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◆ Washington Post, 1-14-2021 : American relations with Taiwan have warmed under President Donald Trump, largely due to strong bipartisan support in Congress, but also because the administration has been willing to defy Beijing’s threats and promote Taiwan as an alternative to Chinese Communist Party authoritarianism. washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-ambassador-to-un-and-taiwans-president-meet-virtually/2021/01/14/d64548b0-5639-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html
◆ New York Post, 1-15-2021: Trump’s parting shot to Xi should be recognizing Taiwan / America's one-China policy was predicated upon the belief that through appeasement and economic liberalization, the PRC could become less authoritarian and ultimately better “integrated” into the much-ballyhooed “liberal world order.”Whatever merit such an idea might have had as a theoretical musing has now been decisively disproven by history. nypost.com/2021/01/15/trumps-parting-shot-to-xi-should-be-recognizing-taiwan/
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Economist, 1-15-2021
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New
rules on mutual ties could make trouble for both America and Taiwan - Biden.
Either he embraces the move, in which case he starts off on the wrong foot with
China, or he gets flak at home for not standing up for gallant little Taiwan.
This move as a trap for Taiwan, too. Over the past few years China has increased
its bullying of Taiwan with military posturing and diplomatic isolation.
Crossing China now might prompt it to conduct even more air sorties(combat
mission)
or pick off (shoot
a member of a group of people)Taiwan’s
remaining diplomatic allies ... To advance the cause of independence there is
“no briar patch Taiwan wouldn’t jump into”.
economist.com/asia/2021/01/14/have-departing-american-officials-made-taiwan-into-a-booby-trap
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Foreign
Policy, 1-13-2021, "Taiwan
Needs Real Allies, Not Opportunists, Not Partisans "
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlighted the trip, U.S. Ambassador to the
United Nations Kelly Craft would soon be visiting Taiwan, in what was
essentially a footnote to a press release condemning China for arrests in Hong
Kong. That confirmed the suspicion of many Taiwan analysts that this
administration views the island primarily as a card to play against the People’s
Republic of China and as a convenient foil to it—or the “free China” per
Pompeo’s press release. Pompeo
moves away from the U.S. government norm of describing official counterparts in
Taipei as “Taiwan” adjective or “Taiwans” noun, using instead “Taiwanese”—which
Washington believed held certain sensitivities—apparently in line with his
voiding of relevant sections in the Foreign Affairs Manual or Foreign Affairs
Handbooks. Nonetheless, he stresses the unofficiality of the relationship and
the continued role of the nonprofit American Institute in Taiwan.
(
foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/13/taiwan-contact-guidelines-pompeo-partisan-china/
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State Dept. lifts US-Taiwan restrictions in move likely to anger China |
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New York Times (US), |
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State Dept.
Moves to Ease Restrictions on Meeting With Taiwan Officials
is meant to signal a warming of
relations with Taipei and a tougher line with Beijing, but the Biden
administration could easily reverse the move. ￭ the move was likely to have little practical effect. “It looks like a publicity stunt”. ￭ The moves, some outside experts said, are meant to lay a trap for Mr. Biden, forcing him either to pay a domestic political cost if he unwinds them or to sour relations with Beijing if he does not. ￭ Mr. Biden could discourage high-level contact with Taiwan officials. full text: nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/politics/state-dept-taiwan-united-states-china.html |
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Guardian
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Pompeo
lifts US-Taiwan restrictions in move likely to anger China.
