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| Taiwan's
9-in-1 Elections
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Rout of KMT Takes US by Surprise (2014-12-03)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) Washington officials are worried that the DPP’s
growing influence could led to moves toward ‘greater independence’ and thereby
increased tensions.
US Cross-Strait Ties View Is Same After 9-in-1s:
Official (2014-12-03)
(CNA)
The U.S. government has not changed its view on cross Taiwan Strait relations
despite the outcome of Saturday's local government elections in Taiwan and is
looking forward to working with all the successful candidates, a U.S. official
said.
Good Relations to Continue, Burghardt Says (2014-12-06)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) The US will continue to have “excellent relations”
with Taiwan following the elections last Saturday, American Institute in Taiwan
Chairman Ray Burghardt said.
Taiwanese Electoral Rebuke (2014-11-30)
(Wall
Street Journal) All politics is local, and Saturday’s midterm elections in
Taiwan mostly turned on local issues such as food safety, stagnant wages,
education and infrastructure. But one factor behind the landslide victory of the
opposition DPP is rising fear that Taiwan’s de facto independence is threatened
by the island’s increasing economic ties to China.
Taiwan Election Results Likely to Complicate Relations with
China (2014-12-01)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Aries Poon, Jenny W. Hsu, and Fanny Liu) The drubbing
Taiwan’s ruling party took in local elections looks set to complicate the
island’s economically robust but politically fraught relations with China in the
coming years.
Beijing to Adhere to ‘One China’ Doctrine: US
Expert (2014-12-02)
(CNA)
Douglas Paal said it is hard to tell at present whether China will change its
policy toward Taiwan, because this will depend on what steps are taken by the
DPP.
KMT Election Loss Not a Referendum on Cross-Strait Policy: DPP's
Joseph Wu (2014-12-04)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) In the US capital to brief officials and academics on
the election results, Joseph Wu repeatedly said that the DPP wants to reduce
mistrust with China and keep relations across the Taiwan Strait peaceful and
stable.
Repeat After Me: Taiwan's Recent Elections Have Nothing to Do with
Hong Kong (2014-12-02)
(Foreign
Policy, By Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian) That’s the narrative in mainland China, as
censorship and state media seek to erase the elephant in the room.
Taiwan's President Resigning As Party Chief After Election
Losses (2014-12-03)
(New
York Times, By Austin Ramzy) President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan will step down on
Wednesday as chairman of the governing party, the Kuomintang, following its
crushing defeat in local elections, the party announced.
Outlook Bleak for KMT: Academics (2014-12-01)
(Taipei
Times) Academics were in sync on the bleak outlook for President Ma Ying-jeou in
the remainder of his term, but were at loggerheads on how Saturday’s nine-in-one
election results would affect Beijing’s Taiwan policy.
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| U.S.
“Pivot” to Asia and Sino-U.S. Engagement
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A Tale of Two
Tales: Competing Narratives in the Asia-Pacific (2014-12-01)
(PacNet
#84, Pacific Forum, CSIS, By Ralph A. Cossa and Brad Glosserman) The two
divergent narratives should worry US policy makers. Washington is losing the PR
battle, and while perception doesn’t always match reality, in many cases it
shapes reality.
Chinese Enthusiasm and American Cynicism Over the “New Type
of Great Power Relations” (2014-12-04)
(China
US Focus, By Cheng Li and Lucy Xu) As Larry Summers once said, he could picture
a 21st century in which the United States and China both prospered, or a 21st
century in which both countries failed to prosper, but not one in which one
country prospered and the other did not.
It's Time for Good Behavior (2014-12-04)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Leah Bray) China is beginning to realize that establishing
rules of interaction for international military encounters is in its best
interest.
US Representative Seeks Probe into PRC-US College
Ties (2014-12-06)
(AFP)
A senior member of the US Congress called for an investigation into deals that
US universities are striking with China, amid fears that such tie-ups are
compromising academic freedom.
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| PLA,
Military Balance and Arms Sales
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A Step forward for Beidou, China's Satellite Navigation
System (2014-12-04)
(Sinosphere,
By Bree Feng) China’s own satellite navigation system has won a stamp of
approval from an international maritime body, an important step toward its goal
of global acceptance for its answer to the United States’ Global Positioning
System.
