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| TSR
Interview Series: Ji-Jen Hwang
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TSR Interview with Ji-Jen Hwang (2015-03-24)
(Taiwan
Security Research, By Kristian McGuire) Taiwan Security Research’s Kristian
McGuire talks with Ji-Jen Hwang, a visiting fellow with the Freeman Chair in
China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former
associate professor at the Institute of Strategic Studies at the National
Defense University in Taiwan, about China’s cyber warfare, “internet
sovereignty”, and more in this TSR interview.
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| South
China Sea Disputes
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China's South China Sea Claim Has No Legal Basis:
Widodo (2015-03-24)
(Reuters)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said one of China’s main claims to the majority
of the South China Sea has no legal basis in international law, but that Jakarta
wants to remain an “honest broker” in one of Asia’s most sensitive territorial
dispute.
Work on Disputed Islands Monitored (2015-03-27)
(Taipei
Times) The government is closely monitoring a flurry of construction work by
rival claimant nations in South China Sea islands and reefs, National Security
Bureau Director-General Lee Shying-jow said, although he disagreed with calls to
bolster Taiwan’s military built-up in the disputed region.
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| DPP
Searches for New China Stance; Cross-Strait Issues
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Young People Identify As Taiwanese, Survey Shows (2015-03-25)
(Taipei
Times) Nearly 90 percent of younger people in the nation identify themselves as
Taiwanese, with about 40 percent of them wishing to maintain the “status quo”
across the Taiwan Strait while retaining the option to declare independence,
according to a survey released by the China Youth Corps.
National Interests Trump Ideology (2015-03-25)
(Taipei
Times, By Chao Chien-ming) The Ma government no longer has any grand plans or
ideals for administration. Ma’s handling of the lawsuit against Legislative
Speaker Wang Jin-pyng shows that he cares more about his historical legacy than
the interests of the KMT or the nation.
‘One China’ Is Going to Be Mainland's Bottom Line in 2016: US
Expert (2015-03-26)
(CNA)
“I think Xi Jinping was trying to make clear that although he mentioned the
'1992 Consensus,' his bottom line was 'one China,'” said Douglas Paal, vice
president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
China Supports Ex-VP's Idea of Kinmen
Forum (2015-03-26)
(CNA)
China has expressed approval of an idea from former Vice President Vincent Siew
of Taiwan to hold a cross Taiwan Strait forum in Kinmen, based on the approach
of the Boao Forum for Asia, according to China's Taiwan Affairs Office
spokeswoman Fan Liqing.
Chen Chu Denies Reports of ‘1992 Consensus’ Issue (2015-03-26)
(Taipei
Times) Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, China’s TAO spokesperson Fan
Liqing said China welcomes all organizations, government agencies at different
levels and individuals from Taiwan, as long as they support the “1992
consensus,” oppose Taiwanese independence, and agree with the idea that Taiwan
and China are “one country.”
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| PLA
and Military Balance
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NSB Employing ‘Hackers’ for New Cybersecurity
Unit (2015-03-28)
(Taipei
Times) The new unit is to be designated the 7th Department of the NSB and will
have four working divisions: general services; research and development;
countercyberattack; and network system defense.
Taiwan's Defensive Air Superiority Challenged (2015-03-27)
(CNA)
Taiwan's advantage over China in term of air defense may have been lost as the
People's Liberation Army recently added a fleet of new airborne early warning
and control system aircraft to its Air Force, a global defense magazine
reported.
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| Taiwan's
Foreign Relations
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Ma Makes Unexpected Visit to Singapore (2015-03-25)
(Taipei
Times) President Ma Ying-jeou made an unexpected visit to Singapore to pay
tribute to the late Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan
Yew.
President Receives Courteous Reception at Lee Wake:
Source (2015-03-26)
(CNA)
President Ma Ying-jeou received courteous treatment during his just-concluded
visit to Singapore to pay his last respects to Lee Kuan Yew, an unnamed source
said.
TPP Lobbying Falls on Deaf Ears in US: AEI
Analyst (2015-03-28)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) Taiwan’s current blitz to win US support for the
nation’s entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact is having no impact
whatsoever, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economist Derek Scissors told a
Washington conference.
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| China's
Rise and Its Domestic Issues
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Taiwan Should Take Part in AIIB: President (2015-03-28)
(CNA)
In the interview with the China Times, President Ma said he has asked former
Vice President Vincent Siew to discuss the possibility of Taiwan's AIIB
participation with Chinese President Xi Jinping when they meet at the Boao Forum
for Asia this week.
Siew Delivers Message to Xi As Boao Forum Opens (2015-03-29)
(Taipei
Times) Former vice president Vincent Siew expressed to Chinese President Xi
Jinping Taiwan’s intent to take part in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
during a brief exchange of greetings, and Beijing is willing to improve contacts
with Taiwan to discuss issues related to Taiwan’s possible participation,
Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said.
Chinese Foreign Policy Comes of Age (2015-03-27)
(New
York Times, By Andrew Small) Beijing, long content to sit on the sidelines of
security issues beyond its borders, has finally come to see inaction as an even
greater risk. Its growing willingness to use its political relationships,
military assets and economic power to strategic ends is evidence that it is
behaving more and more like a normal great power.
IBM to Share Technology with China in Strategy Shift:
CEO (2015-03-25)
(Reuters)
The IBM CEO's remarks were among the clearest acknowledgements to date by a
high-ranking foreign technology executive that companies must adopt a different
tack if they are to continue in China amid growing political
pressure.
Singapore Could Be CCP's Blueprint (2015-03-29)
(Project
Syndicate, By Minxin Pei) Lee Kuan Yew may have been skeptical about the
benefits of democracy, but he was not viscerally hostile to it; he understood
its usefulness. By contrast, China’s leaders view democracy as an existential
ideological threat that must be neutralized at any cost. For them, allowing even
a modicum of democracy as a means to impose some discipline on the elite is
considered suicidal.
Executive
Editor: Dalton Lin
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