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The transfer of the ships includes the AN/SQR-19 Multi-Function Towed Array. Taiwan had previously been blocked from acquiring the AN/SQR-19, and the transfer of the system points to an anti-submarine focus in line with the Knox-class frigates they will likely replace. A new class of eight (8) conventional attack submarines is planned.
Lee Jih-chu (Chinese: 李紀珠; pinyin: Lǐ Jìzhū; born 22 April 1960), [1] also known by her English name Catherine Lee, is a Taiwanese economist and politician. She chaired the National Youth Commission from 1998 to 2000. After stepping down, Lee taught at National Chengchi University.
ROC troops mostly fled to Taiwan from provinces in southern China, in particular Sichuan Province, where the last stand of the ROC's main army took place. The flight to Taiwan took place over four months after Mao Zedong had proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing on October 1, 1949. [1]
The Republic of China Navy (ROCN; colloquially the Taiwanese Navy) is the maritime branch of Taiwan's military, the Republic of China Armed Forces (ROCAF). [5] [6]The service was formerly commonly known as the Chinese Navy during World War II and prior to the ROC's retreat to Taiwan. [7]
The 1992 Consensus is a political term referring to the alleged outcome of a meeting in 1992 between the semiofficial representatives of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-led People's Republic of China (PRC) in mainland China and the Kuomintang (KMT)-led Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan.
Pushing Hands (Chinese: 推手; pinyin: Tuī Shǒu) is a 1991 comedy-drama film directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee, his feature directorial debut.It stars Sihung Lung as a Chinese tai chi master living in New York, who struggles to find his place in the world.
By Yimou Lee and Fabian Hamacher. HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan's biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday and injured more than 900, while 50 workers travelling ...
The ROC embassy in the US from 1944 to 1978, on Embassy Row (now Embassy of Haiti) In 1994, as a result of the Clinton Administration's Taiwan Policy Review, the name of the CCNAA office in Washington, D.C. (which functioned as an embassy) was changed to Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO). [7]