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1999: Jan. - June, July - Dec.
2000: Jan. - Mar. , Apr. - June , July - Sept. , Oct. - Dec.
2001: Jan. - Mar. , Apr.-July , Aug. - Dec.
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July , Aug. – Dec.
2003
China's "Peaceful
Ascendancy" By Yoichi
Funabashi
(YaleGlobal, 19 December 2003) Despite its new found economic and military
muscle, China promises to be a good neighbor and global citizen, not a
threat.
Beijing's Diplomatic Victory
May Backfire By Ching
Cheong
(Straits Times, Dec. 13, 2003) Wen has charmed the Americans but the public
humiliation for Taiwan may harden separatist feelings on the island.
China's Strategy: Peaceful
Ascendancy By Yoichi
Funabashi
(Asahi Shimbun, Dec. 3, 2003) There is no doubt that 'the rise of China' will
be a historic event comparable to or even greater than that of post-war Japan.
But what kind of country will it rise to become?
Beijing Not Amused by
'Shaheen-Speak' By Roger
Mitton
(Straits Times, Nov. 29, 2003) With Chinese-Taiwanese rhetoric heating up,
the outspoken official who handles US-Taiwan ties finds herself in the middle
of a verbal war.
Tiny Republic Embraces
Taiwan, and China Feels Betrayed By Philip P. Pan (Washington Post, Nov. 27, 2003) At stake is a fundamental tenet
of Chinese foreign policy -- the "one China" principle -- as well
as the future of a satellite tracking base on Kiribati's main atoll.
Taiwan Must Cool It
(Editorial, Straits Times, Nov. 22, 2003) The
surest way to raise tensions across the Taiwan Strait is for Taiwanese
President Chen Shui-bian to beat the drums for independence.
China and Taiwan Step Up
pressure in Fight over Pacific Nation
(AFP, Nov. 17, 2003) A tiny Pacific nation has
become the only place in the world where the embassies of Taiwan and China
both fly flags as they fight an increasingly bitter struggle for power and
influence.
China's Improving Image
Challenges U.S. in Asia By Philip P. Pan
(Washington Post, Nov. 15, 2003) China is building a new reputation among its
neighbors as a responsible regional power and an essential engine of Asian
economic growth.
U.S. Waiting for PRC Reading
on Taiwan Reforms, Experts Say
(Taiwan News, Nov. 13, 2003) China's opinions
over President Chen Shui-bian's proposals to found a new constitution and
enact referendum legislation would determine the U.S. government's attitude
toward the two concepts.
How China Is Building An
Empire By Michael
Vatikiotis and Murray Hiebert (Far Eastern
Economic Review, Nov. 20, 2003) With its booming economic power as its
overseas spearhead, China is now moving stealthily toward establishing a
common Southeast Asian security community, possibly at the expense of U.S.
power and influence in the region.
Taiwan May Gain More Freedom
by Not Pushing for It By Janadas
Devan (Straits Times, Oct. 31, 2003)
In foreign affairs, sentiment does not weigh heavily in comparison with the
realities of power, economics and history.
Ignorance Is No Longer Bliss
for China By Frank
Ching
(Japan Times, Oct. 27, 2003) Chinese leaders need to adopt more sophisticated
ways of dealing with their people than simply trying to keep them ignorant of
"bad news."
Scholars Score China's,
Taiwan's Leaders
(Taipei Times, Oct. 26, 2003) International
experts yesterday rated the performance of eight powerful men. Hu Jintao was
the overall winner, with 92 points. Chiang Ching-kuo, with 89 points.
Taiwan Power Rivals Must Win
or Perish By Kanako
Takahara
(Japan Times, Oct. 24, 2003) Both the DPP and KMT are desperate to win since
either camp faces the possibility of a breakup if it loses the March 20
election.
NGOs Keep Diplomacy on Track By Dennis Hickey
(Taipei Times, Oct. 20, 2003) Taiwan has changed dramatically since the
lifting of martial law and the nation's accompanying democratization. So,
too, has Taiwan's foreign policy.
The Big Message Behind
China's Space Effort By Richard
Stenger
(CNN.com, Oct. 17, 2003) Risky achievement could bring economic benefits. The
series of planned missions during the next decade may actually lead to
significant economic benefits.
Milestone for China: Dragon
Has Landed By Joseph Kahn
(New York Times, Oct. 16, 2003) The technology is vintage Kennedy and
Khrushchev, but China's seemingly successful effort to put a man into orbit is
a sign that it intends to become a peer of the United States.
President Bush Faces a
Skeptical Asia By Elizabeth
Economy and Adam Segal (International Herald Tribune, Oct. 16, 2003) President George W.
Bush's Asia team has its work cut out for it. It must now craft a message for
the president to take with him to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
meeting this weekend.
China Ready for Leap Into
Orbit By John Pomfret
(Washington Post, Oct. 9, 2003) China is counting
down to the launch of a man into Earth orbit, which would fulfill what
Chinese officials say is a long-held dream for the emerging world power and
make it the third country to embark on manned spaceflight.