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The guidelines set out
restrictions including where representatives of either government could
meet, and limited the ranks allowed to attend Taiwan’s national day
celebrations. It also said the US should not refer to Taiwan as a
“country” or “government”In recent years the guidelines have been
followed less and less, and the official change was not unexpected ... |
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CGTN, CCTV, GT(China) 1-11-2021 |
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Chinese state
media (CGTN,
CCTV)
blast Trump admin. for " cowardly act of sabotage"
a "cowardly act of sabotage" that "crossed a dangerous red line." ￭ Global Times (China), warned — in a since-delated tweet — that Taiwan could face repercussions for Pompeo's actions, The Associated Press reports. "The option ofusing military means to solve [the] Taiwan question will also be put on the table" ￭ The move may not be universally applauded stateside, either, per Reuters. Bonnie Glaser, an Asia expert at Washington's Center for Strategic and InternationalStudies, predicts the Biden administration will "rightly be unhappy that a policy decision like this was made in the final days of the Trump administration." |
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Japan Times, 1-10-2021 |
￭ The
Trump administration’s policy toward Taiwan is ending much as it started
— by attempting to fundamentally alter the status quo. ￭ Trump admin is lifting all of complex internal self-imposed restrictions which was in an attempt to appease the Communist regime in Beijing... 50 years of engagement with Beijing has not worked and that a different and tougher approach is needed... Japan, too, views the island nation as a bulwark against growing Chinese military assertiveness.
￭ This
could be seen as an attempt by the Republican administration to sow
chaos before it’s departure. “A blanket statement such as this,
abrogating all of the guidance in place for years, without articulating
what framework will replace it simply amplifies perceived chaos in DC” |
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DW
(Germany) |
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Taiwan's unofficial
embassy
said the move showed the
"strength and depth" of the US-Taiwan ties.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson : some
"anti-Chinese politicians" like Pompeo would do everything in their
remaining term to undermine relations
between the US and China. |
| Brookings, 1-11-2021 | The Biden administration upholds Pompeo’s decision to lift all restrictions on contact with Taiwan or publicly countermands Pompeo’s announcement is low-probability scenario. Options more likely are: (1) Instruct the State Department to resume reviewing and approving contacts from across the United States government with Taiwan counterparts to ensure that such contacts adhere to the spirit of longstanding policy, if not necessarily the letter of past contact guidelines (2) Use Pompeo’s announcement as a spur to launch a Taiwan policy review to develop updated guidelines for contacts with Taiwan counterparts based on a fresh assessment of America’s interests and priorities in its unofficial relationship with Taiwan. brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/11/after-lifting-restrictions-on-us-taiwan-relations-what-comes-next/ |
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asia nikkei (Japan), 1-12-2021 |
US promises to China ￭ (1) In the first communique of 1972 / the U.S. said it "acknowledges" and "does not challenge" that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. ￭ (2) In the second communique of 1979 / the U.S. declared that it recognizes the Beijing government as the "sole legal government of China." But it said the people of the U.S. will maintain cultural, commercial and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan. ￭ (3) In the third communique of 1982 / the U.S. said it has no intention of "pursuing a policy of 'two Chinas' or 'one China, one Taiwan.'" |
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The Chinese side is
criticizing Pompeo's declared new policies as infringing on those
long-held American promises asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Trump-takes-parting-shot-over-China-s-bow-with-envoy-to-Taiwan |
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◆ CNBC, 1-12-2021: Biden could struggle with Taiwan issue rocking U.S.-China relations. The incoming Biden administration could struggle in managing its relationship with Taiwan — a precarious issue that has contributed to worsening U.S.-China relations. cnbc.com/2021/01/12/how-biden-will-handle-taiwan-issue-thats-rocking-us-china-relations.html
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◆ Reuters, 1-13-2021: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft had been due to visit Taiwan from Wednesday to Friday, prompting China to warn that Washington was playing with fire. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that all travel this week had been cancelled, including his own trip to Europe, as part of the transition to the incoming Biden administration. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taiwan/ahead-of-biden-transition-us-cancels-un-envoys-trip-to-taiwan-idUSKBN29H2QJ
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Taiwan's
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pawn/tool |
Taiwan is willing to be used by the US, to needle China, ... intentionally in exchange of Trump administration's a policy of strategic clarity, but failed. China called Taiwan "human bomb" because of its incompatible military capacity, but to poke the bear. |
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￭ Aljazeera,
12-16-2020:
Sydney-based Lowy Institute: China’s
concessional loans and grants in the Pacific amounted to
$1.5bn between 2006 and 2017, compared with Taiwan’s
$271m
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Le Monde
diplomatique
of France, '16 a graphic depicts Taiwan as a
trembling sweating rat, doing nothing to approaching huge cat (China),
but turn around and
lift high a "$O$"
banner.
