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| South
China Sea Disputes
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MOFA Mum on Date of Next Philippines Fishery
Meeting (2013-10-21)
(CNA)
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs would not provide details on the country's
next fishery meeting with the Philippines and refused to comment on a media
report that the meeting will take place this coming week in
Taipei.
Taipei, Manila Set Up Fishery Hotline in Bilateral Talks:
MOFA (2013-10-23)
(China
Post) Taiwan and the Philippines have officially established a hotline to
facilitate two-way communication in the event of future fishing incidents as
both sides concluded a fresh round of bilateral fishery talks in Taipei
yesterday, the MOFA said.
Manila Backtracks on South China Sea Accusation against
China (2013-10-23)
(Reuters)
Philippine President Benigno Aquino said the concrete blocks found on a disputed
shoal in the South China Sea are "very old", backtracking on Manila's earlier
accusation that China was building new structures in the
area.
Beijing Unveils New Strategy for ASEAN-China
Relations (2013-10-24)
(China
Brief 13(21), Jamestown Foundation, By Prashanth Parameswaran) while Beijing’s
diplomatic offensive provided a good window into the new leadership’s thinking
about Southeast Asia and also produced some impressive initial results, there
remain limits to ASEAN–China relations in both the economic and security
dimensions that could continue to bedevil ties for years to come.
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| Regional
Issues
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China, India Sign Border Cooperation Agreement (2013-10-23)
(AP)
China and India signed a confidence-building accord Wednesday to cooperate on
border defense following a standoff between armed forces of the two Asian giants
in disputed Himalayan territory earlier this year.
India, China Agree to Ease Border Fray (2013-10-23)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Niharika Mandhana) Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for China's
Foreign Ministry, said the agreement shows that relations between the two
countries have matured. But some analysts in India remain skeptical about how
far it will go in soothing tensions.
Abe Says Japan Ready to Counter China's Power (2013-10-25)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Gerard Baker and George Nishiyama) Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe said he envisions a resurgent Japan taking a more assertive
leadership role in Asia to counter China's power, making Tokyo a representative
in the region for countries nervous about Beijing's military buildup and a
possible U.S. pullback.
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| U.S.
Pivot to Asia and Sino-U.S. Engagement
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Visiting China, Pentagon Officials Step Up
Dialogue (2013-10-22)
(New
York Times, By Thom Shanker) Senior Pentagon officials have been accelerating a
dialogue with China, carried out through personal visits with Chinese
counterparts to establish and strengthen military-to-military
relationships.
Cross-Strait Political Integration Must Be “Far-Off”: US
Report (2013-10-25)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) The next president of the US should “do everything in
his power” to ensure that political integration between Taiwan and China remains
a “far-off prospect,” a new analysis says.
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| PLA
and Military Balance
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China Stages Exercise Simulating Attack on Taiwan:
Scholar (2013-10-21)
(CNA)
China's armed forces earlier this month launched a large-scale military
exercise, mobilizing over 20,000 troops in maneuvers believed to simulate
preparation for an incursion into Taiwan, according to a U.S.-based
professor.
Mainland China Remains An Adversary to Taiwan: Defense
Minister (2013-10-22)
(CNA)
The relationship across the Taiwan Strait remains one between two adversaries,
Minister of National Defense Yen Ming said.
MND Confirms Air Force Major Detained (2013-10-27)
(Taipei
Times) MND confirmed a media report that said an air force major has been
detained on suspicion of leaking confidential information gathered from E-2
Hawkeye early warning aircraft to Chinese nationals.
Include Taiwan in Drills: Members of US
Congress (2013-10-23)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) Members of the US Congress have formally asked US
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to invite Taiwan to join the Rim of Pacific
(RIMPAC) exercise next year.
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| Taiwan's
Foreign Relations
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More Agreements Forecast with Japan by Year's End (2013-10-23)
(CNA)
Taiwan and Japan are expected to sign five more agreements by the end of this
year to advance bilateral cooperation in various areas, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs said.
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| China's
Rise and Its Domestic Issues
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Xi Sets Up Special Unit to Probe Zhou Yongkang, SCMP
Reports (2013-10-21)
(Bloomberg,
By Michael Forsythe) Chinese President Xi Jinping set up a special unit for a
probe into former head of internal security Zhou Yongkang, the South China
Morning Post reported, citing three people it didn’t identify.
Chinese Court Rejects Bo Xilai Appeal (2013-10-25)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Jeremy Page) A Chinese court rejected an appeal by Bo Xilai
against his conviction last month for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of
power.
China's Coming Economic Slowdown (2013-10-25)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Josef Joffe) Authoritarian or "guided" modernization plants
the seeds of its own demise. It empowers vested interests that, like privileged
players throughout history, first ignore and then resist change because it poses
a mortal threat to their status and income.
How the Chinese Bureaucracy Decides (2013-10-23)
(The
Diplomat, By J. M. Norton) The Chinese bureaucracy could best be described not
as a hierarchical decision-making structure but rather as a series of concentric
circles, with some circles overlapping.
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