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| | James Soong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Soong was born in Hunan Province in mainland China. | | | Soong travelled to the United States for graduate school and received an M.A. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967 and an M.S. in library science from the Catholic University of America in 1971. | | | James Chu-yu Soong (宋楚瑜 Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'u-yü; pinyin: Sòng Chǔyú; born March 16, 1942) is a politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Soong
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| | Jerome F. Keating's writings |
| | Though a Mainlander, Soong could speak Taiwanese however fractured it was and as Provincial Governor he was known for his largess in distributing and sharing provincial funds. | | | Soong has had held a long list of offices from GIO Chief all the way to Provincial Governor, in those he has witnessed much of the KMT's inner dealings and where the bodies are buried. | | | Undaunted Soong ran for president as an independent and almost won, barely losing to Chen Shui-bian (39.3 percent to 36.84 percent). |
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http://zen.sandiego.edu:8080/Jerome/1138461446/index_html
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| | Taiwan Politics and Leadership |
| | Soong is desperate to claw votes away from the mainlander-heavy Taipei city, where on October 24, he slammed President Chen and former president Lee for “fomenting ethnic divisions”. | | | James Soong, with a 1974 doctorate in political science from Georgetown University, was probably Taiwan's most astute politician – and a keen reader of opinion polls. | | | The mainlander vote, about 15% of the electorate, which went to Lin Yang-kang and Chen Lu-an in 1996, went to James Soong in the March 2000 balloting. |
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http://www.ndu.edu/inss/china_center/PLA_Conf_Oct01/Tkacik.htm
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| | Top Taiwan Party Accuses a Rival of Embezzlement |
| | Soong, a skilled politician with an unusual ability to connect with the public, was a close friend and political ally of Mr. | | | After 1994, as the elected governor of Taiwan province -- the title was a relic of the Nationalists' former claim to be the government of all of China -- Mr. | | | Soong wins the presidency, the legal expert said. |
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http://www.richmond.edu/~vwang/ps345/art77.htm
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| | Taiwan election result produces political volatility at home and abroad |
| | Soong won 82 percent of the vote, the KMT 14 percent, and the DPP 3 percent. | | | As the extent of Soong's support became clear, the KMT campaign dropped its emphasis on a corruption scandal involving Soong in the early 1990s, reasserted the “One China” policy and urged voters to stick with the KMT as the best means of preventing a DPP victory and war with China. | | | Soong has declared his intention to register a new political party. |
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/mar2000/taiw-m22_prn.shtml
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| | Taiwan Communique no. 104 |
| | Soong's kneeling act before last year's mayoral election and the implication of several PFP Kaohsiung city councilmen in a vote-buying scandal have besmirched Soong's reputation. | | | Let it be known to all interested in running for the presidency — reforms and the economy are what matter to the voters. | | | Together with the votes Lien received, their number of votes exceeded those of President Chen Shui-bian by about 2 million votes. |
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http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/104-no2.htm
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| | Rifts emerge in ruling party as Taiwan's presidential election heats up |
| | Lee supported Soong assuming the position of party general-secretary and in 1994, his election to the post of Governor of Taiwan. | | | In 1988, after the death of president Chiang Ching-kuo, the major power-brokers in the Kuomintang, with James Soong at their fore, supported the elevation of Taiwanese-born Lee Teng-hui to the presidency. | | | Following declarations by Lee that Soong was a traitor to Taiwan, he was expelled from the Kuomintang on November 17, along with six key supporters. |
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/dec1999/taiw-d20_prn.shtml
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| | Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business. |
| | Soong desperately needs to reposition both himself and his party. | | | As the 300 prospective deputies are not going to vote on each provision, but on the amendment as a whole, they have to oppose all the constitutional amendments. | | | Soon after the election defeat, PFP legislators suggested a prompt readjustment in the party's direction, a request that obviously fell on Soong's deaf ears. |
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GE26Ad01.html
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| | Jerome F. Keating's writings |