￭ New York Times, AFP (France). 10-19-2020: Taiwan de facto embassy was hosting a party for 100 distinguished guests to celebrate Taiwan's National Day, two Chinese officials began taking pictures of guests and when asked to leave assaulted an official, putting him in hospital. Aljazeera, 12-16-2020: China-Taiwan fistfight in Fiji raises concerns...“When the ‘prize’ is Taiwan, the stakes are very high and China will fight very hard” |
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charm offensive diplomacy |
Financial Times (UK), 12-2-2020: Anxious Taiwan launches US charm offensive to win Biden's backing. This reminds me about same time China intelligence used "charm offensive" to contact US politicians - Daily Mail (uk), 12-8-2020, disrn, 12-9-2020 : Chinese Intelligence operative used personal charm, campaign fundraising efforts, extensive networks of associates... | |
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Kow-Tow |
Taiwan to ease restrictions on pork imports from the US ... New York Daily News, 11-28-2020: U.S. pigs consume ractopamine, a feed additive that’s been banned in more than 150 countries, including China and the entire European Union; Reuters, 12-16-2020 : US pork imports will be cost effective... But it can't be forced on us (Taiwanese) , bringing chaos to our industry and taking it down. |
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tiptoes |
Sydney-based LOWY institute 7-17-2020: Taiwan tiptoes in cross-strait relations (China-Taiwan). |
| on knees to Westerners, a discrimination diplomacy |
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Bloomberg 12-24-2020: Taiwan deserves legitimate criticism for letting
politics, especially relations with Western countries, pose a risk to
the health of her own citizens. e.g., a U.S. delegation entered
Taiwan without meeting quarantine requirements, Czech Senate President
and other 80 were allowed
to bypass the two week confinement everyone else faced. In
contrast, one Filipino
worker was fined $3,500 for stepping outside
his quarantine room for 8 seconds, while others are
reported to have been allowed to roam more freely. ￭ UDN editorial 12-24-2020: Unlike many western countries banned flights from the UK for new coronavirus variant at the very first moment, Taiwan did not take any step until facing so many local questions, then was very reluctant to cut off half of UK flights. Taiwan also was reluctant to give penalty-fine to Western pilot blamed for Taiwan's first local Covid transmission since April, but not so "polite" to some Asian worker. full text: https://udn.com/news/story/7338/5117298?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2 bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-23/taiwan-enjoys-an-i-told-you-so-moment-after-tangling-with-china-and-the-who |
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tears-in-eyes |
New York Times, 11-24-2020: Taiwan politician : “Taiwan can’t face the might of China alone,” "We can’t fight China on our own." ; Taiwan Foreign Minister often S.O.S. on world media, such as Fox-news, Newsweek,12-1-2020, Australia ABC, 12-1-2020: Taiwan foreign minister calls on Australia to help defend against China... News Australia, 11-7-2020: expert says Taiwan will need to bring back the draft in order to put up a fight. However, Taiwan ignores western advice and plans to mobilize only about 1/10 reservists. Reuters 12-10-2020 slams Taiwan : "It is almost as if fighting to defend the country is somebody else’s responsibility” . |
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◆ USNI, 1-1-2021, "Report on Taiwan Political and Security Issues" : the United States recognized the PRC as the “sole legal government of China”; acknowledged, but did not affirm, “the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China ; The PRC seeks to enforce a “one China principle,” under which other countries affirm that Taiwan is part of China. The United States adheres to its own “one-China policy,” which the Trump Administration presented as based on U.S.-PRC joint communiqués concluded in 1972, 1978, and 1982; the TRA; and “Six Assurances” that President Ronald Reagan communicated to Taiwan in 1982, shortly before the release of the third U.S.-PRC joint communiqué.
