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| Cross-Strait
Service Trade Pact Signed
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Cross-Strait Pact Likely to Up Service Exports:
Economists (2013-06-24)
(China
Post) The service trade agreement signed by Taiwan and mainland China is
expected to help expand the island's service exports, although local enterprises
are bound to face certain challenges, according to
economists.
Cross-Strait Service Pact Unfair to Taiwanese Publishers: Industry
Group (2013-06-24)
(CNA)
A local industry group said that the service trade pact signed across the Taiwan
Strait is an unfair agreement for Taiwanese publishers.
Caucus Whips Agree on Detailed Review of Cross-Strait Service Trade
Pact (2013-06-26)
(Taipei
Times) The legislative caucuses reached a consensus to conduct an item-by-item
review of a cross-strait service trade pact to decide whether to approve the
agreement.
DPP Vows to Resist 'Unfair' Trade Pact (2013-06-27)
(Taipei
Times) The DPP said it would set up two lines of defense against the opaque and
unfair cross-strait service trade agreement, at the legislature and at local
government level.
Pact a Gateway to FTAs: Ma Says (2013-06-29)
(Taipei
Times) President Ma Ying-jeou insisted the service trade pact will facilitate
the nation’s bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other regional
free-trade agreements.
Survey Shows Discontent Over Cross-Strait Accord (2013-06-29)
(Taipei
Times) Almost half of the respondents to a public
opinion pollsaid
a trade pact signed by Taiwan and China three years ago has not helped their
livelihoods, with a similar proportion saying they do not support the recently
signed cross-strait service trade agreement.
DPP's 'All Talk and No Action' (2013-06-30)
(Taipei
Times, By Julian Guo) The DPP has followed a fixed pattern in reacting to any
cross-strait agreement signed by the KMT government. It says a big “no” to all
such agreements before they are signed, but once they have been inked, agrees to
abide by them.
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| Sino-U.S.
Engagement
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China Said to Have Made Call to Let Leaker Depart (2013-06-24)
(New
York Times, By Jane Perlez and Keith Bradsher) The Chinese government made the
final decision to allow Edward J. Snowden to leave Hong Kong, a move that
Beijing believed resolved a tough diplomatic problem.
China Brushes Aside U.S. Warnings on Snowden (2013-06-26)
(New
York Times, By Jane Perlez and Chris Buckley) China brushed aside the Obama
administration’s warning that allowing the former national security contractor
Edward J. Snowden to leave Hong Kong would have negative
consequences.
Leaker's Flight Raises Tension between U.S. and 3
Nations (2013-06-25)
(New
York Times, By Peter Baker and Ellen Barry) Secretary of State John Kerry said
China’s decision to allow Mr. Snowden to leave Hong Kong despite an arrest
request from the United States would have “without any question some effect, an
impact on the relationship, and consequences.”
Chinese Defense Ministry Accuses U.S. of Hypocrisy on
Spying (2013-06-28)
(New
York Times, By Chris Buckley) The Chinese Ministry of National Defense accused
the United States of hypocrisy over cybersurveillance and said the disclosures
made by Edward J. Snowden bolstered the case for China’s security efforts on the
Internet.
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| DPP
Searches for New China Stance; Cross-Strait Issues
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Chinese Activist, in Taiwan, Praises its
Democracy (2013-06-24)
(New
York Times, By Austin Ramzy) Chen Guangcheng, the legal activist who left China
with his family amid a diplomatic crisis last year, praised Taiwanese democracy
while refusing to talk about controversies in the United
States.
Wang Jin-pyng Cancels Meeting with Chen
Guangcheng (2013-06-25)
(Taipei
Times) Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng has declined to meet with Chinese
activist Chen Guangcheng, who is to give a speech at the
legislature.
Stand Firm on Democratic Ideals: Chen Guangcheng (2013-06-25)
(Taipei
Times) Taiwan’s leaders appear to have a lack of understanding of “the essence
of Beijing’s authoritarian regime,” despite Taiwan serving as a role model for
democratic development in China, Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said in
Taipei.
Independence Ideology Out of Date: Blind
Dissident (2013-06-27)
(China
Post) Taiwan's independence ideology is an out-of-date issue, said Chinese human
rights dissident Chen Guangcheng after meeting with DPP Chairman Su
Tseng-chang.
Former Premier Outlines Details of Hong Kong
Forum (2013-06-25)
(Taipei
Times) Former premier Frank Hsieh said that a forum he will attend in Hong Kong
this weekend will focus on policy research, not political
dialogue.
Former Permier Pushes for Cross-Strait Rebalance (2013-06-30)
(Taipei
Times) Former premier Frank Hsieh of the DPP pushed for a rebalancing of
exchanges between Taiwan and China at a high-profile symposium on cross-strait
relations in Hong Kong.
Visit Viable If China Uses Official Title: MAC
Chief (2013-06-29)
(Taipei
Times) MAC Minister Wang Yu-chi said that if Beijing can overcome its reluctance
to address him by his official title, he will not rule out a cross-strait
visit.
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| Taiwan's
Domestic Issues and Foreign Relations
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Taiwan Not Ready Yet for Free Trade: Economists (2013-06-27)
(CNA)
Taiwan is lagging behind other countries in the pursuit of free FTAs, because
FTA negotiations have evolved from being bilateral talks to being focused on
“regional integration,” while Taiwan has remained stuck in the earlier
phase.
Securing a Place for Taiwan at the Table (2013-06-24)
(Taipei
Times, By Robert Menendez and James Inhofe) For the safety of its own travelers
and airlines, as well as those from Taiwan and around the world, the US needs to
lead the way in helping Taiwan find an appropriate role in
ICAO.
MOFA Welcomes European MPs (2013-06-24)
(CNA)
The delegation's itinerary also includes visits to the Hualien Air Force base in
Eastern Taiwan and the Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology in
Taoyuan, the military's main research and development
unit.
Taiwan and
Sunnylands: the Dog That Didn't Bark (2013-06-26)
(PacNet
#46, Pacific Forum, CSIS, By Robert M. Hathaway) In an important sense, Taiwan’s
disappearance as a major source of China-US friction is good news. But even good
news can carry unfortunate repercussions.
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| China's
Rise and Its Domestic Issues
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Chinese Checkers (2013-06-24)
(YaleGlobal,
By Nayan Chanda) Public-sector investment and export driven growth that had long
propelled China has run its course. Is market reform finally
coming?
27 Die in Rioting in Ethnically Divided Western
China (2013-06-27)
(New
York Times, By Chris Buckley) At least 27 people died in rioting in far western
China, when protesters attacked a police station and government offices and the
police fired on the crowd, state media said.
Violence in Restive Chinese Region Prompts
Crackdown (2013-06-30)
(New
York Times, By Chris Buckley) China’s Communist Party leadership has started a
security crackdown in the far western region, Xinjiang, vowing to apply
“high-pressure” methods after two outbursts of violence there in recent
days.
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| Regional
Issues
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The Obama-Xi
Summit: Whither ASEAN? (2013-06-24)
(PacNet
#40C, Pacific Forum, CSIS, By Julio Amador III) Given the lack of a unified
security and foreign policy, ASEAN will have to accept that external players
will always use ‘divide and conquer’ tactics to deal with
member-states.
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