| | The PFP had greater numbers than the NP and once controlled more seats in the Legislative Yuan (46) but it was a one-man party built not so much on solid principles as on the hope that James Soong would become President and re-carve the political pie in their favor. | | | In the recent December 3rd three in one elections for mayors and county leaders, Soong had made the statement that in a spirit of mutual respect, the KMT should back down and let the PFP candidates win some, especially in Keelung. | | | It achieved a high-water mark when it gained 21 seats in the Legislative Yuan but it soon fell to only one seat by the 2001 elections. |
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http://zen.sandiego.edu:8080/Jerome/1134125581/index_html
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| | ASIA: Taiwan's poll a rowdy, close run thing - 26 February 2000 |
| | James Soong, former Governor of Taiwan Province, broke from the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) to run his own independent presidential campaign. | | | James Soong, a former head of the Government Information Office, was known as being tough on dissenters. | | | Following his expulsion from the KMT in November, along with various allies in the Legislature, Soong's campaign gained strength. |
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http://www.newsweekly.com.au/articles/2000feb26_as.html
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| | Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan |
| | Whether the law allows one man to concurrently hold the posts of vice president and premier is an issue that has not yet been resolved, and the KMT would be sure to put up a fight if it decided the PFP was monopolizing the cabinet posts. | | | Some analysts believed Soong would seek the premiership, an important post from which he could nominate the cabinet's ministers. | | | Lien earned 23 percent of the vote, while Soong earned 37 percent. |
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FC26Ad03.html
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| | CTV.ca - Second Taiwan opposition leader visits China- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television |
| | Soong affirmed his party's opposition to Taiwan independence. | | | Lawmakers in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party said Thursday they hoped Soong would pass along Taiwanese public opinion about the law to China's leaders. | | | Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian had discussed having Soong carry a message to Chinese leaders. |
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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20050505/china_taiwan_20050505/20050505?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory
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| | Nationalists Might Lose in Taiwan |
| | As a former Taiwan provincial governor - a job that was eliminated in a government downsizing drive - he built a reputation as a can-do leader who constantly toured remote towns forgotten by other politicians, listened to the people and delivered on his promises. | | | Some polls say the former Taipei mayor is in first place, and he could benefit from Soong splitting the Nationalist vote. | | | Another threat is Chen Shui-bian, running for the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party. |
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http://www.richmond.edu/~vwang/ps345/art68.htm
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| | CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS: MAINLAND VISITS CREATE DILEMMA FOR CHEN |
| | Taiwan voters despise Lien and Soong’s attempt to ‘unite with the CCP to counter Taiwan.’ The fact is indeed a warning that the majority of voters do not support the imaginary meeting between President Chen Shui-bian and China’s President Hu Jintao....” | | | Therefore, the editorial urges voters to avoid voting for Lien Chan's and James Soong's pro-China and pro-reunification political parties. | | | All [people] can do now is to wait until after [this Saturday’s] National Assembly elections to see if Chen will clearly indicate his position in his speech slated for May 20, his inauguration anniversary.... |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/taiwan/2005/wwwh60514.htm
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| | TAIWAN POLITICS |
| | TEXT: Maverick politician James Soong was mobbed by supporters and the news media at central election commission headquarters as he filled out the forms declaring himself a candidate for Taiwan's presidency. | | | He told his chanting backers he is running to uphold the dignity, security and advancement of the people of Taiwan and that his presidential bid marks a new era in Taiwan1s development as a democracy. | | | Soong is considered the frontrunner in the campaign for the March 2000 general elections. |
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http://www.fas.org/news/taiwan/1999/991118-taiwan1.htm
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| | Soong reiterates stance against "Taiwan Independence"(05/05/05) |
| | Chairman James CY Soong of the People First Party (PFP) reiterated his party's unwavering stances of opposing "Taiwan Independence" upon his arrival on May 5 at Xianyang International Airport of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the first leg of his nine-day visit. | | | Soong and his delegation left Taipei at about 9:20 a.m. | | | Soong and his delegation, at the invitation of the CPC Central Committee and its General Secretary Hu Jintao, will also travel to Nanjing, Shanghai, Changsha and Beijing on his May 5-13 trip. |
