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Taiwan Hold First Direct Talks Since 1949 Split
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China Says Keen to Meeting with Taiwan President, but No
Rush (2014-02-17)
(Reuters)
China said it was keen on a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Taiwan
President Ma Ying-jeou, but signaled it was in no rush to set a venue or
timeframe for what would be a historic get-together.
Beijing Rejects Ma-Xi Meet at APEC, Boao Forum:
Wang (2014-02-19)
(China
Post) MAC Minister Wang Yu-chi gave a report on his visit to mainland China to
the Legislature and said that the mainland Chinese authorities have rejected the
idea of President Ma Ying-jeou and Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi
Jinping meeting at either the APEC conference in Beijing or the Boao Forum for
Asia.
Strait Ties to Move ‘Slowly’: MAC (2014-02-18)
(Taipei
Times) MAC Minister Wang Yu-chi said that any further breakthroughs between the
two sides of the Taiwan Strait will have to be achieved “slowly, one step at a
time.”
Xi Jinping Calls Wang-Zhang Meet ‘Significant’
Development (2014-02-19)
(CNA)
CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping made his first recorded comments Tuesday on
last week's high-profile meeting between the top cross-strait policymakers from
Taiwan and China, calling the event an “actively significant”
development.
Taiwan and China Edge Ever Closer (2014-02-17)
(New
York Times, By Jonathan Sullivan) The Taiwanese people desire the peace and
prosperity that positive relations with China could bring, yet they do not want
to give up their sovereignty or democracy to achieve it. But Beijing’s position
is implacable, and its power and influence is
inescapable.
Patience Must Follow First Meeting (2014-02-23)
(Taipei
Times, By Hong Chi-chang)The Wang-Zhang meeting signifies that developments in
cross-strait political relations have reached a new milestone. In the next
stage, political negotiations will begin, which will pose an unavoidable
challenge for all Taiwanese, from the public to the political leaders.
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Disputes Resurface and Japan Policy
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PRC Trains for ‘War’ with Japan: Official (2014-02-21)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) A US naval officer said the People’s Liberation Army
trained for taking over the disputed Diaoyutais during a large military exercise
held recently.
In Japan's Drill with the United States, a Message for
Beijing (2014-02-22)
(New
York Times, By Helene Cooper) In the United States military, commanders are
increasingly allied in alarm with Japan over China’s flexing of military
muscle.
Nationalist Fuel for Japan's Revival Plan (2014-02-18)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Andrew Browne) Beyond the imperative to raise wages and
improve livelihoods, Etsuro Honda, a prominent adviser to Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe on his program of economic revival, says Japan needs a
strong economy so that it can build a more powerful military and stand up to
China.
Abe Adviser's U.S. Remarks Stir Controversy (2014-02-19)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Yuka Hayashi) In the latest indication of frustration among
Japanese policy makers over Washington's handling of tensions in East Asia,
Seiichi Eto, a member of parliament's upper house and a special aide to the
premier, said he was "disappointed" by U.S. criticism of Mr. Abe's December
visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.
Japan's Provocative Moves (2014-02-17)
(Washington
Post, By Jackson Diehl) Could Japan end up provoking the most serious national
security crisis yet faced by President Obama?
Stand with Our Ally in Tokyo (2014-02-18)
(The
Diplomat, By Rep. J. Randy Forbes) I view the relationship between the United
States and China as an emerging peacetime competition that demands a strong
U.S.-Japan alliance to shape PRC decision-making in ways that are amenable to
the region’s rules-based order.
To Counter Beijing, Japan Moves Closer to Taiwan (2014-02-20)
(The
Diplomat, By Shannon Tiezzi) A report from Kyodo News International says that
lawmakers from Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party are trying to create a Japanese
version of the Taiwan Relations Act.
China and Japan's Deteriorating Relationship (2014-02-13)
(The
Diplomat, By Shannon Tiezzi) The Diplomat‘s Shannon Tiezzi talks with Michael
Green, Senior Vice President for Asia at CSIS and a professor at Georgetown
University, about the root cause of the Sino-Japanese tensions, the possibility
for conflict, and strategies for repairing relations.
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| South
China Sea Disputes and Other Regional Issues
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Chinese Naval Patrol Prompts Conflicting Regional
Response (2014-02-20)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Trefor Moss and Rob Taylor) A three-week patrol by a Chinese
naval flotilla in Southeast Asian waters has drawn conflicting responses from
regional governments, exposing confusion over how to react to China's rising
maritime power.
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| U.S.
