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China Sea Disputes
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Government Launches Second Phase of Solar Power System on Taiping
Island (2014-12-15)
(CNA)
Building Taiping into a “low-carbon island” was an idea promoted by President Ma
Ying-jeou in a South China Sea policy meeting in November 2010. The initiative
aims to cement Taiwan's sovereignty over the area by focusing on scientific
research and environmental protection.
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| U.S.
“Pivot” to Asia and Sino-U.S. Engagement
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US-China
Diplomacy and Grand Strategy (2014-12-11)
(China
Foundation for International and Security Studies, By Robert D. Blackwill) Given
the irreconcilable grand strategies of the United States and China, the current
quality of bilateral diplomacy is insufficient to avoid the danger of an
eventual sustained confrontation between the two
countries.
U.S. to Continue Push for Stronger Military Ties with
China (2014-12-18)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Jake Maxwell Watts) The next commander of U.S. military
forces in the Pacific said he wouldn’t deviate from his predecessor’s strategy
of seeking stronger military ties with China and other countries in the region
despite conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea.
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Searches for New China Stance; Cross-Strait Issues
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Taiwan, China Heavyweights to Attend Taipei Business
Summit (2014-12-15)
(CNA)
Business leaders, entrepreneurs and current and former government officials from
Taiwan and China are set to gather at an upcoming business summit in Taipei in
an effort to deepen bilateral economic cooperation.
Hard Line from China Expected Post Elections (2014-12-18)
(Taipei
Times) MAC Minister Wang Yu-chi said that the council expected China to toughen
its stance on adherence to the “1992 consensus” on the “one China” principle as
a precondition for cross-strait exchanges and against Taiwan’s independence in
the wake of the nine-in-one elections on Nov. 29.
‘Unexpected’ Ko-Chen Meeting Bid Fails (2014-12-16)
(Taipei
Times) An informal meeting between Taipei mayor-elect Ko Wen-je and China’s
Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits Chairman Chen Deming went
awry.
PRC ‘Short-Sighted’ on Taiwan: Richard Bush (2014-12-22)
(Taipei
Times, By Williwm Lowther) Taiwan’s “relative marginalization” was not due to
anything idiosyncratic about the nation, but rather how China has pursued its
long-standing political goal of unification, Richard Bush said.
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Balance and Arms Sales
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Northrop Delivers First SABR Radar for Taiwan's F-16s Upgrade:
Report (2014-12-17)
(China
Post) Northrop Grumman has delivered the first of several developmental radars
sold to Taiwan as an upgrade for their Lockheed Martin F-16s, UK media reported
recently.
US Remains Committed to Sale of Warships (2014-12-18)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) The US is committed to helping the nation defend
itself and is serious about that commitment, US Assistant Secretary of State for
East Asian Affairs Daniel Russel.
China Protests Planned U.S. Sale of Warships to
Taiwan (2014-12-20)
(New
York Times, By Austin Ramzy) China sharply criticized a decision by Washington
to sell four used warships to Taiwan, the self-ruled island it considers part of
its territory.
Study Urges US-Taiwan Intelligence Cooperation (2014-12-19)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) A new study urges the White House to improve US
intelligence ties to Taiwan and to support the nation’s indigenous submarine
program.
War Over Taiwan Could Be Nuclear, US Analyst Says (2014-12-21)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) Chinese military expansion means that the US would
have to fight “harder, quicker, nastier, deeper and longer” to protect Taiwan, a
new analysis said, raising the specter that such a conflict could quickly go
nuclear.
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