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http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/gyzg/t194308.htm
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| | CANCAPS Bulletin 25 - May 2000 |
| | Of the 25 cities and counties, Soong received the most votes in 15 and came second in 9. | | | Then the ruling party launched a powerful smear campaign against Soong, accusing him of embezzlement of party funds during his tenure as governor of Taiwan. | | | Former Taiwan provincial governor James Soong declared his independent candidacy against party candidate Vice-President Lien Chan. |
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http://www.iir.ubc.ca/cancaps/cbul25.html
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| | Bloomberg.com: Asia |
| | Soong, the son of career soldier loyal to Nationalist Army General Chiang Kai-shek, was born in the central province of Hunan before his family fled to Taiwan in 1949. | | | Soong will start his journey two days after Lien Chan, head of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist party, returned from a visit and held talks with Hu in the highest-level meeting between Taiwan and China politicians in 56 years. | | | Soong denied he would be a messenger for Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, who said on May 1 that he would be sending a message with Soong for China's President Hu Jintao. |
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=a_q196fD8ARg&refer=asia
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| | AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society |
| | James Soong was once a top figure in the KMT but split with the ruling party in November 1999 to begin his own campaign for presidency. | | | Chen had 39 percent of the vote, with Soong second at 37 percent and Lien getting just 23 percent. | | | Chen Shui-bian, of the Democratic Progressive Party, defeated Nationalist Vice President Lien Chan and independent James Soong in the 2000 presidential elections. |
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http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=14931
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| | Soong urges boycott of referendum |
| | Although in a democracy the people have the right to vote as well as not to participate, Soong and his party should be ashamed for actually urging voters not to participate in the referendum. | | | The fact that they did not pursue this issue in court leaves suspicion that the PFP is politicizing this to favor its position in the upcoming election, instead of really caring about the people of Taiwan. | | | And if James Soong and his party do not think it is legal, then they should present the case in a court of law instead of feeding the media of their "no vote" protests. |
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http://homepage.mac.com/eliu500/iblog/C1391788513/E1716939643
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| | Regional Issues |
| | Taiwan Opposition Politician Pledges Opposition to Independence (AFP, May 8, 2005) Visiting Taiwan opposition politician James Soong pledged that his party opposed the island declaring independence and supported the idea that China and Taiwan both belong to "one China." | | | (China Post, May 2, 2005) President Chen Shui-bian said he had asked opposition People First Party leader James Soong to relay a message to Beijing during his visit next week and openly urged China to talk directly to the ruling party. | | | (AFP, Apr. 18, 2005) Chinese President Hu Jintao invited Taiwan opposition leader James Soong to visit the mainland, just weeks after Beijing feted a high-level Kuomintang party (KMT) delegation. |
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http://taiwansecurity.org/TSR-Visit.htm
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| | Zhang xianyao |
| | Your leader, James Soong and the leader of the KMT, Mr. | | | CNP influence remained modest and seemed on the wane; it won 21 of the 164 Legislative seats in the 1995 elections but only 11 of 225 seats in 1998. | | | However, when James Soong formed a new party in the wake of the March 2000 presidential election, it took a new lease of life. |
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http://www.asian-affairs.com/Taiwan/zhangxianyao.html
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| | The Strait Scoop by Bevin Chu |
| | That, to many ROC voters fed up with the two major parties, means voting for independent candidate James Soong, whom Li AO refers to as a "reformed whore" who finally saw the light and bid adieu to the KMT brothel. | | | This confirms that many ROC voters, like many American voters this year, want no truck with either major party candidate. | | | Lee Teng-hui did what former American president Richard Nixon did when he sicced the IRS and FBI on his political enemies. |
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http://www.antiwar.com/chu/c021800.html
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| | Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Taiwan opposition leader visits Beijing |
| | Taiwanese President Chen has accused China of trying to use Soong's visit to influence an upcoming Taiwanese election. | | | Kennedy said in his 1961 inaugural address: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." | | | At a banquet with Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, Soong called his trip one of "great significance." |
