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2000

• Pump Up The Volume: Beijing raises the heat with vitriolic attacks against Taiwan's incoming VP -- April 24, 2000
• Annette Lu: 'They Made Me Famous' -- April 24, 2000
• Deal-Making Time -- April 7, 2000
• A Changing of the Guard -- April 3, 2000
• Seismic Changes -- March 31, 2000
• Now Comes The Hard Part -- March 31, 2000
• Beijing Waits and Sees -- March 31, 2000
• Chen: Pop Icon Piranha -- March 31, 2000
• Editorial: Peace, Not War -- March 31, 2000
• Taiwan's Nationalist Party names new secretary-general -- March 27, 2000
• Taiwan president to resign as Nationalist Party chairman Friday -- March 23, 2000
• Take That, Beijing: Chen's Triumph -- March 27, 2000
• Profile of a President: Behind the smile, a tiger-like ferocity -- March 27, 2000
• Viewpoint: Let History Be the Judge -- March 27, 2000
• Line of Fire: Big China, Little China -- March 27, 2000
• China's National People's Congress takes aim at corruption, Taiwan and economic reform -- March 24, 2000
• China spurns Taiwanese president-elect's overtures -- March 21, 2000
• Taiwan ends decades-old ban on direct trade ties with China -- March 21, 2000
• Taiwan president-elect calls for peace, shares plunge amid political uncertainty -- March 20, 2000
• Death of a Party: As the Nationalists implode, the winner prepares for office -- March 20, 2000
• Taiwan's president resigns as Nationalist Party leader -- March 19, 2000
• Pro-independence party candidate voted Taiwan's president -- March 18, 2000
• Exclusive TIME interview with President-elect Chen Shui-bian -- March 18, 2000
• 'We Don't Want War': Chen on cross-strait ties and 'one China' -- March 17, 2000
• Taiwan votes after campaign dominated by Chinese threats -- March 17, 2000
• Crowds rally ahead of Taiwan's elections -- March 17, 2000
  
• Chinese saber-rattling heightens tensions in Taiwan -- March 17, 2000
• Threat of Chinese invasion intensifies, says scholar; Taiwan stocks fall -- March 16, 2000
• Taiwan president denies backing opposition candidate -- March 15, 2000
• Zhu: China will never allow Taiwan to declare independence -- March 15, 2000
• Taiwanese Nobel laureate offers to be peace envoy to China -- March 14, 2000
• Too Close To Call -- March 17, 2000
• Taiwan's Democracy Factor -- March 17, 2000
• The Curse Of 'Black Gold' -- March 17, 2000
• Investors worry about Taiwan vote, dump stocks -- March 13, 2000
• China blames U.S. for Beijing-Taipei tensions; seeks modern army -- March 10, 2000
• Chinese president uses poetry to reiterate Taiwan stance -- March 8, 2000
• Chinese general says Western forces trying to split China -- March 7, 2000
• Beijing casts a ballot on the eve of Taiwan's presidential election -- March 6, 2000
• Taiwan: 'The Problem Is on China's Side, Not on Our Side' -- March 6, 2000
• Speaking Loud Enough for a Home Audience to Hear -- March 6, 2000
• Taiwan's Youth: Talkin' 'Bout Their Generation -- March 6, 2000
• Beijing, Taipei and Washington need to calm down and quit posturing -- March 6, 2000
• Taiwan's military split over buying U.S. warships -- March 3, 2000
• Thunder out of China -- March 3, 2000
• The shadow of 2-2-8 -- February 28, 2000
• Media reaction mixed to China's threat to invade Taiwan -- February 23, 2000
• China, Taiwan face off in war of words -- February 22, 2000
• White House: Clinton will veto Taiwan military bill -- February 3, 2000
• Taiwan baseball fans are in an uproar, as a series of gambling scandals threatens the sport's future -- January 24, 2000
• Microsoft's Taiwan Web site hacked -- January 10, 2000

