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    <title>Formosan Association for Public Affairs:  Young Professional Group</title>

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    <updated>2009-06-09T17:32:23Z</updated>
    
    
   
    


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    <title>FAPA YPG National Conference 2009: “Taiwan Action Days”</title>
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    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/events//3.159</id>

    <published>2009-08-22T18:00:00Z</published>


<updated>2009-08-22T18:00:00Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[This year&#x2019;s national conference begins on Saturday afternoon at Doubletree Hotel in Crystal City and ends on Monday with a visit to Capitol Hill! Don&rsquo;t miss YPG&rsquo;s most exciting event! The deadline for registration is Sunday, July 19th, but applications...]]></summary>
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    <name>
         
        Iris Ho
         
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        <![CDATA[This year&#x2019;s national conference begins on Saturday afternoon at Doubletree Hotel in Crystal City and ends on Monday with a visit to Capitol Hill! Don&rsquo;t miss YPG&rsquo;s most exciting event! The deadline for registration is Sunday, July 19th, but applications...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Issue No. 16</title>
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    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/publications//4.161</id>

    <published>2009-06-21T23:17:00Z</published>


<updated>2009-06-21T23:17:00Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ History Column: &#x201C;What&#x2019;s a Communist? What&rsquo;s a Nationalist? Aren&rsquo;t they all Chinese?&#x201D; by Albert Tseng Best of the Listserv Taiwan invited to participate in WHO as observer Taiwan slips in Freedom House&rsquo;s 2009 Freedom of the Press survey &ldquo;Advocate for Taiwan&rdquo; weekend conference coming on August 22 &ldquo;Educate the...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         Albert Tseng (editor), Ketty Chen, Ming-Hwi Sun, Jonathan Hwang, Thomas Yu, Jonathan Lee
        
         
    </name>
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        <![CDATA[ History Column: &#x201C;What&#x2019;s a Communist? What&rsquo;s a Nationalist? Aren&rsquo;t they all Chinese?&#x201D; by Albert Tseng Best of the Listserv Taiwan invited to participate in WHO as observer Taiwan slips in Freedom House&rsquo;s 2009 Freedom of the Press survey &ldquo;Advocate for Taiwan&rdquo; weekend conference coming on August 22 &ldquo;Educate the...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Unburying Tiananmen</title>
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    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/publications//4.160</id>

    <published>2009-06-07T17:49:36Z</published>


<updated>2009-06-07T17:49:36Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[I can relate to the Chinese student in Dan Southerland&#x2019;s June 2 op-ed, &#x201C;Tiananmen: Days to Remember,&#x201D; who did not know about the 1989 massacre. I, too, grew up in an authoritarian regime -- in Taiwan, only 100 miles from China -- where government strictly controlled and manipulated information. It...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         Yenching Iris Ho
        
         
    </name>
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        <![CDATA[I can relate to the Chinese student in Dan Southerland&#x2019;s June 2 op-ed, &#x201C;Tiananmen: Days to Remember,&#x201D; who did not know about the 1989 massacre. I, too, grew up in an authoritarian regime -- in Taiwan, only 100 miles from China -- where government strictly controlled and manipulated information. It...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Issue No. 15</title>
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    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/publications//4.158</id>

    <published>2009-05-01T02:53:15Z</published>


<updated>2009-05-01T02:53:15Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ &#x201C;Interview with Eric Chang&#x201D; by Jonathan Lee Best of the Listserv YPG Members&#x2019; Activity reinstates key term &ldquo;Cornerstone&rdquo; into HCR 55! Ma Ying-jeou&rsquo;s scholarship questioned. Congressman Rohrabacher leaves Caucus Chair position. &ldquo;Formosa Betrayed&mdash;Giving Voice to History Via the Big Screen&rdquo; by HoChie Tsai, Shawna Yang Ryan, &amp; Anna Wu...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         Albert Tseng (editor), Jonathan Lee, HoChie Tsai, Shawna Yang Ryan, Anna Wu, Chuck Chang, Mariko Terada, Daphne Lin, Julia Famularo, Eric Chang
        
         
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        <![CDATA[ &#x201C;Interview with Eric Chang&#x201D; by Jonathan Lee Best of the Listserv YPG Members&#x2019; Activity reinstates key term &ldquo;Cornerstone&rdquo; into HCR 55! Ma Ying-jeou&rsquo;s scholarship questioned. Congressman Rohrabacher leaves Caucus Chair position. &ldquo;Formosa Betrayed&mdash;Giving Voice to History Via the Big Screen&rdquo; by HoChie Tsai, Shawna Yang Ryan, &amp; Anna Wu...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Taiwan Relations Act 30th Anniversary Commemoration &amp; “March for Taiwan” Closing Ceremony Program</title>
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    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/events//3.157</id>

    <published>2009-04-10T17:00:00Z</published>


<updated>2009-04-10T17:00:00Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[If you&#x2019;re in Washington, DC, please join us for this milestone event! Schedule Time Activity 1:00&ndash;1:05p.m. Prelude by MC Jonathan Lee (YPG Steering Committee member) 1:05&ndash;1:15p.m. National Anthems: American Anthem and Maritime Nation 1:15&ndash;1:25 p.m. Chris Russell, representative of Representative...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         
        Iris Ho
         