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/11/taiwan_opposition_leader_visits_beijing
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| | AsiaMedia :: Story, Print Version |
| | Most polls predicted that the challengers, Lien Chan (of the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang), and his running mate James C.Y. Soong (of the People First Party), would defeat the incumbent Chen Shui-bian and his running mate, Hsiu-lien (Annette) Lu (both of the Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP). | | | The day before the election, Chen and Lu, campaigning in the southern city of Tainan, were shot. | | | For the 2004 election, Lien Chan and James Soong teamed up, with Lien as the candidate for president and Soong for vice president, to defeat Chen Shui-bian. |
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http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/print.asp?parentid=9435
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| | The Foreign Street China Brief |
| | Chen's statement, which reiterates a point he made in his inaugural address last year, came as he met with James Soong, leader of the opposition People First Party. | | | Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian yesterday vowed to seek cross-strait peace and not declare independence during the rest of his tenure in an attempt to mend ties with the mainland. | | | The deal between President Chen Shui-bian and James Soong, chairman of the opposition People First party, is a step towards ending a political impasse that has marred Mr Chen's minority government. |
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http://radio.weblogs.com/0141895/outlines/050225.html
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| | Soong made his name as a retail politician. | | | Soong's remarkable insurgency hastened the downfall of President Lee Teng-hui, who was forced to resign as chairman of the Nationalists. | | | Soong was able to rejoin the Nationalists, he could bring most of his supporters back under the party's banner. |
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~jamackay/newpresident.html
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| | Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Taiwan politician opposes independence |
| | Soong traveled Sunday to his home province of Hunan, where he was born 63 years ago. | | | Ahead of a meeting with China's president, Taiwanese politician James Soong said Sunday he was opposed to moves by his island toward formal independence from China in comments sure to please the Beijing leadership. | | | Soong, who is head of the Taiwanese opposition People First Party, is scheduled to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao later this week in Beijing. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/08/taiwan_politician_soong_opposes_independence
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| | Soong on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Soong Yao-ju or Charles Jones Soong, 1866-1918, graduated from Vanderbilt Univ. and, after returning to China (1886), was a Methodist missionary in Shanghai. | | | She lived in the United States after Chiang's death (1975). | | | Soong Ch'ing-ling or Song Qingling, 1892-1981, also graduated from Wesleyan College. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/S/Soong.asp
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| | Taiwan Communique no. 105 |
| | Soong, but the case got bogged down in political wrangling. | | | Soong has ample charisma _ at some 36% of the vote he came in a close second in the 2000 Presidential elections _ he has several major skeletons in his closet. | | | Soong and his family, reportedly stashed away KMT Party funds and election campaign donations. |
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http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/105-no2.htm
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| | Soong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Noonien Soong, The creator of the android Data in Star Trek | | | This page was last modified 21:55, 2 February 2006. | | | Soong is an English transliteration of the Chinese family name 宋. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soong
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| | Taiwan's president making top-secret overture to China |
| | Soong, a longtime Nationalist, broke with his party and ran as an independent in 2000, splitting the Nationalist vote with Lien and unintentionally helping to bring Chen to power. | | | The Nationalists did unexpectedly well in legislative elections in December. | | | Wu said it was very rare, but not unheard of, for the president and his staff to pursue a policy toward China without briefing him. |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/05/02/MNGO2CIHHM1.DTL&type=printable
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| | Kuomintang on Encyclopedia.com |
| | During the 1990s the major opposition party gained a number of seats in the assembly; in the 1996 presidential elections, President Lee, who was opposed by the Beijing government, won a landslide victory. | | | In 1999 a split developed in the party when James Soong challenged the official candidate for the 2000 presidency race, Vice President Lien Chan, and was expelled; the opposition candidate, Chen Shui-bian, won the election, and Lien placed third behind Soong. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/K/Kuominta.asp
