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List of events
Events from the year 2008 in Taiwan ,
Republic of China . This year is numbered Minguo 97 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
Incumbents
Events
January
February
March
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
15 December – Full restoration of
Three Links with Mainland China.
Deaths
14 January –
Wu Jin , 74, Taiwanese Minister for Education (1996–1998), cancer.
[9]
29 April –
Bo Yang , 88, Taiwanese writer.
[10]
10 May –
Liao Feng-teh , 57, Taiwanese incoming
interior minister , heart attack.
[11]
14 June –
Chu Fu-Sung , 93, Taiwanese
foreign minister (1979–1987).
[12]
4 July –
Wayne Pai , 55, Taiwanese businessman, founding chairman of Polaris Group, suicide.
[13]
12 July –
Tsai Chao-yang , 67,
Taiwanese politician,
minister of Transportation and Communications ,
pneumonia .
[14]
9 August –
Vivian Shun-wen Wu , 95,
Taiwanese entrepreneur, chairwoman of
Yulon Motor , heart failure.
[15]
20 August –
Chao Yao-dong , 92,
Taiwanese
minister of economic affairs ,
multiple organ dysfunction syndrome .
[16]
15 October –
Wang Yung-ching , 91,
Taiwanese entrepreneur and billionaire, founder of
Formosa Plastics .
[17]
28 October –
Kung Te-cheng , 88, Chinese-born
Taiwanese 77th generation descendant of
Confucius ,
heart and
respiratory failure .
[18]
11 December –
Yeh Shih-tao , 83,
Taiwanese writer,
colorectal cancer .
[19]
References
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"Ma Wins Taiwan Presidency on Vow to Smooth China Ties (Update3)" . bloomberg.com .
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"Operational Changes in Taiwan's Han Kuang Military Exercises 2008-2010" . The Jamestown Foundation .
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"Historic China-Taiwan flights begin" . CNN . July 4, 2008.
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"Direct China-Taiwan flights begin" . BBC News . July 4, 2008.
^ Branigan, Tania (July 5, 2008).
"China resumes direct flights to Taiwan after 60 years" . The Guardian . London.
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"Evergreen Maritime Museum open after years of planning" . taipeitimes.com . 7 October 2008.
^ Sina
"Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou meets ARATS chief" Retrieved on November 9, 2008.
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"News Archive: Top Stories" . News.morningstar.com. Retrieved January 23, 2012 . [
permanent dead link ]
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"Former Education Minister Wu Jin dies at 74" . The China Post. January 16, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
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"BBC 中文网 | 港台消息 | 台湾著名作家柏杨因病逝世" . BBC News . April 29, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
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"Taiwan's incoming interior minister dead (Roundup)" . Monsters and Critics. May 10, 2008. Archived from
the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
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"June 2008" . Rulers.org. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
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"Taiwan regulator vows to aid Polaris after death of company chairman | Taiwan News | 2008-07-07 00:00:00" .
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"自由電子報 – 高鐵推手 蔡兆陽病逝" . Libertytimes.com.tw. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
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"Motor sector 'Iron Lady' Wu passes on at age 95" . Taipei Times. January 16, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
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"最新焦點|中時電子報" . News.chinatimes.com. January 1, 1980. Archived from
the original on 2008-08-26. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
^ Young, Doug (October 15, 2008).
"UPDATE 1-Taiwan's 3rd richest man, petrochem giant, dies" . Reuters. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
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"Confucius' 77th main-line descendant dies in Taiwan_English_Xinhua" . News.xinhuanet.com. October 28, 2008. Archived from
the original on January 12, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
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"Search – Global Edition – The New York Times" . International Herald Tribune. March 29, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
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