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        <![CDATA[If you&#x2019;re in Washington, DC, please join us for this milestone event! Schedule Time Activity 1:00&ndash;1:05p.m. Prelude by MC Jonathan Lee (YPG Steering Committee member) 1:05&ndash;1:15p.m. National Anthems: American Anthem and Maritime Nation 1:15&ndash;1:25 p.m. Chris Russell, representative of Representative...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>The Taiwan Relations Act at 30: Examining the human rights angle and other important developments in the U.S.-Taiwan relationship</title>
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    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/events//3.156</id>

    <published>2009-04-10T13:30:00Z</published>


<updated>2009-04-10T13:30:00Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Hosted by the Formosan Association for Public Affairs, speakers will include: Dr. Bob Yang, President of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs; representatives from the North America Taiwanese Professors&#x2019; Association; Formosan Association Human Rights; World Federation of Taiwanese; and so...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         
        Iris Ho
         
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        <![CDATA[Hosted by the Formosan Association for Public Affairs, speakers will include: Dr. Bob Yang, President of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs; representatives from the North America Taiwanese Professors&#x2019; Association; Formosan Association Human Rights; World Federation of Taiwanese; and so...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>A ridiculous comparison</title>
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    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/publications//4.155</id>

    <published>2009-03-23T18:46:55Z</published>


<updated>2009-03-23T18:46:55Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[President Ma Ying-jeou&#x2019;s (馬英九) supporters love to compare him to US President Barack Obama. During last year&rsquo;s presidential campaign, one of Ma&rsquo;s most famous &mdash; now infamous &mdash; commercials featured galloping horses with the words &#x201C;The Power of Change&#x201D; plastered across the TV screen. Pan-blue-camp supporters portrayed Ma as having...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         Ketty Chen
        
         
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        <![CDATA[President Ma Ying-jeou&#x2019;s (馬英九) supporters love to compare him to US President Barack Obama. During last year&rsquo;s presidential campaign, one of Ma&rsquo;s most famous &mdash; now infamous &mdash; commercials featured galloping horses with the words &#x201C;The Power of Change&#x201D; plastered across the TV screen. Pan-blue-camp supporters portrayed Ma as having...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Taiwan Advocacy Workshop at Georgetown University</title>
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    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/events//3.153</id>

    <published>2009-03-21T15:00:00Z</published>


<updated>2009-03-21T15:00:00Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Hi, everyone, On Saturday, March 21st, Georgetown University will host a Taiwan Advocacy Workshop, from 11 a.m&ndash;1 p.m. If you&#x2019;d like to register, please visit our Facebook Event or send an e-mail to the Georgetown TASA. You don&rsquo;t need to...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         
        Georgetown TASA
         
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        <![CDATA[Hi, everyone, On Saturday, March 21st, Georgetown University will host a Taiwan Advocacy Workshop, from 11 a.m&ndash;1 p.m. If you&#x2019;d like to register, please visit our Facebook Event or send an e-mail to the Georgetown TASA. You don&rsquo;t need to...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Advocacy Handbook</title>
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    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/publications//4.154</id>

    <published>2009-03-18T20:23:24Z</published>


<updated>2009-03-18T20:23:24Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Published by our Lobbying Co-chairs, Julia Famularo, Tony Lee, and Albert Tseng, this comprehensive guide includes everything you need to know about advocating for Taiwan. It even includes maps of Capitol Hill, so that you&#x2019;ll know just where to go! When meeting with members of Congress, focus on one to...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         Julia Famularo, Tony Lee, Albert Tseng
        
         
    </name>
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        <![CDATA[Published by our Lobbying Co-chairs, Julia Famularo, Tony Lee, and Albert Tseng, this comprehensive guide includes everything you need to know about advocating for Taiwan. It even includes maps of Capitol Hill, so that you&#x2019;ll know just where to go! When meeting with members of Congress, focus on one to...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>228 Facebook Campaign</title>
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    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/events//3.151</id>

    <published>2009-02-28T05:00:00Z</published>


<updated>2009-02-28T05:00:00Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Note: Download the 228 Facebook Logo [.jpg]. Dear FAPA YPG members, In commemoration of Taiwan&#x2019;s 2-28 Incident of 1947, please consider taking the following actions as part of a coordinated Facebook campaign starting midnight tomorrow: Change your profile picture to...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         
        Daphne Lin
         
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        <![CDATA[Note: Download the 228 Facebook Logo [.jpg]. Dear FAPA YPG members, In commemoration of Taiwan&#x2019;s 2-28 Incident of 1947, please consider taking the following actions as part of a coordinated Facebook campaign starting midnight tomorrow: Change your profile picture to...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Issue No. 14</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ypg.fapa.org/publications/newsletters/2009/02/17/issue_no_14/" />
    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/publications//4.149</id>

