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Disputes Resurface and Japan Policy
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Ma Speaks Out against Japanese Prime Minister's Yasukuni
Visit (2014-01-20)
(CNA)
The Japanese government was rubbing salt in people's wounds when its leaders
visited the Yasukuni Shrine last December, President Ma Ying-jeou said on his
Facebook page.
U.S, Seeks Abe Assurance He Won't Visit War
Shrine (2014-01-23)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Yuka Hayashi) U.S. officials say they are seeking assurances
from Japan that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won't repeat a visit to a war shrine
that angered China and South Korea and will ask Mr. Abe to consider reaffirming
Tokyo's previous formal apologies over World War II in a bid to ease tensions in
East Asia.
Tokyo's Moral Backsliding (2014-01-21)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Kak-Soo Shin) Amid growing strategic instability, every
nation should desist from acts that could aggravate tensions in the region.
Along with reinforcing its alliance with the U.S., Japan should pursue regional
security architecture.
Japan's Leader Compares Strains with China to Germany and Britain
in 1914 (2014-01-24)
(New
York Times, By Jane Perlez) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan has escalated the
war of words, telling an audience at the Davos conference in Switzerland that
the increasing tensions between China and Japan were similar to the competition
between Germany and Britain before World War I.
Abe Urges China Talks amid Bilateral Spat (2014-01-26)
(AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that Japan and China are “inseparable”
and urged Beijing to come to the table for “vital” summit talks.
The Dangerous China-Japan Face-Off (2014-01-21)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Andrew Browne) Spurring the economic ambitions of both Mr. Xi
and Mr. Abe is a nationalism that's rooted in their brutally contested recent
past. What happens next? The future will be shaped in part by the success or
otherwise of economic reform in both countries.
China Warns Foreign Planes Entering Its Air Defense
Zone (2014-01-25)
(AP)
China said it has begun issuing warnings to foreign military planes entering its
self-declared air defense zone over the East China Sea.
Taiwan and Japan Strike Compromise in Fisheries
Talks (2014-01-26)
(Taipei
Times) Taiwan and Japan struck a compromise in talks in Taipei about allowing
fishing boats from both sides to operate in overlapping waters in the East China
Sea.
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| South
China Sea Disputes
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China to Start Regular Patrols from Island in South China
Sea (2014-01-21)
(Reuters)
China will base a 5,000-tonne civilian patrol ship on one of the main islands it
controls in the disputed South China Sea and begin regular patrols, an official
newspaper said.
Hainan Revises Fishing Regulations in South China Sea: New
Language, Old Ambiguities (2014-01-24)
(China
Brief 14(2), Jamestown Foundation, By Isaac Kardon) Analysis of the text of the
new banfa in
comparison to previous iterations of the provincial rules and the national
fisheries law it implements reveals that these measures do not expand China’s
claims to maritime jurisdiction, nor do they impose new restrictions on foreign
fishing vessels.
Mixed Messaging Surrounds Latest South China Sea
Moves (2014-01-24)
(China
Brief 14(2), Jamestown Foundation, By David Cohen) It seems that China is trying
to establish legal frameworks to be called upon later, either in justifying
novel actions and practices, to defend the legitimacy of its actions in an
unplanned incident, and to consolidate the changes in the status quo that have
taken place over the past few years.
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| U.S.
Pivot to Asia and Sino-U.S. Engagement
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Roiling the Waters (2014-01-21)
(Foreign
Policy, By Elbridge Colby and Ely Ratner) While preventing inadvertent war in
Asia is obviously a worthy goal, it is just as important to discourage China
from believing that it can employ economic, military, and diplomatic coercion to
settle international disagreements without triggering a serious
response.
Is US Pacific "Dominance" Up fro Grabs? (2014-01-22)
(The
Diplomat, By Harry Kazianis) Admiral Locklear rightly raised alarm bells over
America’s traditional regional dominance.
Understanding Security Competition in Asia (2014-01-24)
(The
Diplomat, By Thomas Wright) The strategic challenge that the U.S., China, Japan,
and others have is how to maintain or even increase the positive type of
interdependence while reducing the negative type.
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| DPP
Searches for New China Stance
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‘Tsai's Delegation’ Visiting Beijing (2014-01-20)
(Taipei
Times) The office of former DPP chairperson Tsai Ing-wen confirmed that it had
sent a delegation to Beijing for an academic exchange on economic
issues.
