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| | Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
 | | Following the pro-reformist election, it was disclosed that Rafsanjani was allegedly linked to government officials who had committed human rights abuses and executions of dissidents, intellectuals, and criminals during his presidency. | | | The election of a reformist government appeared to precipitate the easing of US sanctions which had been imposed on Iran afer the Islamic revolution in 1979. | | | However, in May an appeals court overturned the sentence of the journalist Akbar Ganji, convicted in January for undermining national security after naming a former intelligence minister as being behind the murder of dissident intellectuals. |
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| | East Asian Studies Documents: Constitution of the Republic of China, 1947 |
| | The election of the President and the Vice President shall be prescribed by law. | | | The President of the Executive Yuan shall be nominated and, with the consent of the Legislative Yuan, appointed by the President of the Republic. | | | However, should the emergency decree be issued after the election of new members of the Legislative Yuan, the new members shall vote on the ratification of the decree after their inauguration. |
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| | Republic of Ireland Definition Information Explanation Review WikiCity.com - Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, Free ... |
| | Under the Irish constitution (Bunreacht na hÉireann), parliamentary elections must be held at least every 7 years, though a lower limit may be set by statute law. | | | Though this state's constitutional structures provided for a President of Ireland instead of a king, it was not a republic. | | | The President of Ireland (Uachtaráin na hÉireann), who serves as head of state, is elected for a 7-year term and can be re-elected only once. |
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| | Republican China |
| | In the national elections held in February 1913 for the new bicameral parliament, Song campaigned against the Yuan administration, and his party won a majority of seats. | | | In October 1913 an intimidated parliament formally elected Yuan president of the Republic of China, and the major powers extended recognition to his government. | | | The insurrection was led by Mao Zedong ( |
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| | Elections in the Republic of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Direct election for the Chairmanship of the Kuomintang | | | 1st Legislative Yuan: ROC legislative election, 1948 (before the fall of mainland China of Chinese Civil War; elected representatives for all of China whose terms lasted until December 31, 1991) | | | Direct elections for the President of the Republic of China |
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| | China (03/05) |
| | China attended the May 1997 meeting of the NPT Exporters (Zangger) Committee as an observer and became a full member in October 1997. | | | His death left the republican government all but shattered, ushering in the era of the "warlords" during which China was ruled and ravaged by shifting coalitions of competing provincial military leaders. | | | The United States and China announced on December 15, 1978, that the two governments would establish diplomatic relations on January 1, 1979. |
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| | IRI : Around The Globe |
| | Mock elections are held in which officials participate as poll workers, candidates and voters. | | | In June 2004, IRI took a Chinese delegation to observe parliamentary elections in Mongolia, where they observed campaigning and pre-election activities, voting, and ballot tabulation in a neighboring country that is largely rural and that has recently undergone a transition to multiparty democracy. | | | Since then, IRI has observed close to 60 elections in provinces throughout the country. |
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| | SCHOLARS SHARE PAPERS, IDEAS ON CHINA ELECTIONS AND DEMOCRACY AT CONFERENCE - Spring 1999 |
| | Contributing to that process were expanding economic prosperity, the benefits of compulsory public education, growing voter understanding of how elections served their interests, and a vibrant, ideological marketplace where Western liberal democratic ideas competed with the state and party doctrine of Sun Yatsen. | | | Meanwhile, Hong Kong, which became a special administrative region in 1997, and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are still in the early stages of electoral politics. | | | Equally important were the politicians outside the KMT, who began mobilizing voter support, according to Chao and Myers. |
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| | China |
| | Full diplomatic relations were barred by China as long as the U.S. continued to recognize the legitimacy of Nationalist China. | | | Sun resigned in favor of Yuan Shih-k'ai, who suppressed the Republicans in a bid to consolidate his power. | | | Yuan's death in June 1916 was followed by years of civil war between rival militarists and Dr. Sun's Republicans. |
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| | Taiwan: democratization |
| | About the results and preparations for the first elections to be held in Taiwan since the lifting of martial law in July 1987. | | | Nathan, Andrew J. The legislative yuan elections in Taiwan. | | | A brief report on Taiwan's national legislative Yuan elections 19 December 1992. |
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| | President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| | Following the initial trial for the case in 1985, he resigned from his position in the Taipei City Council and returned to his hometown in Tainan County to run for county magistrate. | | | Huang Hsin-chieh, a pioneer of the democratic movement in Taiwan, was running in the election, and Mr. | | | Chen was deeply moved by his campaign speech; he then decided to study law instead. |
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| | Muddling toward Democracy Political Change in Grassroots China: Peaceworks: Publications: U.S. Institute of Peace |
| | The Villager Self-Government and the Rural Social Governance in China (Lishu County, Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China, January 1995), 1. | | | See Carter Center, Carter Center Delegation Report: Village Elections in China and Agreement on Cooperation with the Ministry of Civil Affairs People’s Republic, Working Paper series (Atlanta: Carter Center of Emory University, 1998). | | | Bureau of Civil Affairs, Lishu County, How Did We Carry Out the Changing Session Election of the Villagers’ Committee (Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China, January 1995), 11. |
