Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Weekly Report from Taiwan Security Research (Feb. 5, 2012)

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Ma Ying-jeou Reelected--Reactions and Assessments

DPP Soul-Searching on Taiwan, ‘1992 Consensus’
(Taipei Times, Jan. 30, 2012) Some within the party say accepting the ‘1992 consensus’ endorses the KMT’s stance, while others say it could be used to improve dialogue with Beijing.

Tsai Refuses to Meet AIT Chief As DPP Reiterates US Bias Claim
(AFP, Jan. 31, 2012) The China-skeptic DPP aired the protest as its acting chairwoman and losing candidate Tsai Ing-wen declined to meet a visiting senior U.S. official, citing a scheduling conflict.

Yuriko Koike: China’s Soft-Power Offensive in Taiwan
(Strait Times, Jan. 31, 2012) China's behaviour during the recent presidential election in Taiwan demonstrates that its leaders have learned some lessons, if only the hard way.