No Place for Egos in Cross-Strait Ties: Tsai (2014-01-21)
(Taipei
Times) Tsai said exchanges across the Taiwan Strait should not be dominated by
specific political parties and individuals.
Poll Shows Strong Support for Frank Hsieh
Initiative (2014-01-23)
(Taipei
Times) An opinion poll released yesterday showed that former premier Frank
Hsieh’s initiative of “two constitutions, different interpretations” has
stronger support than the so-called “1992 consensus” advocated by the Chinese
Nationalist Party and Beijing.
Relations between China and Taiwan Important but Complicated: DPP
Chiar (2014-01-26)
(CNA)
The relationship between Taiwan and China is important, complicated and
sensitive, said Su, who is on a week-long long visit to Europe with the aim of
establishing contact between his party and European countries.
No Independent Clause Revision: Su (2014-01-26)
(Taipei
Times) The DPP will not revise the “Taiwan independence clause” in its party
charter, DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang said while reiterating that Taiwan’s
democracy will remain a beacon of hope for the people of Hong Kong and
China.
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| PLA
and Military Balance
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China's Building Second Aircraft Carrier (2014-01-20)
(The
Diplomat, By Zachary Keck) China has begun building its second aircraft carrier
and will eventually build four of them, a provincial Party leader said,
according to local media.
Military to be Cut to Under 200,000 (2014-01-22)
(Taipei
Times) The government is planning to reduce the size of the nation’s military to
below 200,000 members by the end of 2019 as part of efforts to streamline it,
Minister of National Defense Yen Ming said.
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| Taiwan's
Domestic Issues and Foreign Relations
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President Urges Canada to Help Taiwan Join TPP (2014-01-21)
(China
Post) President Ma Ying-jeou said that the government hopes to sign a foreign
investment promotion and protection agreement as well as an avoidance of double
taxation agreement with Canada.
Diplomats to Return in Feb. for TPP Preparation (2014-01-23)
(China
Post) The Executive Yuan said in order to boost Taiwan's TPP and RCEP bids, the
government plans to ask diplomats who are stationed in TPP or RCEP
member-countries to participate a four-day training in Taiwan next
month.
President Begin Tours to African Allies, Hondurus (2014-01-24)
(China
Post) President Ma Ying-jeou departed Taiwan to begin his eight-day diplomatic
tour that will take him to African allies Burkina Faso and Sao Tome and
Principe, as well as to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Honduran
president-elect.
German Officials Meet President during Stop (2014-01-25)
(China
Post) President Ma Ying-jeou arrived in Frankfurt, Germany early Friday for a
refueling stop on a visit that will take him to the nation's two allies in
Africa and to attend the inauguration ceremony of Honduras' new
president.
Truck Crashes into Presidential Office (2014-01-26)
(Taipei
Times) A driver rammed a large truck into the main gate of the Presidential
Office yesterday morning, in what police have initially determined was an
intentional act.
Taiwan Mood Barometer
Survey, First Half of January 2014 (2014-01-14)
(TISR)
According to the latest Taiwan Mood
Barometer Survey (in
Chinese), President Ma Ying-jeou's approval and disapproval numbers moved in
opposite directions over the first 10 days of January. The president's approval
rating dropped 0.9 percentage point bringing it to 13.1 percent. Meanwhile, his
disapproval rating increased by 0.4 percentage point to 76.6 percent.
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| China's
Rise and Its Domestic Issues
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China Reveals Members of New Leading Group on
Reform (2014-01-24)
(The
Diplomat, By Zachary Keck) The fact that the meeting was so widely publicized,
and many of its members were identified in Chinese-language media reports, is
somewhat unusual and suggests that the Party intends for the leading group to
play a prominent role in China’s economic rebalance.
China's President Takes Bigger Security Role (2014-01-24)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Jeremy Page) China announced that President Xi Jinping will
head a new National Security Commission that analysts say will tighten his
control of the military, domestic security and foreign policy, and attempt to
enhance coordination over sometimes competing
bureaucracies.
China's Unprecedented Political Reforms (2014-01-19)
(The
Diplomat, By Elizabeth C. Economy) President Xi’s brand of political reform may
represent Eric Li’s personal China dream but he should allow that for millions
of other Chinese, political reform has little to do with more power to the Party
and everything to do with more power to the people.
Yuan Continues Its Rise As a Global Payment
Currency (2014-01-23)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Erin McCarthy) The yuan, officially known as the renminbi,
was the eighth most-used currency for global payments in December, after
breaking into the top 10 the previous month.
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