Updated: 12 December, 2007

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• Chen confers honor on Richard Bush President Chen yesterday conferred the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon to Richard Bush, commending his contribution to the enhancement of Taiwan-U.S. relations during his tenure at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). Bush currently serves as the director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. (Oct 02)

• President awards medal to former AIT chairwoman Therese Shaheen, left, former chairwoman of the American Institute in Taiwan, toasts friends and well-wishers at a function in which President Chen Shui-bian awarded her the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon for her contributions to Taiwan-US relations. taipeitimes.com 22 Jun 04

• Marathon-Day Traffic Won't Win Medals President Chen Shui-bian conferred medals on two physically challenged gold medalists in recognition of their excellent performance in the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games. Chen bestowed the Order of Brilliant Star with Cravat on Chiang Chih-chung, a 24-year-old blind athlete who won a gold medal in the javelin event in the Paralympics, and on Lin Chih-hui, a 23-year-old polio-affected athlete who took gold in the 75-kilogram women's weightlifting event. nydailynews.com 8 Oct 04

• Le card. Shan décoré par le président de la République Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has awarded Cardinal Shan, the Ordere of the Brilliant Star First Class (l’Ordre de l’Etoile brillante - première classe) for his close relationship with Taiwan and the Holy See. Article in French. zenit.org 14 Mar 06

• President confers Medal of Chung Cheng President Chen Shui-bian contradicted his administration's policy by honoring a retired, top-ranking official with a medal bearing the name of late Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, whose legacy the pro-independence leader has been trying to play down. Chen conferred on former Judicial Yuan chief Weng Yueh-sheng a "Medal of Chung Cheng," a reference to Chiang's other name that people of Taiwan commonly use when mentioning the late president. It is also the name the Chen administration is trying to remove from a plaque at the front gate of Taipei's Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall -- formerly the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall that was built in honor of the late generalissimo. The so-called "de-Chiangization" campaign has also seen all military barracks remove his bronze statues that had been conspicuously displayed. Legislator Yu Jan-daw from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party said he had already proposed to abolish some of the national medals of honor, including the one that Weng received. Until the rules have been changed, the president's decision to confer the medals as stipulated by the regulations should be respected, Yu said. chinapost.com.tw 1 Dec 07

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