At the same time, the government is continuing to strengthen
Taiping Island's search and rescue as well as emergency medical capabilities.
On the other hand, Chen transferred the responsibility for dealing with the South China Sea from the ministry of interior to the National Security Council, and he was the first ROC president to visit
Taiping Island.
US Department of State spokesperson Mark Toner said Washington was disappointed by Ma's plan to travel to the
Taiping as it could exacerbate tensions in the South China Sea.
Ma said that his country developed the infrastructure on
Taiping Island by building a 10-bed hospital and a lighthouse, which gave it rights over the surrounding waters.
Scholars of the
Taiping Rebellion (1850-64) already have a wide selection of original materials at their disposal, including official
Taiping publications and the reports of Western observers.
It was from this contradiction that the
Taiping Rebellion partially stemmed from.
Companies Mentioned in this Report: Munchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft (Munich Re),
Taiping Reinsurance Company Ltd, Schweizerische Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Swiss Re), Asia Capital Reinsurance Group Pte Ltd, BC Reinsurance Ltd, SCOR Reinsurance Company (Asia) Ltd, Toa Reinsurance Company Ltd, Transatlantic Reinsurance Company, Hannover Ruck SE (Hannover Re), Berkley Insurance Company
This year, China
Taiping Insurance Group Limited and Beijing Motor City have also increased their shareholdings in the Group respectively, reflecting the strong confidence of the investment community.
Lin, a member of parliament's defence and diplomacy committee, said the task force from two marine companies, armed with mortars and anti-tank rockets, boarded some 20 amphibious assault vehicles for the landing on
Taiping on April 10.
Topics of the 300 plus entries include Abd al-Qadir, Bacon's Rebellion, Crazy Horse, the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Frente Sandinista de Liberacion, Julius Caesar, the Palestine Liberation Organization, the
Taiping Rebellion, and the Seminole Wars.
In What Remains: Coming to Terms with Civil War in 19th Century China, Tobie Meyer-Fong examines a despairing and desolate Jiangnan during the
Taiping Rebellion and resolves "to capture the ambiguity, shifting loyalties, nuances, contingency and the abjectly miserable behaviors and consequences that characterized the wartime experience" (206).
Malaysian police yesterday confirmed they arrested the alleged shooter, identified as Chinese Sei Ngan Chai, at a housing society in
Taiping, reported the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.
