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| South
China Sea Disputes
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Vietnam to Send Official to China (2014-08-27)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Vu Trong Khanh and Nguyen Anh Thu) Vietnam's Communist Party
will send a senior official to China to discuss ways to ease the tensions
between the two countries that flared after Beijing parked an oil rig in
contested waters in the South China Sea.
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| Japan
Policy
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Japan's Premier Supported Ceremony for War
Criminals (2014-08-28)
(New
York Times, By Martin Fackler) Japan’s conservative prime minister, Shinzo Abe,
sent a message of support earlier this year to a ceremony honoring more than
1,000 Japanese who died after convictions for war crimes, a government spokesman
said.
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| U.S.
“Pivot” to Asia and Sino-U.S. Engagement
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U.S.-China Rivalry Simmers Underseas (2014-08-26)
(Wall
Street Journal, By James T. Areddy) The U.S. patrols and China's intercepts are
likely to continue, given the stakes. The U.S. military is concerned about what
it says is China's growing investment in submarines as part of a broad
modernization program.
US, Chinese Officials to Meet at Pentagon After Jet
Intercept (2014-08-27)
(Reuters)
The talks were planned before the ‘dangerous’ intercept, but the incident
highlighted the need for rules to prevent a crisis.
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| Cross-Strait
Issues
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TDPO Sets Residential Restriction for Chang (2014-08-26)
(China
Post) The Taipei District Prosecutors Office imposed a residential restriction
on former Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Chang Hsien-yao who stands
accused of disclosing confidential information.
Prosecution Questions Four Over MAC Information
Leak (2014-08-29)
(China
Post) The Taipei District Prosecutors Office summoned former MAC Deputy Minister
Chang Hsien-yao and three other witnesses for questioning regarding Chang's
alleged information leak.
Chang Leaked Secrets in 2 Stages: TDPO (2014-08-30)
(China
Post) Former MAC Principal Deputy Minister Chang Hsien-yao and his assistants
were held by the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office for questioning for 12
hours over the case of leaked state secrets.
Chang Case May Affect Cross-Strait Talks: MAC (2014-08-25)
(China
Post) MAC said the alleged leaking of confidential information involving its
former principal deputy minister Chang Hsien-yao may affect the progress of
cross-strait negotiations, but considering the nation's long-term development,
the MAC “still has to face the issue.”
Merchandise Deal Delay Spurs Competition
Woes (2014-08-25)
(CNA)
Concerns have increased over Taiwan losing ground to South Korea in China in key
export areas due to delays in talks on a Taiwan-China trade-in-goods
agreement.
Negotiator Says Relationship with Beijing
‘Healthy’ (2014-08-31)
(Taipei
Times) Interactions between Taiwan and China are in a healthy state despite new
problems that are testing the two nations, Beijing’s top negotiator for Taipei
said.
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| Military
Balance and Arms Sales
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Two Chinese Surveillance Planes Blocked by Taiwan (2014-08-27)
(Taipei
Times) The surveillance planes flew through the corner of Taiwan’s air defense
zone to test the nation’s capabilities and see how it would react, a military
officer said.
China Dismisses Claim It Breached Taiwan Airspace (2014-08-28)
(Reuters)
China has rejected Taiwan’s claim that two Chinese military aircraft had
breached Taiwan’s air defense identification zone four times, saying that it was
a “routine flight” in “the relevant airspace.”
Ministry Warns of China's Might (2014-08-31)
(Taipei
Times) PLA is capable of seizing Taiwanese islands, paralyzing the country’s
defensive capabilities with cruise and short-range ballistic missiles, as well
as by launching amphibious and airborne raids, to take Taiwan proper before
forces from other nations could respond, the Ministry of National Defense
said.
Size of the ROC's Armed Forces Is to be Cut
Further (2014-08-28)
(CNA)
A planned program to further cut the country's military personnel to below
200,000 by the end of 2019 will be formally implemented from next year, as
Taiwan moves forward with its efforts to streamline the military, Defense
Minister Yen Ming said.
Gov't to Spend US$2.5 Bil. on Anti-Missile
Systems (2014-08-31)
(AFP)
Taiwan plans to spend US$2.5 billion in the next nine years to acquire
anti-missile systems to boost its aerial defences against China, a lawmaker and
media said.
US, China Must Agree to Disagree (2014-08-25)
(Taipei
Times, By Dennis Hickey) Washington will continue to sell arms to Taipei. And
Beijing will continue to object to all such sales. However, these differences
should not be allowed to hamstring much-needed cooperation in other areas. Given
the current international environment, it is clear that the stakes are too high
for that.
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| China's
Rise and Its Domestic Issues
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China Warns against Foreign Meddling in Hong Kong (2014-08-31)
(AP)
China warned against foreign meddling in Hong Kong's politics ahead of an
expected announcement to recommend highly contentious restrictions on the first
direct elections for the leader of the Chinese-controlled financial
hub.
Hong Kong Told to Strive for a ‘Less Perfect’
Democracy (2014-08-29)
(New
York Times, By Michael Forsythe, Keith Bradsher, and Alan Wong) On the eve of a
decision by Beijing on rules for elections in Hong Kong, a top Chinese scholar
presented a series of justifications for why the territory’s more than seven
million people should temper demands for Western-style democracy, insisting that
a “less perfect” version of democracy is better than none at
all.
Beijing Rules out Open Election in Hong Kong (2014-08-31)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Brian Spegele, Chester Yung, and Isabella Steger) China's
government ruled that candidates for the Hong Kong's top leadership post must be
approved by a committee heavily loyal to Beijing, providing a clear demarcation
of how far it will allow democracy to proceed in the
territory.
Taiwan Groups See Red Flag in Hong Kong Election
Ruling (2014-08-31)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Jenny W. Hsu) Beijing's decision to restrict who can run to
be Hong Kong's leader was closely watched by civic groups across the Taiwan
Strait, where ties with some Hong Kong political factions have
strengthened.
Beijing Abandons Pragmatism on Hong Kong (2014-08-31)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Andrew Brownie) Deng Xiaoping understood Hong Kong's distrust
of Communism and let the city keep its British-style courts and administration.
Today's Chinese leadership shows far less inclination for such
pragmatism.
China Developing an Operation System to Take on Microsoft, Google
and Apple (2014-08-26)
(Reuters)
China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported
rivals such as Microsoft, Google and Apple, Xinhua, the government news agency,
reported.
Xi Jinping's Revealing Reforms (2014-08-27)
(Wall
Street Journal) Xi's reform plans will tend to increase corruption, which
suggests the anticorruption drive is more about consolidating his own power than
clearing a path for reform. And as the cadres loyal to other factions are
squeezed out of lucrative SOE jobs, those loyal to Mr. Xi will take their
place.
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