2008 Newsmaker Roster Name list
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English Name
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Chinese Name
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Descriptions
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English Name
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Chinese Name
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Descriptions
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1
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Chen Shui-bian
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陳水扁
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President of the Republic of China
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11
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Chiang Ping-kun
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江丙坤
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Vice Chairman of Kuomintang
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2
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Barack Obama
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奧巴馬
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Winner of the Presidential Election of the United States |
12
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Tarō Asō
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麻生太郎
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Prime Minister of Japan
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3
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Hu Jintao
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胡錦濤
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President of the People's Republic of China
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13
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Thaksin Shinawatra
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他信
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Former Prime Minister of Thailand
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4
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Hillary Clinton
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希拉里
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Candidate in Democratic Presidential Primaries |
14
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Bo Yang
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柏楊
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Chinese poet
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5
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George W. Bush
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小布殊
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President of the United States
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15
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Lee Myung-bak
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李明博
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President of South Korea
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6
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Dalai Lama
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達賴
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The highest spiritual leader of Tibet
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16
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Radovan Karadžić
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卡拉季奇
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Former President of Republika Srpska
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7
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John McCain
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麥凱恩
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Candidate of the President Election of the United States
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17
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Wang Yung-ching
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王永慶
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Taiwanese Entrepreneur, Founder of Formosa Plastics Corporation
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8
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Chen Yunlin
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陳雲林
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President of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
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18
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Michael Phelps
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菲比斯
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American swimmer
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9
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Liu Xiang
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劉翔
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Chinese track and field athlete
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19
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Pervez Musharraf
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穆沙拉夫
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President of Pakistan
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10
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Wu Po-hsiung
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吳伯雄
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Chairman of the Kuomintang
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20
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Yasuo Fukuda
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福田康夫
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Prime Minister of Japan
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