美国表示将同台湾恢复经贸谈判

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BBC Chinese, Sept 8, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... iwan_us_trade.shtml
("美国此前因报复台湾禁止残留瘦肉精美国牛肉进口，在过去五年中断美台间的经贸谈判，台湾方面在总统马英九强力推动下，已于七月修改相关规定以利美牛进口。美国在台协会说，希拉里在海海参崴会谈上[同台湾代表连战会面] 向马英九表达感谢之意，感谢他在立法院发挥的领导作用 * * * 美国并将此一议题与战略挂钩，据此一 [美国在台协会] 声明指出，希拉里说台湾的贸易自由化及持续修法与国际接轨，对台湾的经济与战略未来至关重要")

(2) 美小镇镇长拒绝中方撤台独壁画要求. BBC Chinese, Sept 8, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... iwan_us_china.shtml
(美国奥勒冈州科尔瓦利斯镇)

Note: Bennett Hall, Mural draws fire from China. Corvallis Gazette-Times, Sept 8, 2012.
http://www.gazettetimes.com/news ... a-0019bb2963f4.html

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Corvallis, Oregon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvallis,_Oregon
(a city; at the mouth of Marys River where it flows into the Willamette River; In 1853, the legislative assembly [Oregon Territorial Legislature] changed the city's name to Corvallis, from the Latin phrase cor vallis, meaning "heart of the [Willamette] valley.")

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'连希会'被视为美台外交'重大突破.' VOA Chinese, Sept 10, 2012.
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 120910/1505417.html


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新任美在台协会处长做自我介绍(中英对照). VOA Chinese, Sept 11, 2012
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 120911/1505821.html
("他 [马启思 Christopher J Marut] 与华裔妻子 [Loretta] 的两个已成年的孩子 [Carolyn and Kenneth] 都在台湾出生")

Note: The video clip, as well as the Chinese and English transcript, was released by www.ait.org.tw yesterday (Sept 10).
http://www.ait.org.tw/en/dir-marut-intro-video.html