full text: news.usni.org/2021/01/01/report-on-taiwan-political-and-security-issues
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◆ Reuters, 1-1-2021: Taiwan ... offering another olive branch to Beijing in New Year speech (brief)
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CNN, 8-14-2020: What Taiwan needs
form the US is a strong stable marriage not a hot passionate romance ... a
long-term antagonistic relationship between the US and China wasn't sustainable
after November... Taiwan needs to think about it
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Foreign Policy 8-14-2020:
The United States and China ... They are in a bad marriage, with no current
option for divorce. That will remain the case for many years to come
(foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/14/cold-war-china-misuse-of-history-united-states-soviet-union/)
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◆ Financial Times (UK), 12-14-2020: Anxious Taiwan launches US charm offensive to win Biden’s backing. Taipei worries incoming American administration will not maintain Trump’s staunch support (https://www.ft.com/content/3174603a-69ce-4328-93af-69569bb86e0c )
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NY Times, 11-24-2020: Biden Faces
Pressure from Democrats and Republicans to Stand Up to China by Embracing
Taiwan... He will continue to support a peaceful resolution of cross-strait
issues ... won't use Taiwan to poke Xi Jinping in the eye and make him look weak
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◆ NBC 10-24-2020: Tiny Taiwan caught in the middle as U.S. and China battle for supremacy Economically, Taiwan is dependent on Beijing. But for its security and for international political support, it relies on Washington. "We don’t want to be manipulated or caught in a great power competition," https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/tiny-taiwan-caught-middle-u-s-china-battle-supremacy-n1244521
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◆ New York Times, 10-19-2020:aljazeera 12-16-2020: The uproar over the recent fisticuffs between Chinese and Taiwanese diplomats in Fiji may have subsided, with the Fijian police declaring the case closed, but the incident has left analysts in the Pacific concerned about what they called Beijing’s increasingly hostile tactics in the region. it was just one outcome of the intensifying geostrategic competition in the Pacific pitting China against the United States and its allies. (aljazeera.com/features/2020/12/16/fiji-story)
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Washington Post, Aug. 10, 2020: US highest level visit Taiwan since 1979 |
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pic.: Taiwan president Tsai and US Health Secretary Azar made bow to
each other, but somehow, President Tsai's head seemed to be lower ? see https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taiwan-azar-tsai-coronavirus-meeting-china/2020/08/10/06397878-dab8-11ea-b4f1-25b762cdbbf4_story.html |
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◆ Macau Business, 12-12-2020: the DPP administration for “conspiring” with the US and becoming the American “chess game.” Furthermore, Taiwan has become dominated by party politics, which “altered” the target of peaceful dialogue from the PRC to the US. Finally, ... Taiwan’s social ecology has changed in such a way that no party would be willing to discuss with the mainland over the issue of peaceful reunification, for doing so would be labelled as the “agents of the PRC.” ... the reunification with Taiwan cannot be a long waiting game; instead, there must be the use of military force as “an intimidating function” to promote the process of reunification... the US as the major stumbling block to cross-Strait relations. The development of party politics is seen as a hindrance to cross-Strait relations, unless the KMT would return to presidential power in the distant future. www.macaubusiness.com/opinion-bidens-policy-toward-china-taiwan-and-hong-kong/
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After
World
War II,
Japan
unconditionally
surrendered
to
Republic
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Taiwan is diplomatically isolated, has only 15
formal relation allies till end of 2020:
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Holy See,
Haiti,
Paraguay,
Nicaragua,
Eswatini,
Tuvalu,
Nauru,
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines,
Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint
Lucia,
Belize,
Marshall
Islands,
Palau.