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| | CHINA NEWS CHINESE NEWS HavenWorks.com/world/china capital: Beijing, People's Republic of China, PRC, P.R.C., Zhong ... |
| | "Opposition leaders yesterday called for President Nursultan Nazarbayev's election victory to be declared invalid, while Western-led observers said the vote that gave him 91 percent support was flawed."... | | | "No sooner had Prime Minister Tony Blair called Britain's election than the country was shaken by the dramatic collapse of one of its biggest industrial names."... | | | "A reporter for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper was arrested in China for spying after a monthlong detention led to his confession, according to the Chinese foreign ministry."... |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- China |
| | elections: president and vice president elected by the National People's Congress for five-year terms; elections last held 15-17 March 2003 (next to be held mid-March 2008); premier nominated by the president, confirmed by the National People's Congress | | | election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - NA Judicial branch: | | | elections: last held December 2002-February 2003 (next to be held late 2007-February 2008) |
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| | Hexapedia - President of the Republic of China |
| | For example, during the tenure of Yen Chia-kan, the office was largely ceremonial with real power in the hands of the Premier of the Republic of China, Chiang Ching-Kuo, and power switched back to the presidency when Chiang became President. | | | For Presidents before the enactment of the 1947 Constitution, see list of leaders of the Republic of China | | | This polity has only had a president since 1948. |
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| | Government in Taiwan |
| | Republic of China, Chiehshou Hall, Office of the President, February 23, 1996 | | | The Five Governmental Branches --- (The Republic of China Yearbook 1996) | | | The Olin lecture presented by President Lee Teng-hui at |
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| | ICL - China Index |
| | China's population policy in the area (forced abortion, encouraged Uighur-Chinese marriages) has led to a majority of Chinese in the region where formerly were only about 5% ethnic Chinese. | | | It will also legally participate in local elections throughout China. | | | There are separate pages for the unacknowledged chinese countries of Tibet (occupied by China) and Taiwan (declared a "renegade province" by China). |
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| | People's Republic of China |
| | Elections were held in 1953 for delegates to the First National People's Congress, China's national legislature, which met in 1954. | | | The congress promulgated the state constitution of 1954 and formally elected Mao chairman (or president) of the People's Republic; it elected Liu Shaoqi ( | | | These enemies consisted of "war criminals, traitors, bureaucratic capitalists, and counterrevolutionaries." The campaign was combined with party-sponsored trials attended by huge numbers of people. |
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| | PRESS RELEASE |
| | The Executive Yuan of the Republic of China held the eighth meeting of its ad hoc decision-making task force today, March 22, 1996, with Premier Lien Chan presiding. | | | This is the first time in Chinese history that the entire electorate has directly elected the nation's president and vice-president. | | | After the Premier was briefed by the heads of the various pertinent government agencies, he issued a statement. |
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| | History of Constitutional Revisions in the Republic of China |
| | The revision of the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China was approved by the fifth session of the Third National Assembly on April 24, 2000, and promulgated by the president on April 25, 2000. | | | The ROC Constitution was adopted on December 25, 1946, by the National Constituent Assembly convened in Nanking. | | | History of Constitutional Revisions in the Republic of China |
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| | Xinhua - English |
| | China to discuss draft of anti-money laundering law | | | 21st Session of the Standing Committee of 10th NPC of China will review the draft of the anti-money laundering law for first time on April 25. | | | Iraqi police find body of top Sunni politician's brother |
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| | Happy Birthday To The Republic Of China -- Hon. Dan Burton |
| | It has a democratically elected head of state and holds free elections at all levels. | | | Taiwan has every right to be a member of the United Nations. | | | After the admission of Tuvalu to the United Nations in 2000, the Republic of China on Taiwan is the only aspiring country that remains excluded from the United Nations. |
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| | FAPA - Important Issues - TSEA |
| | In 1991, President Lee ended the Government's emergency powers to deal with dissent and a new, freely elected legislature chosen by the people was created. | | | It now appears that the election of Taiwan's new President will be close. | | | Now, in only a few days, on March 18, Taiwan will hold its second democratic Presidential election. |
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| | China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau) |
| | The Population and Family Planning Law, the country's first formal law on the subject, entered into force in 2002. | | | According to the All-China Lawyers Association, since 1997 more than 400 defense attorneys have been detained on similar charges, and such cases continued during the year. | | | First, the law lacks a presumption of innocence until proven guilty. |
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| | American Association for Chinese Studies Conference 2005 |
| | The 47th Annual Conference for the American Association for Chinese Studies will be held at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee on October 21-23, 2005. | | | Special Issue on “Elections 2004 in the Republic of China on Taiwan” | | | A reception is scheduled for Friday, October 21st, 2005 from 6-8 p.m. |
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| | Taiwan - Wikitravel |
