Liberty Times
July 31, 2005.
In the face of China’s growing military threat, President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) has proposed the concept of a “new balance in the Taiwan Strait.” This “new balance” includes three items.
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The Epoch Times
July 29, 2005.
This speech was given at the forum “A Closer Look into China: Nine Commentaries Triggers Mass Resignations from the CCP” held Friday, July 22 at the National Press Club at Washington, D.C.
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Edmonton Journal
July 30, 2005.
Taiwanese soccer players at the World Masters Games in Edmonton say they will boycott the closing ceremonies because of a decision to ban their flag.
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Taiwan News
July 29, 2005.
In a meeting with Republic of Korea special envoy Kim Jong-hoon last week, Chen Shui-bian said he was willing to attend the upcoming informal summit among leaders of the member countries of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum slated to be held in Pusan in November as “representative” of “Chinese Taipei.”
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By William Lin
The Edmonton Journal
July 28, 2005.
China condemned the World Masters Games for allowing the Taiwanese flag to be marched into the opening ceremonies, prompting a quick apology and promises to remove the flag.
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Taiwan News
July 27, 2005.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will not stop its efforts to push for Taiwan’s right to have its leader participate in key Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen said on Tuesday.
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By Thomas S. Axworthy
Toronto Star
July 25, 2005.
Last of two parts.
The former foreign minister of China, Qian Qichen, has written that “foreign policy is the extension of China’s domestic politics,” and it is only by understanding the internal needs of the Communist party that one can begin to understand China’s take on external events.
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By Thomas Axworthy
Toronto Star
July 24, 2005.
First of two parts.
Tulip mania was the mass delusion that swept 17th-century Holland as speculation in the bulb reached amazing heights. Today we are witnessing something similar — China mania.
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Liberty Times
July 24, 2005.
At a meeting in Hong Kong on July 14, China’s Major General Zhu Chenghu (朱成虎), a dean at China’s National Defense University (中國國防大學), told reporters that Beijing might respond with a nuclear strike on the US if Washington interfered in a cross-strait war.
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CNA
July 24, 2005.
Despite Taiwan’s hope that cross-strait cooperation will stop Internet crime, China again rejected Taiwan’s proposal recently in a working meeting of the APEC forum, a spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said yesterday.
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