For updated news pls. ref. to Taiwan foreign ministry website:
www.mofa.gov.tw/en/AlliesIndex.aspx?n=DF6F8F246049F8D6&sms=A76B7230ADF29736
The
People's Republic of China (PRC)
has identified
that
Taiwan
as part of its territory
and its
most important core interest, since the Kuomintang (Nationalists
or KMT)
government retreated to the island in 1949 following defeat in the Chinese
civil war. China has traditionally used a double
strategy
of
“carrot
and
stick”
towards
Taiwan,
on
one hand,
it
has vowed to
reunite this "breakaway province" by force if necessary,
and
has been ramping up military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan
since president Tsai I.W. (2016 ~)
refused to recognise the "1992 consensus" a
'pseudo'-agreement
made by Taiwan's KMT party and the Chinese Communist Party, that proclaimed
"the existence of only one China ”, but “ with different interpretations ” (being
free to decide which side was legitimate.).
In
early 2019,
CCP Xi openly equates One Country Two Systems with the 1992 Consensus to
eliminate other interpretations. Under China's political development and strengthening its trade ties to our
allies,
Taiwan is diplomatically isolated, has only 15 formal relation allies till
end of 2020 (Taiwan lost Salvador etc 3 allies
within half yr. China rankled TW president's visit to NASA - LA Times
8-20-2018),
most of them are little, unknown countries. On the other hand,
China
took the strategy
" Allowance of economic benefits to Taiwan"("讓利",
such as
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charming Taiwan by offering preferential treatment in a soft
power bid / le monde
diplmatique may
2019;
◆ 40% exports from Taiwan
to China / CTN 5-30-2020; ◆
mainland
China
remains
the
largest
market
outside
Taiwan
for
Taiwanese
workers
and
companies,
with
around
1
million
Taiwanese
working
there
/ German
Institute
for
Int'l
and
security
affairs,
2-7-2020 ◆ encouraging tourists to
Taiwan. /
WEF <Travel
and tourism competitiveness report> of 2019 shows
Taiwan had the sub-region's largest
decline in competitiveness,
Taiwan's
overall score ranks 10th in Asia. ◆
L.A. Times, 8-1-2019:
The indefinite suspension
of individual travel visa is likely to
prove a major economic hit to Taiwan, as
well as a blow to cultural interplay. )
so that Taiwanese people may have higher tendency toward unification
with China.
Now
52% Taiwanese want closer economic ties with the
mainland China.
Taiwanese understood this
interdependence is unavoidable, but over-dependence is risky. Modern Diplomacy (EU) at 6-9-2020:
Roughly 26 percent of Taiwan’s trade is with
China, which is its largest trading partner. China has replaced US as No 1
destination for Taiwanese export accounting for approximately 40% of total
exports (Hong Kong included). New York Times
12-3-2019: Trade between China and Taiwan exceeded $181 billion in 2017,
up from about $35.5 billion in 1999.
Global Times 9-8-2020:
Taiwan enjoys a surplus of nearly $100 billion with the mainland every
year.