1999

• Taiwan: Fired Up for 2000 -- December 23, 1999
• Taiwan president says China threatening island -- November 25, 1999
• Taiwan Banks: The Urge to Merge -- November 11, 1999
• Taiwan: Politics and Power -- November 5, 1999
• An antiquated law puts three teens on Taiwan's death row, sparking calls for criminal justice reform -- November 1, 1999
• Taiwan's components industry is striving to put the earthquake behind it -- October 22, 1999
• Post-Earthquake Picks -- As Taiwan rebuilds, the stock market may soar -- October 22, 1999
• Earthquake strikes southern Taiwan, more than 200 reported injured -- October 22, 1999
• Cutting the Taiwan Air Link -- A bitter aviation dispute raises charges of cronyism -- October 15, 1999
• Hong Kong, Taiwan battle for music dominance in Asia -- October 4, 1999
• Tremors Can't Derail Can-Do Spirit -- October 4, 1999
• TIME Asia: The Day Taiwan Crumbled -- October 4, 1999
• In the rolling countryside of northern Taiwan, the sculptor Ju Ming has created one of the most surprising and delightful museums in the world -- October 1, 1999
• Without warning, the earth moved under Taiwan, triggering the island's worst natural disaster in 64 years. Political aftershocks will be felt locally - and in China -- October 1, 1999
• Chinese president repeats threats of force against Taiwan -- September 27, 1999
• U.S. quake rescue team asked to stay longer in Taiwan -- September 26, 1999
• Taiwan hit with another powerful aftershock -- September 26, 1999
• Taiwan issues emergency orders for quake relief -- September 25, 1999
• Rescuers race against clock to find Taiwan quake survivors -- September 23, 1999
• Death toll rising: Taiwan quake kills more than 1,700 -- September 22, 1999
• Significant quakes in Taiwan area, 1980-1999 -- September 21, 1999
• Massive earthquake jolts Taiwan; at least 1,100 killed -- September 21, 1999
• Beijing and Taipei make war-like noises, but neither is ready for battle -- September 6, 1999
• Taipei downplays Chinese air patrols over Taiwan Strait -- August 5, 1999
• Interview: Vice President Lien Chan "Taiwan is being isolated" -- August 2, 1999
• How China and Taiwan can get beyond their latest row -- July 30, 1999
• Security expert: China can take Taiwan without firing a shot -- July 29, 1999
• Report: China holding naval exercises in Taiwan strait -- July 28, 1999
• China-Taiwan tensions shadow Asia security forum -- July 27, 1999
• Beijing warns U.S. to stay out of China-Taiwan tensions -- July 25, 1999
• Clinton urges calm as Taiwan tempers stance toward China -- July 21, 1999
• Taiwan's stocks tumble as China's troops go on higher alert -- July 16, 1999
• 'One-China' policy remains unchanged, Taiwan says -- July 14, 1999
• China lashes Taiwan over Lee's rhetorical change -- July 13, 1999
• China, Taiwan prepare for historic meeting -- June 27, 1999
• China's PM warns force an option in Taiwan -- April 20, 1999
• China warns U.S. on Perry Taiwan visit -- March 6, 1999
• Taiwan insists Macedonian ties are firm despite confusion -- January 28, 1999

1998

• Taiwan's Nationalist party wins key elections -- December 5, 1998
• Air China pilot hijacks his own jet to Taiwan -- October 28, 1998
• China, Taiwan hold highest-level meeting in 5 years -- October 14, 1998
• Taiwan and China: Different lives, different values -- October 12, 1998
• Quake jolts Taiwan, killing 4 -- July 17, 1998
• Senate Passes Non-Binding Resolution To Reassure Taiwan -- July 10, 1998
• Child-killing virus baffles Taiwan -- June 8, 1998

1997

• Hong Kong now, Taiwan later? -- July 1, 1997

1996

• Taiwan: In China's shadow and in international spotlight -- March 18, 1996
• China admits Taiwan intimidation -- March 7, 1996
• China to hold missile tests off Taiwan -- March 5, 1996
• China, Taiwan locked in battle of military one-upmanship -- February 8, 1996

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