Xi’s Military Reform Plan: Accelerating Construction of a
Strong PLA (2014-12-05)
(China
Breif 14(23), Jamestown Foundation, By Kevin McCauley) Some of the highlights
with potentially significant consequences include an accelerated pace to
modernization; the creation of peacetime joint commands to jump start the move
to an integrated joint operations capability; an apparent increased emphasis on
PLA Navy and Second Artillery Force modernization; addressing problems of
morale, corruption, attracting and training quality personnel; and overcoming a
pervasive peacetime mentality.
China's Espionage Against Taiwan (Part II) : Chinese Intelligence
Collectors (2014-12-05)
(China
Brief 14(23), Jamestown Foundation, By Peter Mattis) This second installment on
China’s espionage against Taiwan explores the organizational landscape of
Chinese intelligence with a focus on their relationship to Beijing’s
policymaking on Taiwan affairs.
Taiwan Develops New Missiles to Counter Threat from
China (2014-12-03)
(AFP)
Taiwanese arms developers said that new surface-to air missiles would defend its
airspace for “up to 20 years” as the nation aims to update its weaponry to
counter a perceived military threat from China.
Taiwan Takes Delivery of Its 1st Black Hawks (2014-12-04)
(CNA)
A total of four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters Taiwan bought from the United
States arrived the country, according to the R.O.C. Army.
Joseph Wu Unveils DPP's New Defense ‘Blue Paper’ (2014-12-06)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) An ambitious new plan to expand and improve the role
of Taiwan’s military in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief was unveiled
in Washington by DPP Secretary-General Joseph Wu.
Potential Pentagon Leader Well-Versed on Taiwan-US
Ties (2014-12-05)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) Physicist and military technocrat Ashton Carter —
expected to be the US’ next secretary of defense — is well-versed in US policies
on Taiwan.
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| Taiwan's
Foreign Relations
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Taiwan Must Think Globally: Conference (2014-12-07)
(Taipei
Times) Taiwan should diversify its engagements with nations in the region other
than China to play a more active role as a good regional and global citizen,
former US assistant secretary of state for East Asian affairs Kurt Campbell
said.
Gov't Establishes US$2 Million Fund to Help Develop Fishing
in Pacific Nations (2014-12-02)
(China
Post) Taiwan has established a special US$2 million fund to be spent over five
years to assist the fishing industries of developing nations, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs announced.
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| China's
Rise and Its Domestic Issues
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China Leader Vows to Protect Territorial
Interests (2014-12-01)
(AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a key foreign policy speech that the rising
Asian nation would protect its sovereign territory, the Xinhua news agency
reported.
Leader Asserts China's Growing Importance on Global
Stage (2014-12-01)
(New
York Times, By Jane Perlez) Sounding confident after a burst of high-profile
diplomacy, President Xi Jinping told Communist Party officials in a major
address here over the weekend that China would be nice to its neighbors in Asia
but that he would run an active foreign policy and be relentless in promoting
China’s rejuvenation onto the global stage.
China Arrests Ex-Chief of Domestic Security in Graft
Case (2014-12-06)
(New
York Times, By Chris Buckley) Zhou Yongkang, the once-feared head of China’s
domestic security, has been expelled from the Communist Party and arrested, the
official state news agency announced.
HK Sees Some of Worst Violence Since Protests
Began (2014-12-02)
(AFP,
By Dennis Chong) Hong Kong's leader said that pro-democracy protests were “in
vain” after police used pepper spray and batons on students trying to storm
government headquarters, in some of the worst violence since the rallies
began.
3 Hong Kong Protest Leaders Surrender to Police (2014-12-04)
(Aljazeera)
Three Hong Kong protest leaders have surrendered to police as they try to take
the protests off the streets after more than two months of rallies punctuated by
violence.
US Questions China's Pledge to Hong Kong (2014-12-05)
(Bloomberg)
The US Department of State’s top official for Asian affairs questioned whether
China would keep its promises to preserve Hong Kong’s autonomy amid street
protests demanding open elections.
What Next for Hong Kong? (2014-12-05)
(New
York Times, By Benny Tai Yu-ting) The Umbrella Movement has awakened the
democratic aspirations of a whole generation of Hong Kong people. In this sense,
we have achieved much more than what we could have hoped for.
Executive
Editor: Dalton Lin
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