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pic.: No.1 "comment Taiwan diplomacy" on Bing, 1-8-2021 |
pic.: No.1 "comment Taiwan diplomacy" (Chinese version) on Yahoo search engine, 1-12-2021 |
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◆ Reuters, 12-28-2020: China expressed anger on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law measures to further bolster support for Taiwan and Tibet, which had been included in a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package. The Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 and Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 both contain language objectionable to China, including U.S. support for Taiwan's meaningful participation in United Nations bodies and regular arms sales. https://news.yahoo.com/china-says-u-stop-using-081142049.html
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◆ "a card to play" / Foreign Policy, 1-13-2021 "Taiwan Needs Real Allies, Not Opportunists, Not Partisans " : ... That confirmed the suspicion of many Taiwan analysts that this administration views the island primarily as a card to play against the People’s Republic of China and as a convenient foil to it—or the “free China” per Pompeo’s press release. ◆ "a dog under control" / Eurasian Times 7-9-2020: The Tsai authority ... turns to Washington and is willing to be used. Taiwan Now Under ‘Deep Control’ Of The US. ◆ "meat on chopping blocks" / New York Times , 9-18-2020: Taiwan has become completely dependent on the United States,... Many people are saying that Taiwan has become the meat on others’ chopping blocks” ◆ "human bomb" / Global Times, 9-8-2020: US sets Taiwan up as a 'human bomb' ( drive the little to poke the big ) ◆ "a rat" / Le Monde diplomatique of France, '16: Taiwan, a trembling sweating rat, doing nothing to approaching huge cat (China), but turning around and lifting high a banner "$O$" . ◆ “a ticking time bomb" / Brookings, 12-14-2020: Taiwan should follow suit and take a pragmatic approach, and avoid becoming what Graham Allision described as “a ticking time bomb" that could lead to a tragic conflict ◆ "food on the menu" / SCMP, 10-7-2020: "If you are not at the table, you are on the menu,” When the great powers sit at the geopolitical table, Taiwan has long been on the menu." ◆ "a bargaining chip" / Forbes, 10-5-2020: It would be a mistake for the U.S. to pursue an FTA as part of its China policy or to use Taiwan as a bargaining chip, and Taiwan has reasons to be wary as well.
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"
a tradable pawn",
"a
useful chess piece" / Global Times, 8-23-2020:
Taiwan is a useful chess piece for the US
only because of the US strategy to suppress the Chinese mainland. On the
one hand, Washington exploits the Taiwan question to contain China, on
the other hand it is inciting tensions and making money by selling arms
to Taiwan...Taiwan is a tradable pawn. Taiwan for the US is only a
tradable chess piece, but for the mainland, reunification of the
mainland and Taiwan is priceless. ◆ "dispensable irritant" / Asia Times, 11-16-2020; Washington Post 1-18-2019: Trump abandoned the Kurds in Syria. Could Taiwan be next ? WP, 7-14-2020: Trump's policies are undermining the security of Taiwan's democracy ...
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pic.: widely-known china-art, child on its knees ―Taiwan has been acting on its knees toward strong powers, but taking hard line against its nationals !!? |
 
World Journal, USA, 12-6-2020:
TJC Taiwan:
human rights
persecution and infringement by officials in power are |
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● WSJ (Wall Street Journal) 9-20-2019: It’s clearly a big win for China having the two largest allies of Taiwan in the Pacific drop so quickly... Washington Post 9-25-2019: China’s growing dominance in the South Pacific is a defeat for an America in retreat. New York Times 9-20-2019: As Taiwan Loses Influence, China Gains Ground in Race With U.S.
● New York Times 4-1-2019: Taiwan protests China jets crossing center of Taiwan Strait, a provocation that seeks to alter the status quo ... an intentional act. Taiwan News, 6-28-2019: U.S. Senate passes pro-Taiwan defense bill calling for more patrols in Taiwan Strait. Reuters 6-27-2019: Canadian navy ships sailed through Taiwan strait amid tension with China (Such passages upset China ... In April, Beijing condemned a French decision to send a frigate through the Strait as illegal)
● Daily Mail (UK) 4-1-2019: Taiwan blasts China for "reckless and provocative" incursion by 2 fighter jets across a largely respected line dividing the 2 sides in the Taiwan Straits. Japan Times, 4-1-2019: China's move also comes less than a week after the U.S. sent ships through the strait ( mission was unusual) — the third time in as many months...those sailings have likely been interpreted by China as implicit support for self-ruled Taiwan. Reuters 2-25-2019: US Navy ships ... riling China. ABC.net Australia: Chinese fighter jets cross Taiwan Strait after Tsai urges Pacific pushback against Beijing.