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| | The World Factbook 2004 -- Taiwan |
| | Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with consent of the Legislative Yuan) | | | Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [CHEN Shui-bian, chairman]; Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [LIEN Chan, chairman]; People First Party or PFP [James SOONG (SOONG Chu-yu), chairman]; Taiwan Solidarity Union or TSU [HUANG Chu-wen, chairman]; other minor parties including the Chinese New Party or CNP |
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http://www.brainyatlas.com/geos/tw.html
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| | Taiwan elections |
| | After the election, Lee was forced to resign as party chairman by angry Nationalists who (rightly) held him responsible for the KMT's split and defeat. | | | Last but not least, Soong founded his own party, the People First Party (PFP). | | | In the autumn of 1999, President Lee had expelled its charismatic star James Soong from the KMT who ran thereafter as an independent candidate. |
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http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo5/taiwan.htm
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| | The Henry L. Stimson Center - Taiwanese Presidential Elections |
| | For this reason, Chen Shui-bian has failed to increase support for his reelection since his inauguration in 2000. | | | Four years ago, James Soong, who was once a legendary KMT governor of Taiwan, could not win his party's nomination to become its presidential candidate. | | | Taiwan's presidential election will be held on March 20th, 2004. |
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http://www.stimson.org/squeas?SN=SQ20040224620
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| | Taiwan Opposition Leader Meets China's Hu |
| | During his mainland tour, Soong has stressed his party's anti-independence stance and its hopes for a peaceful resolution to Taipei-Beijing disputes. | | | James Soong's visit to the mainland comes amid Chinese efforts to forge ties with Taiwanese groups such as his People's First Party that favor uniting Taiwan and the mainland. | | | Earlier in his visit, Soong appealed to Taipei and Beijing to set aside political tensions and unite to create economic opportunities. |
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http://www.softcom.net/webnews/wed/af/Ayb71079188.Rnhq_FAC.html
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| | BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Taiwan's Soong meets Hu Jintao |
| | James Soong, the head of Taiwan's opposition People First Party (PFP), has held talks in Beijing with Chinese President Hu Jintao. | | | Mr Hu praised his guest for the PFP's opposition to Taiwanese independence, and said that cross-strait relations were at a "crucial moment". | | | Mr Soong said the world was watching to see what progress the two could make. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/4537417.stm
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| | CNN.com - Soong calls for closer China ties - May 11, 2005 |
| | He is the second senior opposition figure from Taiwan to visit mainland China in recent weeks. | | | Soong, whose party favors eventual re-unification with the mainland, is due to meet Hu on Thursday. | | | BEIJING, China -- Taiwan opposition politician James Soong has called for closer ties between rival China and his self-ruled island as he prepares to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao. |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/taiwan.china
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| | The GULLY Asia Taiwan: Showdown in the Sour Pacific |
| | The program of the Democratic Progressive Party includes a pro-independence plank, though in the days prior to the election Chen assured voters that the DPP priority was wiping out corruption and renewing the democratic process. | | | Days before Taiwan's presidential election on March 18, China rattled its sabre at the island, threatening it with forcible unification if it dared to elect the pro-independence party candidate, Chen Shui-bian. | | | President Lee is also blamed for James Soong's bitter defection from the KMT, as well as for releasing damaging evidence that Soong diverted party money to private accounts in the past. |
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http://www.thegully.com/essays/asia/000324taiwelect.html
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| | Asiaweek.com Newsmakers 10/15/99 |
| | When once-beleaguered James Soong Chu-yu threatened to resign from Taiwan's provincial governorship in March 1997, some called it the "first earthquake of the spring." The charismatic mainland-born politician weathered it well - seismic disturbances seem to suit him. | | | The front-runner in next year's presidential race, Soong is poised to gain from the aftermath of September's earthquake. | | | On top of that, the public remembers Soong's term as governor and his role as Taiwan's "disaster chief," in charge of handling just the sort of emergency the country now faces. |
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http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/99/1015/newsmakers.html
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| | March 16 - Free Encyclopedia |
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| | TIME Asia Magazine: Poll Position -- Feb. 24, 2003 |