    <published>2009-02-17T21:30:09Z</published>


<updated>2009-02-17T21:30:09Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ Letter from the SC &#x201C;San Francisco Kickoff!&#x201D; by Jonathan Lee &ldquo;Why Taiwan Needs a Rock Star&rdquo; by Peter Chai Best of the Listserv Chen Shui-bian Arrested&mdash;No Charges, no Evidence; Skit Makes Judicial Credibility Questionable Taiwan Wild StrawBerries Student Movement Judicial Injustice and Politically Motivated Detentions Power Abuse by the...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         Albert Tseng (editor), Jonathan Lee, Peter Chai, John Conklin, Karen Yan, Carolyn Wu, Agnes Chang, Andrew Wu
        
         
    </name>
    </author>
    
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        <![CDATA[ Letter from the SC &#x201C;San Francisco Kickoff!&#x201D; by Jonathan Lee &ldquo;Why Taiwan Needs a Rock Star&rdquo; by Peter Chai Best of the Listserv Chen Shui-bian Arrested&mdash;No Charges, no Evidence; Skit Makes Judicial Credibility Questionable Taiwan Wild StrawBerries Student Movement Judicial Injustice and Politically Motivated Detentions Power Abuse by the...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>YPG National Conference Twitter</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ypg.fapa.org/publications/affiliated/2009/02/04/ypg_twitter/" />
    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2008:/publications//4.104</id>

    <published>2009-02-04T19:50:00Z</published>


<updated>2009-02-04T19:50:00Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[A Twitter microblog dedicated to the 2008 FAPA YPG National Conference. Whether you&#x2019;re curious about the speakers, the social life, or the culinary accommodations, Twitter answers your questions through hundreds of status updates. Even if you missed the conference in person, there&rsquo;s no reason to miss the experience online. [Taiwanese]...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         Ming-Hwi Sun, Peter Chai, Iris Ho
        
         
    </name>
    </author>
    
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        <![CDATA[A Twitter microblog dedicated to the 2008 FAPA YPG National Conference. Whether you&#x2019;re curious about the speakers, the social life, or the culinary accommodations, Twitter answers your questions through hundreds of status updates. Even if you missed the conference in person, there&rsquo;s no reason to miss the experience online. [Taiwanese]...]]>

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</entry>


<entry>
    <title>US China policy must be unbending on human rights</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ypg.fapa.org/publications/letters/2009/02/04/us_china_policy_must_be_unbending/" />
    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/publications//4.150</id>

    <published>2009-02-04T05:00:00Z</published>


<updated>2009-02-04T05:00:00Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ANNE WU&#x2019;S Jan. 26 op-ed &#x201C;Fresh hope for US-China cooperation&#x201D; suggests that former president Bill Clinton made a reasonable move in his dealings with Beijing by focusing on profits: &ldquo;When President Clinton first took office, he linked China&rsquo;s trade privileges to its human rights record; eventually he separated these two...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         Howard Fass
        
         
    </name>
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        <![CDATA[ANNE WU&#x2019;S Jan. 26 op-ed &#x201C;Fresh hope for US-China cooperation&#x201D; suggests that former president Bill Clinton made a reasonable move in his dealings with Beijing by focusing on profits: &ldquo;When President Clinton first took office, he linked China&rsquo;s trade privileges to its human rights record; eventually he separated these two...]]>

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</entry>


<entry>
    <title>Meet Freddy in Boston</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ypg.fapa.org/events/2009/01/31/meet_freddy_in_boston/" />
    <id>tag:ypg.fapa.org,2009:/events//3.126</id>

    <published>2009-02-01T02:30:00Z</published>


<updated>2009-02-01T02:30:00Z</updated>

    <summary>Update: The meeting with Freddy has been postponed till the evening, after 9:30 p.m. or so. Please call Eva Tseng for details. Boston YPG members, Freddy Lin will meet with local YPG members at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Peets...</summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         
        Eva Tseng
         
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        Update: The meeting with Freddy has been postponed till the evening, after 9:30 p.m. or so. Please call Eva Tseng for details. Boston YPG members, Freddy Lin will meet with local YPG members at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Peets...

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</entry>


<entry>
    <title>Issues of Concern</title>
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    <id>tag:ypgbeta.fapa.org,2007:/publications//4.32</id>

    <published>2009-01-30T05:00:00Z</published>


<updated>2009-01-30T05:00:00Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Taiwan Today&mdash;An Introduction As Taiwanese Americans, we are strongly supportive of democracy in Taiwan, which was achieved through the hard work and sacrifice of many in Taiwan, with the support of the overseas Taiwanese community.  We want to preserve and deepen this democracy.  Its success is important to the United...]]></summary>
    <author>
    <name>
         
        
         FAPA
    </name>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Issues of Concern" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    

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        <![CDATA[Taiwan Today&mdash;An Introduction As Taiwanese Americans, we are strongly supportive of democracy in Taiwan, which was achieved through the hard work and sacrifice of many in Taiwan, with the support of the overseas Taiwanese community.  We want to preserve and deepen this democracy.  Its success is important to the United...]]>

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