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● <Taiwan Travel Act> (Trump signed at 3-16-2018):
◆ NHK Japan, 3-17-2018
The legislation aims to encourage mutual visits between US and Taiwanese officials at all levels. (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180317_08/)
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The
Diplomat,
3-3-2018
US Paves Way for
High-Level
Exchanges With Taiwan
(https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/us-paves-way-for-high-level-exchanges-with-taiwan/)
◆ New York Times, 3-17-2018
China’s Foreign Ministry said it had lodged “stern representations” with the
United States, saying the law sent a
“seriously wrong
signal” to the
forces of Taiwan
independence.
(https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/03/17/world/asia/17reuters-usa-taiwan-china.html
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taiwan-china/china-says-resolutely-opposed-to-new-u-s-law-on-ties-with-taiwan-idUSKCN1GT0I9)
◆ Deutsche Welle, 3-17-2018 :
China has reacted angrily ... "severely violate the one-China principle, the political foundation of the China-US relationship."
Taiwan ... calling it a "friendly move"
◆ Global Times of China, 2018: <Taiwan Travel Act> is a bill to destroy Taiwan. ◆ People's Daily online (China 人民日報 海外版) 3-17-2018: "annoy China, fool Taiwan !"("戲耍台灣 挑臖大陸") ◆ UDN Taiwan (台灣聯合報) 3-18-2018: KMT Legislator : The US uses Taiwan as pawn to annoy China ... ( 台恐成夾心餅干); Joseph Bosco (former defense official): China won't win a general confrontation against the US (translation).
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● Under pressure from China, all 44 int'l airlines (including four US airlines) drop Taiwan in name (world rpts 7-30-2018: NY Times, etc)
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pic.: Germany Foreign Ministry website
Upon reporter's request "Does Germany think Taiwan already surrendered ?"
Official response from Germany
is similar to the US site did 7-13-2020 |
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● L.A. Times, 7-8-2018: US warships pass near Taiwan in a show of defiance to China
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● Washington Post, 1-5-2018: For years, most analysts in the United States generally accepted the idea that Taiwan’s status as a de facto independent democracy was unsustainable as China’s economy and military rose to dominate Asia. Statesmen such as the late Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew and Henry Kissinger both predicted that Taiwan’s unification with China — under Chinese terms — was inevitable.
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● Washington Post, 11-9-2017:“Many have debated here in Taiwan whether President Trump will trade Taiwan in exchange for China’s position in North Korea,” ...... “But ... even if President Trump makes such an offer, President Xi would say no: ‘Taiwan is not in your hands. It’s in mine.’”
The China Times, opinion, 11-11-2017: President Xi thinks the advantage of Taiwan issue is in Beijing's side, it's not necessary to trade anything for Taiwan with Washington.
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● Washington Post, 11-9-2017: Xi had reiterated the importance of Taiwan to Beijing during his meeting with Trump. “The Taiwan issue is the most important and sensitive core issue in the Sino-U. S. relations, and it is also the political foundation for the Sino-U. S. relations,”... / https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/with-trump-in-china-taiwan-worries-about-becoming-abargaining-chip/2017/11/09/ee3c0126-c4af-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_story.html?utm_term=.91426a733612○
● Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan, Opinion, 6-22-2017 (読売新聞「社説」) : 中国が台湾を孤立させる動きを強め、波風を立てている。軍事、経済両面での優位を背景にした圧力は、中台間の緊張を高めるだけだ。...中国の一連の外交攻勢は、台湾を自国の一部とする「一つの中国」原則を、台湾の蔡英文政権に認めさせる狙いだろう。...台湾の住民の間では、中国に政治的、経済的にのみ込まれることへの警戒感が強く、「中国離れ」が加速しているためだ。...米国は台湾の防衛力強化を担っており、台湾海峡の平和と安定のカギを握る。(The US is the key to keep the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait)
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● Le Monde diplomatique, France, mai 2016: "politiL’Amérique centrale lâche Taipei" / Les deux rivaux du détroit de Formose ne luttent pas à armes égales et, pour Taipei, l’isolement diplomatique menace. (The two rivals of the Taiwan Straits do not fight on equal terms , the diplomatic isolation threatens Taiwan )
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● Singapore's The Straits Times, 11-9-2017 : Taiwan is the most important issue in Sino-US ties, Xi tells Trump
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-tells-trump-that-taiwan-is-the-most-important-issue-in-sino-us-ties )
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● BBC - Taiwan country profile 6-14-2017:
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● Washington Post, 1-2-2017:
The United States “acknowledges” that there is one China and that Taiwan is part of China. But the United States has never officially “recognized” Taiwan as part of China. This strategic ambiguity leaves the United States room for a de facto relationship with Taiwan and leaves the Taiwan-China relation an open-ended question. / https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/02/yes-taiwan-wants-one-china-but-which-china-does-it-want/?utm_term=.8d999292eabd
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●
New York
times,
12-13-2016:
In
Presidential
inaugural
speech,
Tsai
referred
to the
Constitution
of the
Republic
of China
and the
legislation
governing
cross-strait
relations,
both
imply
the
acceptance
of a
“one
China”
framework.