Pivot to Asia and Sino-U.S. Engagement
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Biden Defends Merits of Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade
Talks (2014-02-14)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Michael Crittenden and William Mauldin) At a retreat of
Democratic lawmakers, Mr. Biden said trade negotiations among 12 Pacific
countries would bring economic and strategic value, according to
attendees.
America's Asia Policy Up in Smoke (2014-02-20)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Michael Auslin) If America's commitments to Asia carry too
heavy a price, then the White House owes it to the American people to change its
policy. But if Asia is truly important to the American future, then Mr. Obama
needs to back up his lofty words with serious policies for retaining his
country's predominant influence in the Pacific.
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Meets Top Chinese
Generals (2014-02-21)
(AP,
By Christopher Bodeen) China and the United States share common objectives and
should boost cooperation between their militaries, the U.S. Army chief said at
the start of meetings with top Chinese generals aimed at building trust amid
rising regional tensions.
U.S. Army to Increase Ties with China's Military, General
Says (2014-02-22)
(New
York Times, By Edward Wong and Andrew Jacobs) A top United States military
commander said that the U.S. Army is working on starting a formal dialogue and
exchange program with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army before the end of the
year.
China Criticizes Obama Over Visit by Dalai Lama (2014-02-21)
(New
York Times, By Mark Landler) President Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama to the
White House, provoking a sharp rebuke from the Chinese government, which warned
that the meeting would severely damage relations between Washington and
Beijing.
How China and America See Each Other (2014-02-20)
(Foreign
Affairs, By Minxin Pei) The real value of Debating
China is
the extent to which it reveals that the U.S.-Chinese relationship is heading in
an increasingly competitive direction. If the countries stay on their present
course, the old neither-friends-nor-foes label will become irrelevant, and the
most important bilateral relationship in the world will no longer be defined by
engagement; it will be characterized by managed rivalry.
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| DPP
Searches for New China Stance; Cross-Strait Issues
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Cross-Strait Relations Not Int'l: Lian Chan (2014-02-19)
(China
Post) Kuomintang Honorary Chairman Lien Chan remarked that the relationship
between Taiwan and China is not considered an international relationship during
his meeting with Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinpingin Beijing
this week.
‘ROC’ Comment Omitted in Chinese Reports on Lien-Xi
Meeting (2014-02-20)
(CNA)
Major Chinese media outlets avoided any mention of the Republic of China,
Taiwan's official name, in reports on Tuesday's meeting in Beijing between Lien
Chan, the honorary chairman of Taiwan's Kuomintang, and Chinese President Xi
Jinping.
Xi's Comments against Public Opinion: DPP (2014-02-20)
(Taipei
Times) The Chinese president in meeting with former vice president Lien Chan
again proposed ‘one country, two systems,’ but Taiwanese do not accept it, the
DPP said.
DPP Argues Over Chinese Influence on Elections (2014-02-21)
(Taipei
Times) DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang and former premier Frank Hsieh exchanged
verbal jabs over reports of Chinese interference in the
election.
Taiwan, China Reach Consensus on Nine Deals (2014-02-23)
(Taipei
Times) Taiwan and China reached a consensus on proposals to improve the
implementation of nine of 19 agreements they have signed to
date.
Majority Reject Unification: TISR Poll (2014-02-23)
(Taipei
Times) The survey found
that although most respondents oppose eventual cross-strait unification, the
majority also felt that regular MAC-TAO talks should be held.
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| PLA
and Military Balance
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PRC Aims to Foil US Intervention: Study (2014-02-22)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) China is developing a military “architecture” that
could undermine US ability to intervene in an attack on Taiwan or Japan,
according to a new study.
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| Taiwan's
Foreign Relations
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Foreign Minister Says No Word on TPP (2014-02-19)
(Taipei
Times) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it has not been told by the US that
Taiwan may become a member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership by the end of next
year as a Japanese newspaper reported.
Taiwan Could Join TPP This Year: Minister (2014-02-20)
(China
Post) As Taiwan strives to open up the local market, it may have a chance to
join the Trans-Pacific Partnership as early as this year, National Development
Council Minister Kuan Chung-ming said.
Visiting US Congressman Backs Taiwan's TPP Bid (2014-02-21)
(China
Post) A visiting United States congressional delegation voiced their support for
Taiwan's bid to join the Trans-Pacific partnership, a U.S.-led economic
agreement in the Asian Pacific region.
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| China's
Rise and Its Domestic Issues
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Corruption Inquiry Focuses on China's Top Security
Officials (2014-02-21)
(New
York Times, By Chris Buckley and Jonathan Ansfield) A politically fraught
Communist Party corruption investigation focusing on the former head of the
domestic security apparatus, Zhou Yongkang, has reached into the sensitive realm
of the Chinese intelligence services.
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