| | Soong, running as an independent, outpolled the KMT's nominee, then-Vice President Lien Chan, 36.8% to 23.1%. | | | When James Soong left the Kuomintang (KMT) prior to Taiwan's 2000 presidential race, he essentially handed the election to Chen Shui-bian and his upstart Democratic Progressive Party. | | | Early indications are that Lien would be the presidential candidate, and Soong his running mate. |
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http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501030224-423573,00.html
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| | ABS-CBN Interactive |
| | Soong, who teamed up with the KMT but lost a bid for the vice presidency last year, will meet Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, ranked fifth in the Communist hierarchy, on Wednesday, Hong Kong's Beijing-backed Wen Wei Po newspaper reported. | | | Soong, who lost a bid for Taiwan's presidency in 2000, is expected to hold talks with Chinese President and Communist Party chief Hu Jintao on Thursday. | | | BEIJING - Taiwan opposition leader James Soong flies to Beijing on Tuesday for bridge-building talks with the island's nemesis, the Chinese Communist Party, two months after China passed a law mandating war against the island. |
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http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=4873
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| | Kyodo World News Service: Taiwan's Lee fires first round against James Soong@ HighBeam Research |
| | Soong has decided to run in next year's election as an independent rather than playing second fiddle as running mate to KMT presidential candidate Vice... | | | Lee accused Soong, who was governor of Taiwan before the post was phased out last December, of having long plotted his rise to the top post. | | | TAIPEI, Sept. 13 (Kyodo) -- Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui on Monday launched a crusade by the ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) against presidential hopeful James Soong, saying Soong would ruin Taiwan as president. |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:23369970&refid=holomed_1
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| | Statement from Lien-Soong Campaign Headquarters |
| | His decision regarding the result of the presidential election, which was unanimously supported by the Kuomintang-People First Party (KMT-PFP) Alliance, would be to file a lawsuit to void the election results. | | | Those accompanying him included James Soong his running mate, Wang Jin-pyng director of national campaign headquarters, Wu Poh-hsiung vice chairman of the Kuomintang, Chang Chau-hsiung vice chairman of the People First Party, and Lin Fong-cheng secretary-general of the Kuomintang. | | | The results of the March 20 presidential election as announced by the Central Election Commission were that the presidential and vice presidential ticket of Chen Shui-bian and Lu Hsiu-lien garnered 6,470,517 ballots, the ticket of Lien Chan and James Soong garnered 6,443,019 ballots, while more than 330,000 ballots were invalid. |
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http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/4-oa/20040320/2004032004.html
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| | East Asia Today BBC World Service |
| | If James Soong did embezzle money, it can wait till after March, and then go to the court. | | | Elections are coming up in one month, and we also know that James Soong has been a member of the KMT for several decades, and if he did embezzle money they should have taken him to court much earlier. | | | The party really wanted this thing to be taken care of by the court, instead of making it a political issue, it should be a legal issue. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/asiapacific/eastasiatoday/indepth/20000217.shtml
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| | People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong will not be representing President Chen Shui-bian if he travels to | | | When asked for the possibility of holding a second meeting between the president and Soong, the Presidential Office deputy secretary-general said that while no substantial moves in such a regard have been undertaken, the Presidential Office has, however, been open about the idea of holding a second Chen-Soong meeting. | | | "However, if Soong mentions the 10-point agreement to the other side of the Strait, and says that [the consensus] represents President Chen's stance, I think no one will argue against it, since the 10-point consensus was signed by President Chen and PFP Chairman Soong," Huang said. |
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http://www.taiwansecurity.org/TT/2005/TT-200405.htm
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| | Soong split from the KMT shortly before the 2000 election and formed the People First Party (PFP) shortly afterwards. | | | Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Lien Chan ran in partnership with James Soong, an opponent of his in 2000. | | | The Lien-Soong ticket scored 49.89%, down from the 59.9% the two candidates won combined in 2000, when Soong was running as an independent. |
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http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/577/577p18.htm
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