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06/02/12 Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou to attend KMT caucus... Source: eTaiwanNews.com President Ma Ying-jeou will attend a meeting of ruling Kuomintang lawmakers about the ban on beef from the United States treated with lean-meat drugs, the party said Saturday.
06/01/12 Taiwan DPP condemns latest version of capital gains... Source: eTaiwanNews.com The opposition Democratic Progressive Party condemned the government Friday after it presented the latest version of a capital gains tax proposal.
05/21/12 Ma Ying-jeou's second inaugural speech feels far from... Source: Asia News Network (ANN) Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou delivered his second inaugural speech yesterday and sadly for Professor Jerome Cohen, the address was far too mediocre in both quality and historical significance to compare to Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address, which Cohen wished his protege could match up to.
05/21/12 Taiwan opposition pans Ma Ying-jeou's 'one ROC, 2... Source: Asia News Network (ANN) Taiwan's opposition legislators yesterday panned President Ma Ying-jeou's Ã¢one Republic of China, two areasÃ¢ statement in his inaugural address.
05/19/12 Tens of thousands to protest against Taiwan President... Source: eTaiwanNews.com Tens of thousands of people were gathering in Taipei Saturday for an unprecedented protest against the policies of President Ma Ying-jeou on the eve of his second-term inauguration.

Background on ma ying jeou

Ma Ying-jeou (; born July 13, 1950) is the 12th and 13th term President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. Previous roles include Justice Minister (1993–96) and Mayor of Taipei (1998-06). He is also the current Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) having served in that role since 2005 stepping down for a period between 2007 and 2009. Ma first won the presidency by 58.45% of the popular vote in the presidential election of 2008, and was re-elected in 2012 with 51.6% of the vote.

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