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Disputes Resurface and Japan Policy
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A Step Toward a Normal Japan (2014-06-22)
(Wall
Street Journal) If Mr. Abe does secure the right to collective self-defense this
year, the Chinese will no doubt aim a propaganda barrage at Tokyo denouncing its
alleged return to militarism. But the Chinese have only themselves to blame for
validating the security fears of Japan and the rest of East Asia.
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| U.S.
Pivot to Asia and Sino-U.S. Engagement
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TPP Vital to US' Continued Involvement in Asia: Singapore
PM (2014-06-26)
(AP)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a vital component of the United States'
continued involvement in a rapidly shifting Asia, Singapore Prime Minister Lee
Hsien Loong said.
The Real
Rebalance of Power (2014-06-13)
(PacNet
#41A, Pacific Forum, CSIS, By Mr. Pacific) Washington has more than ample
resources to shape the future. The problem is that the administration’s
priorities lay elsewhere and, since Asia is not on fire, US political will is
otherwise engaged.
China. There,
I Said It (Part II) (2014-06-25)
(PacNet
#47, Pacific Forum, CSIS, By J. Randy Forbes) China is competing today with the
United States. We cannot afford to abide by the axiom that if we treat Beijing
like a competitor they will become one or if we are critical of their behavior
it will antagonize them and upset our best laid plans.
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| DPP
Searches for New China Stance; Cross-Strait Issues
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China Sends Minister to Taiwan for First Time (2014-06-25)
(AFP)
China's most senior official ever to visit Taiwan arrived on the island
Wednesday to discuss setting up liaison offices, sparking angry confrontations
between pro-independence protesters and riot police.
DPP and Kaohsiung Mayor Express Welcome to
Zhang (2014-06-25)
(China
Post) DPP stated that it regards “normal interaction” between Taipei and Beijing
in a positive light, hinting at the upcoming visit of Taiwan Affairs Office
Minister Zhang Zhijun.
Zhang Urges ‘Peaceful’ Development of Ties (2014-06-26)
(Taipei
Times) China’s top Taiwan policymaker said it was important that Beijing and
Taipei address issues to “consolidate the political foundation” for the
continued peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan
Strait.
Formal Cross-Strait Channel Founded: Zhang (2014-06-26)
(China
Post) Beijing was insistent about carrying out the meeting this year, as it
would solidify the systemized meetings between the heads of the two “special”
offices in Taiwan and China.
No Plan to Broach Topic of Ma-Xi Meet during Zhang Visit:
MAC (2014-06-26)
(China
Post) MAC Minister Wang Yu-chi said that he will not initiate a discussion on
the topic of a hypothetical “Ma-Xi meeting” with Taiwan Affairs Office Minister
Zhang Zhijun during Zhang's visit in Taiwan.
Zhang Receptive to Rehashing Parts of Service Pact:
Wang (2014-06-27)
(Taipei
Times) MAC Minister Wang Yu-chi said his visiting Chinese counterpart has
“responded positively” to his proposal to reopen negotiations on certain items
in the cross-strait service trade agreement signed last year on the condition
that it is first put into effect.
China Respect Taiwan's Choice: Zhang (2014-06-28)
(Taipei
Times) China’s top Taiwan policymaker said that Beijing respects the “social
system and lifestyle” that Taiwan has “chosen” as well as the “values and ideas”
Taiwanese have embraced.
Protests against Official Turn Bloody (2014-06-28)
(Taipei
Times) The protests against China’s Taiwan Affairs Office Minister Zhang Zhijun
in Greater Kaohsiung turned bloody.
Zhang-Chen Visit Boosts Mutual Understanding:
Tsai (2014-06-28)
(CNA)
-The head of DPP said that a meeting between the mayor of Taiwan's second most
populous city and China's Taiwan affairs chief is an important first step toward
a more extensive mutual understanding across the Taiwan
Strait.
Tsai Urges Closer Look at China's ‘Good Will’ (2014-06-29)
(CNA)
China's Taiwan affairs chief was friendly during his stay in Taiwan this week,
but further observation is needed to see if it leads to any change in Beijing's
policy toward Taiwan, opposition DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen
said.
PRC Should Support Nation on World Stage:
Official (2014-06-29)
(CNA)
China should take the initiative in extending an olive branch to Taiwan by
reducing its military threat and supporting Taiwan’s bid to join the
international community, a Taiwanese official involved in China policy issues
said.
US ‘Watching’ Zhang Visit with ‘Interest’ (2014-06-27)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) The US is “watching with interest” as China’s Taiwan
Affairs Office Minister Zhang Zhijun visits Taiwan for the first time this week,
US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Daniel Russel
said.