A Diminishing Role in World
Affairs By Robert
Sutter
(Taipei Times, Oct. 7, 2003) Beijing is more determined than ever to isolate Taiwan from
official international interchange as part of a broader effort to press
Taiwan's government to come to terms on unification in ways acceptable to
China.
Book Fight Turns Up a
Beijing Weak Spot By Tom Plate
(Japan Times, Oct. 2, 2003) In this Internet age,
the Stalinist boot-on-brain technique of control just doesn't cut it,
particularly in the vital realm of ideas and political opinions.
Beijing Faces Winter of
Discontent By Willy Lam
(CNN.com, Sep. 30, 2003) A major goal of the anti-terrorist exercises held in
different Chinese cities last week is to prevent outbreaks of urban violence
perpetrated by disgruntled workers and peasants.
China: Petitioning the
Emperor By Melinda
Liu and Anthony Kuhn
(Newsweek, Sep. 29, 2003) A diverse group of China’s aggrieved are descending
on Beijing to protest official corruption. But what has the party really
fretting is that they’re starting to link up.
China Is Taiwan's Sustenance
-- and Scourge By Bruce
Einhorn
(BusinessWeek, Sep. 18, 2003) As the island's economy becomes more dependent
on the mainland, the Taipei government sees an unrelenting military threat.
U.S. Said Key to China
Policy
(Washington Times, Sep. 18, 2003) The
ideological, military and political face-off between Beijing and Taipei is
taking place not across the Taiwan Straits, but in Washington, says a senior
Taiwanese official responsible for China policy.
The Security Environment in
East Asia By Chen Pi-Chao
(Taipei Times, Sep 12, 2003) Relative peace and security in the region has
allowed unprecedented economic growth. But the peace could be shattered by
North Korea's nuclear weapons and an increasingly hostile and expansionist
China.
New Crisis in the Taiwan
Strait? By Shelley Rigger
(Foreign Policy Research Institute, Sep. 5, 2003) With U.S.-ROC-
Sino relations in precarious balance, why did
Taiwanese
politicians introduce a proposal they knew would shake that
equilibrium? And how should the U.S. respond?
China Seen Having to Deal with
Chen, If He's Re-elected
(Taiwan News, Sep. 2, 2003) China will not
radically change their policy towards Taiwan regardless of whether President
Chen Shui-bian is re-elected next March or supplanted by the
"pan-blue" ticket.
Taiwan's Shrinking
International Options
(Editorial, China Post, Aug. 22, 2003) The recent
slight on Vice President Annette Lu by the cancellation of a visit to Boeing
in Seattle shows just how far the reach of the mainland Chinese government
stretches.
China: National Interest =
Foreign Policy By Jaewoo
Choo
(Asia Times, Aug. 20, 2003) Since the announcement by China that it
would host six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear problem, there has
been growing speculation on why Beijing has decided to strengthen its
diplomatic efforts on the Korea issue.
Dirty-Laundry List Could Do
China a Big Favor By Tom Plate
(Straits Times, Aug. 16, 2003) Behind the facade of the emerging giant, just
how fragile is China? A provocative book, published in the United States,
raises serious questions about China's future.
Taiwan Getting Some
Recognition as Its Own Country By Charles
Snyder (Taipei Times, Aug. 9, 2003) US President
George W. Bush's National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice has referred to
Taiwan as a "country," in a reference that equated Taiwan with
other nations such as Germany and Japan.
The Future of Liberalism in
China By James A. Dorn
(Washington Times, Aug. 7, 2003) There is no doubt China's economic
liberalization has been highly successful. But institutional
incompatibilities between state planning and the market still exist,
especially in the financial sector.
A New Face on China's
Foreign Policy
(Business Week, Aug. 4, 2003) China expert Kenneth Lieberthal says unlike
President Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao "quickly gets down to business."
Less than five months into his presidency, Chinese leader Hu Jintao is playing
an active role on the international stage.
Interests, Not Morals,
Behind Move to Back US By Richard
Halloran
(Straits Times, July 21, 2003) Two journeys to Tokyo last week have underscored
the forging of a new, albeit informal, triple alliance comprising Japan,
Australia and Britain that stands alongside the United States in the war on
terror.
US Dreams of Asian NATO
(People’s Daily, July 20, 2003) The United States is designing a NATO-like multilateral military
mechanism for Asia to better serve its own strategic interests.
Free-Trade Agreements:
China's Tight Embrace
(Far Eastern Economic Review, July 17, 2003) A proliferation of free-trade
agreements in Asia has the business community turning giddy with the prospect
of open markets and more efficient production. But superpower machinations
could overshadow the benefits as China deploys economic diplomacy in a bid
for regional primacy.
Free-Trade Agreements:
Taiwan's Turn?
(Far Eastern Economic Review, July 17, 2003) Calls are growing in Washington
and elsewhere for freer trade between the U.S. and Taiwan. A Taiwan-United States
free-trade pact would be as much for political motives as economic.
