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| South
China Sea Disputes and Other Regional Issues
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Chinese Challenge: Australia's Japan Choice (2014-07-17)
(YaleGlobal,
By Evelyn Goh) Most Asian nations do not see any option other than a closely
entwined future with China and criticize Beijing with caution. Australia under
conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott, in advancing defense cooperation with
Japan, is bucking that trend, a stance that poses long-term strategic
challenges.
Fisheries Accord with Manila to be Inked Soon:
Official (2014-07-25)
(Taipei
Times) An agreement between Taiwan and the Philippines on law enforcement
cooperation on fishery matters in their overlapping economic waters is expected
to be inked “soon,” a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said.
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| Diaoyutai
Disputes Resurface
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Look Who's Not Talking (2014-07-25)
(Foreign
Policy, By Ziad Haider) Behind the scenes, the Chinese and Japanese governments
are barely communicating. That should worry us all.
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| U.S.
Pivot to Asia and Sino-U.S. Engagement
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US Needs Pro-active Policy Over China (2014-07-23)
(Taipei
Times) George Washington University international affairs professor Robert
Sutter called for a more pro-active US policy to deal with the stepped-up
Chinese hegemony threat in Asia in a recent article. (Dealing with
America's China Problem in Asia: Targetting China's
Vulnerability,
by Robert Sutter)
No Shift in Washington's Arms Sales to Taiwan
Policy (2014-07-24)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) Sources close to the administration of US President
Barack Obama told the Taipei
Timesthat
it was not considering a change in policy and moving closer to
Taiwan.
China Pushes Limits to Closer Ties with U.S.
Military (2014-07-21)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Jeremy Page) China is seeking greater access to U.S. aircraft
carriers and guidance on how to operate its own first carrier, the Liaoning,
testing the limits of a newly cooperative military relationship the two sides
have tried to cultivate in the past year.
Japan to Join U.S.-India Military Exercises (2014-07-22)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Niharika Mandhana) Warships from India, Japan and the U.S.
will participate in joint exercises in the Pacific Ocean near Japan starting
Thursday—a sign of greater maritime cooperation among nations in Asia as they
face a more assertive China.
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| DPP
Searches for New China Stance; Cross-Strait Issues
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DPP's Tsai Evades Charter Clause Fight (2014-07-21)
(Taipei
Times) Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen headed off
contentious debate by pushing a raft of policy proposals to a
committee.
Beijing Won't Agree with DPP's Ideal of Independence:
TAO (2014-07-22)
(China
Post) China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Ma Xiaoguang declared Beijing's
determined opposition against Taiwan's independence in regard to recent remarks
from Taiwan's main opposition party that cited otherwise.
Independence Clause Freeze Will Help DPP: Kuo (2014-07-23)
(Taipei
Times) Julian Kuo said freezing the clause would help the DPP preserve the
‘status quo,’ which is what the US wants, and would keep the US
neutral.
Taiwan Should Seize on China's Rise: Siew (2014-07-27)
(China
Post) Former Vice President Vincent Siew said that China's ascent is inevitable
and Taiwan should try to take advantage of that rise as a stepping stone for
development.
US Analysis of China May Have Warning for Taiwan (2014-07-27)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) China is no longer simply responding, but acting on
its own initiative, former US assistant secretary of state for East Asian
affairs Kurt Campbell said.
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| PLA
and Military Balance
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Quality Over Quantity: A New PLA Modernization
Methodology? (2014-07-17)
(China
Brief 14(14), Jamestown Foundation, By Kevin McCauley) Transformation of
generating mode of combat effectiveness represents a more focused modernization
effort to implement the key warfighting capabilities of system of systems
operational capability and integrated joint operations viewed by the PLA as
critical to winning future wars.
Breaking Western Monopolies: Chinese Military Innovation Bearing
Fruit (2014-07-17)
(China
Brief 14(14), Jamestown Foundation, By Duncan Rogers)China has undertaken a
major overhaul of its entire military industrial base over the past 20 years,
the results of which have been a quantum shift in quality production,
approaching world-class standards in a multitude of
arenas.
New US Drones to Counter China Threat (2014-07-26)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) The weapons system involves heavily armed
surveillance drones that would fly from aircraft carriers to counter Chinese
anti-ship missiles, a US officer said.
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| Taiwan's
Foreign Relations
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Ally Reassure Taiwan on Ties After Xi Meeting (2014-07-23)
(Taipei
Times) Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes has reassured Taiwan that his country
will continue to maintain cordial and stable diplomatic relations with Taiwan
after he shared a stage with Chinese President Xi Jinping at an international
event.
Pilot Zone to Help Nation, Japan Versus China:
Jiang (2014-07-25)
(Taipei
Times) A government proposal to establish free economic pilot zones is aimed at
facilitating economic liberalization and consolidating the nation’s economic
alliance with Japan to counter competition from China, Premier Jiang Yi-huah
said.
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| China's
Rise and Its Domestic Issues
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Beijing's Real Anticorruption Goal (2014-07-23)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Joseph Sternberg) Mr. Xi's anticorruption drive almost
certainly will fail to reduce endemic graft. That degree of progress waits on
the development of a free press, democratic accountability and an independent
judiciary—in other words, the end of the Communist Party regime.
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