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SYND 28-10-71CHIANG KAI SHEK STATEMENT FOLLOWING TAIWAN'S EXPULSION FROM UNITED NATIONS
Part of Chiang Kai Shek message to the Chinese people following UN vote expelling Taiwan, Nationalist China
1) STATEMENT: Nationalist Chinese gov'ernment spokesman reading statement by Chiang Kai Shek on vote, expelling Taiwan from the...
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NEW ZEALAND: TAIWAN'S APEC ENVOY CHIANG PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
Taiwan says it has fulfilled its obligations to join the World Trade Organisation and should have the right to join before China.
Speaking after his arrival in Auckland for the APEC forum, envoy Dr. Chiang Pin-kung said...
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APEC leaders arrive for final talks, group photo, Bush jogging
1. Los Cabos Golf resort
2. US President George W. Bush jogging
3. Los Cabos
4. Mexican President Vicente Fox waiting for leaders
5. Arrival of Australian Prime Minister, John Howard
6. Arrival of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
7....
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US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff meets Chinese FM
1. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing shaking hands with Gen. Richard Myers, US chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
2. Cutaway camera
3. Zhaoxing and Myers sitting
4. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Li Zhaoxing, Chinese Foreign Minister:
"We...
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Prayer vigil marks first anniversary of anti-China riots
Hundreds of Taiwanese and Tibetan protesters marched in downtown Taipei on Saturday to demand an end to Chinese rule in Tibet.
Saturday's rally came on the first anniversary of riots in Tibets against China and this week's 50th...
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Taiwan's main opptn party starts talks with China on expanding flights
1. Chen Yunlin, director of Taiwan Affairs Office of CPC (Communist Party of China), shaking hands with members of Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) group
2. Wide of Chen shaking hands with KMT delegation members
3. Cutaway of cameramen
4. Wide...
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Korean girl band arrive in Taiwan to promote new album
AP Television
Taipei, Taiwan, April 22, 2010
1. Wide shot members of Korean girl band Wonder Girls arrive at press conference
2. Zoom out to Wonder Girls posing for photographers
3. Pan from left to right, Korean singer Park Yea-eun, Kim...
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WRAP Day of action over Myanmar
Taipei, Taiwan
1. Pan of protesters chanting "Free Burma. Free Aung San Suu Kyi"
2. Tilt up of protester with banner wearing mask of democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi's face
3. Close-up of Suu Kyi mask
4. Protester holding photographs...
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell comments on China/Taiwan tensions
1. Powell approaches the podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Powell, US Secretary of State
"Minister Li and I had a good discussion. We discussed the Taiwan Straits issue as you can expect and we had a discussion about progress we were...
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High-ranking US defence official in Beijing for talks
1. Chinese military official shaking hands with US military delegation members
2. Chinese military officials shaking hands with US delegation members
3. Chinese and US flags in the middle of the conference table
4. Conference room with...
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CHINA: BEIJING: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS CONFERENCE
Mandarin/Nat
Beijing lashed out at the International Commission of Jurists on Tuesday for issuing a report criticising China's Tibet policies.
At the weekly Ministry of Foreign Affairs meeting, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the...
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ASIA STOCKS FALL AS ITALY AND SPAIN BOND COSTS RISE
Fears that Europe's debt crisis is morphing from Greece to engulf bigger economies such as Spain and Italy sent Asian stock markets lower on Thursday.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index tumbled 1.9 percent, also hit by a stronger yen which erodes...
SciShow
Music in Your DNA and A New Species of Human?
Is musical ability genetic? And were there more species of ancient humans than we once thought? SciShow News investigates!
SciShow
Ecstasy in Rivers and The World's First Geological Map
SciShow News shares new research into how music festivals can lead to high levels of drugs in your drinking water, and celebrates the man who created the world’s first geological map.
TED Talks
TED: 3 ways to make flying more climate-friendly | Ryah Whalen
Air travel opens our eyes to the world, but it also comes at a high cost to the environment. Piloting us into a future of green aviation, innovator Ryah Whalen shares three ways to lower the industry's carbon footprint through smarter...
TED Talks
TED: This is what LGBT life is like around the world | Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols
As a gay couple in San Francisco, Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols had a relatively easy time living the way they wanted. But outside the bubble of the Bay Area, what was life like for people still lacking basic rights? They set off on a...
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Why China Is Building Artificial Islands To Control The South China Sea
China lays claim to basically the entire South China Sea by way of its infamous "nine-dash line." But while China claims the entire area, Vietnam, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Taiwan each have their own claims as well. This has...
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Taiwan's Innovative Approach: English Lessons on Rubbish Trucks
In Taiwan, rubbish trucks have taken on a unique role as English teachers. Through a campaign called Let's Talk English, these trucks play basic conversational English lessons over loudspeakers, aiming to improve people's English skills...
Financial Times
China's unseen war for strategic influence
Whether through security deals with the Solomon Islands or seeking to control the Chinese diaspora in Australia, Beijing puts huge resources into trying to influence how other countries view China. The FT's global China editor James...
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Chinese Cultural Diversity
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) describes how historical circumstances have affected different Chinese-speaking regions.
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A Matter of Character
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) describes differences between simplified and traditional Chinese characters and the politics associated with both.
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Found In Translation
UCLA Chinese cultural studies expert Michael Berry describes how he launched himself on the path to becoming a Chinese translator by spontaneously contacting Yu Hua to translate his renowned book To Live, and relates the joys and...
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Character Development
UCLA Chinese cultural studies expert Michael Berry describes a range of aspects associated with Taiwan and China's very different approaches towards traditional or simplified characters.
One Minute History
154 Taiwan R.O.C. - One Minute History
Sun Yat-sen establishes the Republic of China, forcing the last emperor of the Ching Dynasty to abdicate; ending 2000 years of imperial rule. When Yat-sen dies, civil war ravages the nation, pitting Chiang Kai-shek and the nationalists...