| | multiparty democratic republic with a popularly elected president and unicameral legislature | | | Initially repressive, the government democratized through the 1980s and 1990s, culminating with the first direct presidential elections in 1996, and the first peaceful transition of power between two political parties in 2000. | | | Taipei is the seat of government of the Republic of China and its center of commerce and culture. |
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| | Governments on the WWW: China (People's Republic) |
| | Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Washington, United States of America | | | Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York, United States of America | | | Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles, United States of America |
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| | China-related Topics EI-EL Topic Center - China-Related Topics |
| | Elections in the Republic of China Politics of Taiwan Elections in Taiwan gives information on election and election results in the politics of Tai... | | | Elections in the People's Republic of China Politics of the People's Republic of China Elections in the People's Republic of China take two forms: elections for s... | | | Eight Points of Attention The Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention is a military doctrine that was issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong a... |
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| | Chronicle editorial: Military tilts toward mainland China dangerous |
| | The United States responded with a show of naval strength not seen in the strait since the crises of the 1950s. | | | Meanwhile the United States has expanded military-to-military contacts with China's People's Liberation Army -- a move that in and of itself is not necessarily bad. | | | At other times it calls for some version of the Teddy Roosevelt dictum related to a big stick, as was the case in 1996, when the People's Republic of China undertook bellicose military exercises in advance of Republic of China presidential elections on Taiwan. |
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| | Search Results for utmost(a) - Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Ghazan was formally enthroned on Nov. 3, 1295, and during the first year of his reign he had to cope with a number of revolts against his authority. | | | Encyclopædia Britannica was honoured to have the opportunity to speak with Lee Teng-hui, who in March 1996 won a landslide victory in the first direct presidential elections in the Republic of China... | | | The republic proclaimed early in the afternoon of Saturday, November 9, 1918, is often called the “accidental republic.” When Friedrich Ebert, the leader of the so-called Majority Socialists,... |
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| | A Conversation with Lee Teng-hui -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Profile of the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan). | | | first Taiwan-born president of the Republic of China (Taiwan; 1988–2000). | | | Encyclopædia Britannica was honoured to have the opportunity to speak with Lee Teng-hui, who in March 1996 won a landslide victory in the first direct presidential elections in the Republic of China (Taiwan). |
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| | hong kong flag directory - China-Lifestyles.com |
| | This is a selected translation from the front-cover story in the... | | | The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic China Adopted... | | | 01 :: www.manyflags.com/International/Hong%20Kong.asp :: hong information about hong kong flag and hong kong china Inexpensive Hong Kong State Flags and other U.S. State Flags - 3x5' Hong Kong Flags Hong Kong State Flags 9.95... |
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| | About Taiwan |
| | Lu Hsiu-lien: Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) | | | Chen Shui-bian: President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) | | | Historical Overview / Cross-strait Consultations / A New Era / Public Opinion Polls / Cross-strait Exchanges / The "Mini-Three-Links" / Landmark Charter Flights / Impact of China's "Anti-separation Law" / Looking into the Future |
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| | OpinionJournal - The Real World |
| | This edifice houses the embassy of Taiwan, the Republic of China (officially called the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office), which in July 2004 bought an entire office building in midtown Manhattan, had it gutted, arranged for swift renovation and in April began moving staff over from the old offices. | | | Since the late 1980s, the Chinese government in Taipei has gone from martial law to free-wheeling elections, as the 23 million people on Taiwan have created China's first full democracy. | | | Taiwan, meanwhile, has been a world leader in embodying the ideals of the U.N.'s own charter--meant to promote peace, freedom and prosperity. |
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| | Thomas J Bellows |
| | Taiwan and Mainland China: Democratization, Political Participation and Economic Development in the 1990s. | | | “The 1996 Elections in the Republic of China on Taiwan,” The American Journal of Chinese Studies, Vol. | | | “Taiwan and Mainland China: Diplomatic Competition and Conflict,” in Winston L. Yang and Deborah A. Brown, Across The Taiwan Strait: Exchanges, Conflicts and Negotiations (New York: Center of Asian Studies, St. John’s University, 1999), 367-93. |
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| | Political Resources on the Net - China 1:3 |
| | People's Republic of China (1:3 Parties and Organizations) | | | UIGHUR-L Archive Page An informational mailing list about Eastern Turkestan (also known as Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) and the Uighur people | | | China Support Network Promoting China democracy since 1989 |
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| | Efforts of the People's Republic of China to Influence U.S. Policies and Elections | | | The China Connection: Summary of Committee's Findings Relating to the | | | Laogai Research Foundation gathers information on the Chinese gulag |
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| | Governments on the WWW: China (Republic) |
| | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Prague, Czech Republic | | | Embassy of the Republic of China in Panama City, Panama | | | Embassy of the Republic of China in Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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| | The Republic of China Timeline |
| | Home : Continents and Countries : Middle East and Asia : Asia : China : | | | Do you have any comments and suggestions about this timeline, please e-mail and tell us at: suggestions@timelines.info |
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