In Taiwan, Chinese Official Confronted with Voices of
Democracy (2014-06-27)
(Sinosphere,
By Austin Ramzy) While the official meetings have been less confrontational,
with talk of increasing trade and travel across the Taiwan Strait, some local
leaders have also talked up Taiwan’s democratic values, a sharp contrast with
Communist-ruled China, which considers Taiwan as part of its
territory.
China Shifts Focus of Cross-Strait Ties to Public:
Academic (2014-06-29)
(CNA)
China’s policy toward Taiwan is to focus in the future on being “closer to the
people” as evidenced by the tone of this week’s visit to Taiwan by China’s TAO
Minister Zhang Zhijun, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of
Taiwan Studies director Zhou Zhihuai said.
President Still Hopes to Schedule Talk with Xi for APEC Summit in
Beijing (2014-06-26)
(China
Post) President Ma Ying-jeou during the Kuomintang's Central Standing Committee
meeting reiterated that he still sees the APEC meeting this coming November as
the best opportunity for a potential meeting with Chinese President Xi
Jinping.
Ma Slams Service Pact Critics, DPP in Interview (2014-06-27)
(Taipei
Times) Those who oppose the cross-strait service trade agreement are in the
minority, President Ma Ying-jeou said in an interview with English-language
magazine Forbes Asia.
Sunflowers Altered Dynamics: Schriver (2014-06-29)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) The Chinese president is creating a new agenda and
set of activities leading to unification, a former US deputy assistant secretary
of state for Asia said.
Act on Chinese Hacking: Academics, Activists (2014-06-23)
(Taipei
Times) In light of recent incidents in which Chinese-language Apple Daily’s Web
sites were paralyzed by massive hacker attacks earlier last week, Taiwanese
academics and social activists urged the government to prioritize information
security.
Reliance on China Makes Taiwan Vulnerable:
Clinton (2014-06-25)
(Taipei
Times) Former US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton said the government’s
push for closer cross-strait ties could lead to Taiwan losing its economic and
political independence and becoming vulnerable to over-reliance on China,
according to an interview in the next edition of the Chinese-language magazine
Business Weekly. (Audio of Business
Weekly's Interview with Clinton)
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| Taiwan's
Domestic Issues and Foreign Relations
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Taipei Forum's Su Chi Denounces ‘Weak, Lazy, Ineffective’
Legislature at US Forum (2014-06-25)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) Su did not mince his words as he detailed what he
called the legislature’s litany of flaws, saying it riled him so much as to make
any fallout at home worth it.
Taiwan's Democracy in Trouble, Su Chi Says (2014-06-26)
(Taipei
Times, By William Lowther) Taiwan’s democracy is still valuable, but it is in
trouble, Taipei Forum chairman Su Chi told a Washington audience.
Lieutenant Governors of 3 US States Promote Trade in
ROC (2014-06-25)
(CNA)
The lieutenant governors of Indiana, Washington and Missouri are in Taiwan to
advance trade ties between their states and Taiwan, according to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
American Chamber of Commerce Urges US to Launch into Pact Talks
with Taiwan (2014-06-28)
(CNA)
The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei said that it has urged the U.S.
government to start negotiations with Taiwan on a bilateral investment
agreement.
Time for Taiwan to Rethink Its Diplomacy (2014-06-25)
(The
Diplomat, By Joel Atkinson) China’s plan for unification is so unpalatable to
the vast majority of Taiwan’s people that a break down in the diplomatic truce
at some point seems quite likely. If or when it does break down, the Taiwan
government of the day will be presented with a flood of defections, and there is
the very strong possibility that Taiwan will be worse off than it was
before.
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| China's
Rise and Its Domestic Issues
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The Illusion of Chinese Power (2014-06-25)
(National
Interest, By David Shambaugh) Conventional wisdom has it that the China
juggernaut is unstoppable and that the world must adjust to the reality of the
Asian giant as a—perhaps the—major global power. This belief is understandable
and widespread—but wrong.
China's Growing Hegemonic Bent (2014-06-26)
(The
Diplomat, By Zachary Keck) More and more, China is engaging in the same kind of
hegemonic actions it has always denounced in others.
Q & A: William C. Kirby on ‘Can China Lead?’ (2014-06-26)
(Sinosphere,
By Didi Kirsten Tatlow) As China returns to a historical position of strength
and centrality, the question is: Are China’s current political and economic
structures models for others? Can China once again set global standards in
values and education that are emulated elsewhere?
China to Set Yuan Clearing Banks in Luxembourg,
Paris (2014-06-29)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Laurence Norman and Lingling Wei) In its continued push to
make the yuan a global currency, China's central bank said it plans to designate
clearing banks for its currency in Paris and Luxembourg, as the two financial
centers battle with London to become the leading European offshore yuan-trading
city.
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