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                    [Title] => Taiwan elects 1st female president, rejects pro-China party
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Taiwan elected Tsai Ing-wen as its first female president Saturday, handing her pro-independence party its first majority in the national legislature and rejecting the China-friendly party that has led the self-governing island for eight years.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-16 18:20:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1231701 [AuthorName] => Christopher Bodeen and Ralph Jennings [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20160117/taiwan-female-president.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 820936 [Title] => Mainland, Taiwan near finishing investment protection agreement talks [Summary] =>

A senior mainland official confirmed Sunday that the consultation of the long-awaited cross-Strait investment protection agreement has almost finished.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-24 15:00:22 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 741192 [Title] => China official approves of Taiwan peace accord [Summary] =>

 A Chinese official expressed approval Wednesday for Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's call for a cross-strait peace accord.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-26 13:33:22 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 731519 [Title] => Chinese mainland: Military threat to Taiwan "inconsistent" [Summary] =>

 A government spokeswoman on Wednesday refuted claims that the Chinese mainland poses a military threat to Taiwan, saying that such claims are "inconsistent with the facts."

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-28 17:01:24 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 695203 [Title] => Mainland, Taiwan to strengthen cooperation on nuclear, food safety [Summary] =>

The Chinese mainland and Taiwan have agreed to strengthen cooperation and exchanges on security of nuclear power plants and food safety, a mainland official said Sunday.

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China again expressed its opposition to arms sales to Taiwan on Wednesday — the latest in a series of warnings over recent US government contracts with Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Corp. for Taiwan-bound weapons.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-13 12:19:09 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 526351 [Title] => China confident of safety for envoy's Taiwan visit [Summary] => BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese spokesman said Wednesday he was confident that security can be maintained during a top envoy's visit to Taiwan next month, following Taiwanese opposition party threats of new protests. [DatePublished] => 2009-11-25 17:26:23 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 490898 [Title] => China wants permanent news bureaus in Taiwan [Summary] =>

TAIPEI (AP) - A visiting Chinese official urged Taiwan yesterday to allow Chinese news outlets to set up permanent bureaus on the island, saying it is essential for improving understanding and furthering already warming ties.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-29 00:00:30 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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