In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street.

- Ang Lee

When I was in Taiwan, I was taught in school that Taiwan is part of China.

- Alex Chiu

Taiwan is democratic.

- Annette Lu

Taiwan has been so well developed economically. But we are underdeveloped culturally.

- Barry Lam

Taiwan is an independent sovereign country.

- Chen Shui-bian

We will strive to make Taiwan a better place and enable our people to live better lives.

- Chen Shui-bian

As I've said many times and publicly, a war between China and Taiwan that involves the United States is a lose-lose-lose.

- Dennis C. Blair

My favorite thing about Taiwan is the food.

- Jason Wu

The election of the nationalist Chen Shui-bian as president in 2000 and his re-election in 2004 was a nadir in the relationship between Taiwan and the mainland.

- Martin Jacques

It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.

- Ma Ying-jeou

With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.

- Ma Ying-jeou

Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.

- Ma Ying-jeou

Many of the Kuomintang elite in Taiwan have relatives among the ruling elite here on mainland China.

- Rebecca MacKinnon

Taiwan politics certainly is colorful.

- Rebecca MacKinnon

Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.

- Todd Akin

Taiwan is a major economy.

- William Kirby