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Posted by Kevin Stellick on August 14th, 2006 in Taiwan

A history of China-Taiwan relations
By The Associated Press Sat Aug 12, 1:31 PM ET
Taiwan was claimed by China’s Manchu dynasty in 1683 after large-scale immigration from the Chinese mainland to the island.
Japan gained control of Taiwan in 1895 after defeating China in the first Sino-Japanese war. The Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek […]

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Posted by Kevin Stellick on August 11th, 2006 in Taiwan

Over 400 dead and missing in China from Typhoon Saomai
by Peter Harmsen
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese rescuers have recovered the bodies of more than 100 drowned fishermen, bringing the number of dead and missing from Typhoon Saomai in the country to over 400, officials and state media said.
The total confirmed death toll in the three provinces […]

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