戰) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to her left, and Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) — th...
Former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) showed his greatness in ending martial law despite his background and connection to the authoritarian government, former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said yesterday at the opening of a park in honor of Chiang. The Ching-kuo Chi-hai Cultural Park (經國七海文化園區) in Taipei’s Dazhi (大直) area includes Chiang’s former home — known as the Seven Seas Residence (七海寓所) — and the Chiang Ching-kuo Presidential Library. It is the first library dedicated to the commemoration of a president in Taiwan and holds great historic ...
Academia Sinica receives trove of diplomatic files HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS: Retired diplomat Frederick Chien said the Hoover Institution wanted the documents in his collection, but he wanted to keep them in Taiwan By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter Academia Sinica yesterday held a ceremony marking its reception of more than 200 boxes of historic documents from retired diplomat Frederick Chien (錢復), including documents formalizing the severing of diplomatic ties between Taipei and Washington. Chien, 86, is the chairman of the Chiang Ching-kuo Founda...