●
Yomiuri
Shimbun,
Japan,
Opinion,
5-22-2016
(読売新聞)
:
「台湾独立」志向の強い民進党の蔡英文主席が総統に就任した。台湾蔡新総統対中「現状維持」の意思示した
http://editorial.x-winz.net/ed-13620
(Tsia I.
W. with
strong
tendency
toward
"Taiwan
Independence"
expressed
"maintain
status
quo" in
her
Presidential
inaugural
speech
)
● Le Monde diplomatique, France, "Taïwan en quête de souveraineté économique", mai 2016: selon laquelle il n’est pas nécessaire de proclamer l’indépendance car Taïwan est déjà un Etat indépendant et souverain. C’est certainement le sens qu’elle donne au « statu quo » ( 'it is not necessary to proclaim independence because Taiwan is already an independent and sovereign state. This is certainly the meaning it gives to <status quo>' )
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● United daily News, opinion 10-11-12017 : In Fact, President Tsai one-sided abandoned in 2016 "The 1992 Consensus" (「九二共識」), which violates her promise to "maintain the cross-strait status quo"
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US News, 10-9-2017:
Taiwan's relations
with Beijing have deteriorated sharply since Tsai, ... took office last
year, with China suspecting she wants to push for the island's formal
independence, a red line for Beijing. China
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● Spiegel Germany, 1-9-2017, <Donald Trump: Chinesische Staatszeitung warnt USA wegen Umgang>
Die staatliche chinesische Zeitung "Global Times" hat den künftigen US-Präsidenten Donald Trump gewarnt, von der "Ein-China-Politik" abzurücken. "Das chinesische Volk würde die Regierung auffordern, sich zu rächen", hieß es im Leitartikel des Blattes, das zum Zentralorgan der Kommunistischen Partei "Renmin Ribao" gehört. "Es gibt keinen Raum für Verhandlungen" / if "US President Donald Trump to abandon the one-China policy." "The Chinese people would call on the government to take revenge," "There is no room for negotiations" ... (Global Times, China)
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● The China Times, 10-15-2017, Wikipedia, 9-27-2017 :Taiwanese premier William Lai advocates "Taiwan independence in realistic way ("務實台獨")”, but "Taiwan was an independent country called the Republic of China, it had no need to declare independence." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
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● Mexican newspaper El Sol de Méxicoformer, 2008: (former) President Ma: the China-Taiwan relations are neither between two Chinas nor two states. It is a special relationship. the sovereignty issues between the two cannot be resolved at present, the "1992 Consensus", currently accepted as a temporary measure until a solution becomes available.
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● The United Daily, 11-12-2017, commented Trump Xi meeting ― one of 3 possibilities is the US may break the pattern "USA and China jointly control Taiwan"(「美中共管」), China may play (or most of) the role to control Taiwan.
