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 | Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian (R) toasts with Douglas Paal, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Taipei January 23, 2006. Paal, the United States' top representative in Taiwan, will leave Taipei on January 25 after three-and-a-half years as head of the de facto U.S. embassy. Paal was awarded the Order of the Brilliant Star by Chen. click to open  |  | Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian (R) greets Douglas Paal, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Taipei January 23, 2006. Paal, the United States' top representative in Taiwan, will leave Taipei on January 25 after three-and-a-half years as head of the de facto U.S. embassy. Paal was awarded the Order of the Brilliant Star by Chen. click to open |  | Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian (R) awards Douglas Paal, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the Order of the Brilliant Star at the Presidential Palace in Taipei January 23, 2006. Paal, the United States' top representative in Taiwan, will leave Taipei on January 25 after three-and-a-half years as head of the de facto U.S. embassy. click to open |  | Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian (R) shakes hands with Guatemala's President Oscar Berger after signing a communique at the presidential office in Taipei, August 16, 2005. Guatemala is one of only 26 countries with official diplomatic ties with Taiwan instead of China. click to open |  | Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, right, toasts with Guatemalan President Oscar Berger after signing a communique at the presidential office in Taipei, Tuesday, Aug 16, 2005. Guatemala is one of only 26 countries with official diplomatic ties with Taiwan instead of China. click to open |  | Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, right, meets with Guatemalan President Oscar Berger at the presidential office in Taipei, Tuesday, Aug 16, 2005. Guatemala is one of only 26 countries with official diplomatic ties with Taiwan instead of China. click to open |  | Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian waves to supporters as he leaves his hotel in Honolulu, August 30, 2004. President Chen made a brief controversial stopover in Hawaii on his way to visit two Latin American countries this week. Many Taiwanese American and supporters for an independent Taiwan waited for several hours outside his hotel. China urged the United States not to allow Chen to visit the United States. click to open |  | Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian gives a speech at Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, August 30, 2004 before boarding a plane for Hawaii. Chen is embarking on a seven-day trip to Panama and Belize, with brief stopovers in Hawaii and Seattle. China, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, has urged the United States not to allow Chen to set foot on U.S. soil, describing his stopovers as a trick to sabotage Sino-U.S. relations. click to open |  | Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian shakes hands with officials at the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport on August 30, 2004 before boarding a plane for Hawaii. Chen is embarking on a seven-day trip to Panama and Belize, with brief stopovers in Hawaii and Seattle. China, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, has urged the United States not to allow Chen to set foot on U.S. soil, describing his stopovers as a trick to sabotage Sino-U.S. relations. click to open |
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