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“Pivot” to Asia and Sino-U.S. Engagement
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The Security
Outlook in the Asia Pacific: Uncertain (2015-10-14)
(PacNet
#69, Pacific Forum, CSIS, By Ron Huisken) On the whole, it is hard to argue that
a basic deficiency is a lack of opportunities for key decision makers to meet
and address the big issues confronting the region. The problem, particularly in
the case of the US and China, seems to be an inability or unwillingness to
engage substantively in the processes available to them.
Cybersecurity Firm Says Chinese Hackers Keep Attacking U.S.
Companies (2015-10-19)
(New
York Times, By Paul Mozur) The security services provider CrowdStrike said that
it had tracked a number of attacks on American tech and pharmaceutical companies
leading up to and after Mr. Xi’s visit to the United States last
month.
America's Taiwan-China Hocus Pocus (2015-10-19)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Gary Schmitt) Whatever the merits of Mr. Obama’s decision
with respect to Cuba, it would seem his logic should apply equally, if not more
so, to a democratic partner on the other side of the globe: Taiwan.
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| DPP
Searches for New China Stance; Cross-Strait Issues
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Ex-US Official Urges China to Respect Taiwan's Electoral
Process (2015-10-22)
(CNA)
KMT Chairman Eric Chu was recently "drafted" by the party to replace Deputy
Legislative Speaker Hung Hsiu-chu as its presidential candidate, and Christopher
Johnson said a key issue was Hung's cross-strait policy, which was seen as being
very pro-China.
China Might Be ‘Ramping Up’ Coercive Measures Against Taiwan: US
Official (2015-10-23)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) China might be “ramping up” coercive and negative
measures against Taiwan, former US assistant secretary of state for East Asia
Kurt Campbell said said.
Reconciling Cross-Strait Contrivance (2015-10-22)
(Taipei
Times, By Shirley Kan) Taiwan’s various leaders can deal with the contrived
“1992 consensus” by leaving the old stepping stone in the path of cross-strait
contacts and not pontificating about a vague, verbal code for
discord.
Cross-Strait Insurance Talk Held Today in Rural
Nantou (2015-10-22)
(China
Post) The third annual cross-strait Insurance Supervisory Cooperation Meeting
will be held today in remote Central Taiwan.
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| PLA
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Why the PLA Is No Paper Tiger (2015-10-19)
(The
Strategist, By Malcolm Davis) The success of the China Dream isn’t just about
domestic economic growth. It’s about China’s return to great power status across
Asia, resolving territorial disputes in Maritime East Asia in its favour,
preventing US containment by countering the rebalance, and building economic
linkages to promote Chinese influence at the expense of the US and its regional
allies.
Beijing Reaches for Military Upper Hand in
Asia (2015-10-20)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Andrew Browne) A tipping point is getting closer. A conflict
in Taiwan, which is only 100 miles from the Chinese coast but thousands of miles
from the U.S. mainland, says the Rand study, would be a “short, sharp and
probably desperate affair with significant losses on both
sides.”
China's
Xiangshan Forum: A Balancing Act for the PLA (2015-10-13)
(PacNet
#68, Pacific Forum, CSIS, By Kim Fassler) Xiangshan Forum, a recently upgraded
track 1.5 dialogue organized by the PLA and military-associated think tanks,
underscores a larger effort by Beijing to better shape Asia’s security
agenda.
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| Taiwan's
Domestic Issues and Foreign Relations
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Overseas Orders Fall for the Sixth Straight Month, Says
Ministry (2015-10-21)
(China
Post) Overseas orders in September grew 18 percent from the previous month to
US$41.35 billion but fell 4.5 percent from a year ago, the Ministry of Economic
Affairs reported.
Chu Wants Rule Change for Wang (2015-10-21)
(Taipei
Times) KMT Chairman Eric Chu, the party’s newly chosen presidential candidate,
said he planned to establish a system where no term limits were imposed on KMT
lawmakers who serve as speaker of the Legislative Yuan.
Chu Meets AIT's Kin; Mum on US Trip (2015-10-21)
(China
Post) KMT Chairman, New Taipei Mayor and 2016 presidential candidate Eric Chu
met briefly with American Institute in Taiwan Director Kin Moy to exchange
viewpoints on a broad range of issues.
DPP's Tsai 20 Points Clear: Poll (2015-10-19)
(Taipei
Times) A Cross-Strait Policy Association poll indicatedTsai was supported by
45.2 percent of those polled, giving her a 23.3-point lead over Chu who garnered
21.9 percent, with 13.8 percent of respondents backing People First Party
presidential candidate James Soong.
Survey Shows Significant Gap Between Chu, Tsai (2015-10-25)
(Taipei
Times) KMT Chairman Eric Chu was trailing his DPP counterpart by 18 percentage
points, the latest survey conducted by the Chinese-language China
Times showed.
Chu Says He Had to Run for President ‘for
Democracy’ (2015-10-20)
(Taipei
Times, By Wang Yu-chung, Peng Hsien-chun, Liu Li-jen, and Jonathan Chin) KMT
Chairman and presidential candidate Eric Chu asserted that his candidacy is
necessary to prevent “single-party preponderance” after January’s presidential
and legislative elections.
ROC Citizens Can Gain Entry into UN HQ by Showing 2 Photo
IDs (2015-10-21)
(China
Post) R.O.C. citizens can now enter the United Nations office in Geneva by
presenting two Taiwan government-issued photo IDs, a source close to the matter
told local media.
Future of Diplomatic Ties Uncertain: Lin (2015-10-22)
(Taipei
Times) A legislator asked how Foreign Minister Lin would rate Taiwan’s
diplomatic ties with the eight CELAC countries after next year. The minister
replied that stable cross-strait relations are crucial to the nation’s foreign
relations.
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| China's
Rise and Its Domestic Issues
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Beijing Bull: The Bogus China Model (2015-10-22)
(The
National Interest, By Andrew J. Nathan) Daniel A. Bell argues that the world can
learn from the undemocratic “China Model.” Yet the China he lauds is an
illusion.
U.K.'s Courtship of China Draws Criticism (2015-10-19)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Jenny Gross, Jason Douglas, and Jeremy Page) As Chinese
President Xi Jinping arrives Monday for his first state visit to the U.K.,
London’s courtship of Beijing is drawing criticism at home and unsettling
allies, including the U.S., where officials have expressed apprehension about
the U.K.’s approach.
Xi's Visit to Britain Highlights Broader Shift in Concerns
about China (2015-10-23)
(New
York Times, By Steven Erlanger) The visit to Britain by President Xi Jinping of
China is underscoring how European nations are de-emphasizing human rights and
security concerns as they compete to benefit from China’s growing economic
might.
China Cuts Interest Rates for Sixth Time Since
November (2015-10-24)
(New
York Times, By Neil Gough and Keith Bradsher) As China confronts a persistent
slowdown in growth, its government moved to pump more money into the economy
using stimulus measures that could create other challenges for the
country.
Interview: Richard C. Bush on Northeast Asian
Economies (2015-10-22)
(The
Diplomat, By Emanuel Pastreich) Taiwan needs to step up its economic
liberalization with China before China will give the green light to third
economies to liberalize their economic relations with Taiwan via free trade
agreements. Taiwan badly needs to diversify its liberalization, including taking
advantage of the TPP. But its trade strategy has been held hostage to cross
straits politics.
Contact:
Dalton Lin, Executive Editor
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