US-Taiwan Friendship Still
Strong By
Dennis
Hickey
(Taipei Times, June 26, 2003) It is likely that bilateral ties will continue
to strengthen in the future. After all, this has been the trend for over two
decades .
Lobby Shop Forges Ties With
Taiwan
(Washington Post, June 26, 2003) About 12 members of Taiwan's Legislative
Yuan, including its president, or speaker, Wang Jin-pyng, met with the House
Taiwan Caucus at the Capitol. Behind the scenes helping to organize the
meeting were the lobbyists of Cassidy & Associates.
Washington Losing Trust in
Chen Shui-Bian's Govt By Lawrence Chung (Straits Times, June 25,
2003) Opposition to a vote on nuclear power plant points to a growing split
with Taiwan as US tries to maintain good ties with China.
Taiwan Scholars Urge Closer
US, Japan Ties as Means to Join UN
(Taiwan News, June 17, 2003) Taiwan should quit pursuing small, volatile
diplomatic allies but strive to befriend the United States and Japan in its
attempt to lift its global stature.
US Policy Toward Taiwan
Swings to the Middle
(People’s Daily, June 13, 2003) After traversing a roundabout course, the
Bush administration's Taiwan policy has by and large moved back to the policy
of the previous six governments, but it still retains its own color.
Hu's Coming Out Party is
Tipped for Success
(Reuters, May 29, 2003) China's President Hu Jintao faces a test of his
fledgling diplomatic skills as he embarks this week on a four-nation tour he
will use to repair the damage to the country's image caused by the cover-up
of the SARS outbreak.
Coping with American Power By Amitav Acharya
(Japan Times, May 3, 2003) What remains really uncertain now is how the U.S.
will use its postwar clout to create and manage international and regional
order. The U.S. approach will shape the stability of Asia.
China Will Pay Dearly for
the SARS Debacle By Bates
Gill
(International Herald Tribune, Apr. 22, 2003) Beijing's evasive and tardy
response to the challenge of the SARS virus reflects very poorly on China's international
standing, undermines its economic prospects and bodes ill for combating other
infectious diseases.
China's Bureaucracy: A
Virus's Best Friend By Francesco
Sisci
(Asia Times, Apr. 22, 2003) Beijing's evolving attitude toward SARS is a
prime example of the flaws in the Chinese political system.
China Acting More as Player
Than Challenger of Global Rules
(Straits Times, Apr. 22, 2003) China is a status quo power that has generally
played by the 'rules of the game', contrary to the hawkish view that it is a
'smoking gun' posing a challenge to international order and norms, said
Professor Alastair Iain Johnston.
Leadership: How to Fail The
People By Susan V. Lawrence
(Far Eastern Economic Review, Apr. 24, 2003) The new leaders promised better,
but did worse than their elders in their first big crisis. In this fiasco,
the economy and the well-being of foreigners seem more important than public
health.
China's Deadliest Plague:
Authoritarianism By Mark
Clifford
(Business Weeks, Apr. 18, 2003) Beijing's ham-fisted handling of the SARS
crisis demonstrates why democratic reform is a matter of life and death.
A Reticent China Undercuts
Its Milder New Image By Joseph
Kahn
(NYT, Apr. 18, 2003) China's restrictions on
information about a highly infectious respiratory illness has undermined five
years of diplomacy intended to alter its image as a prickly regional power
and to improve relations with neighboring countries.
What Can We Learn from the
War? By Arthur Ding
(Taipei Times, Apr. 18, 2003) Iraq may also serve as an example to Taiwan. As
the nation continues to democratize and the transfer of political power becomes
more routine, the relationship between civilian and military leaders has
become increasingly delicate.
Iraq War Hands Lessons to
China By Willy Lam
(CNN.com, Apr. 15, 2003) The Chinese leadership's assessment of the war in
Iraq is focused on two issues: the impending North Korean crisis, and chinks
in the American armor that have been exposed in the heated campaign.
China: Learning from Iraq By Ellis Joffe
(International Herald Tribune, Apr. 14, 2003) As Chinese military analysts
look at the implications of the Iraq war for China: astonishment at America's
high-tech weaponry and apprehension at China's relative backwardness.
Beijing Stumbles over N.
Korea and Sars By Tom Plate
(Straits Times, Apr. 12, 2003) Lately the Chinese government has made two
monster blunders that uncomfortably reopen the question of whether China has
made all that much progress after all.
Taiwan President Sets Up
'Citizens' Academy' By Lawrence
Chung
(Straits Times, Apr. 2, 2003) Ketagalan Academy, 'the classroom for all citizens'
is like no other academic institution in Taiwan. And it will serve as a
cradle for training people for Mr Chen's talent-short government.
Why War Is Reviving Spirit
of Mao By Willy Lam
(CNN.com, Apr. 1, 2003) "Saddam Hussein is a good student of Mao
Zedong's," so goes a popular saying in Beijing. Mao's defense-related
theories such as "people's warfare" and "sustained
warfare" have made a surprising comeback.
The Rise of the
Neo-Conservatives By Janadas
Devan
(Straits Times, Mar. 30, 2003) The underlying idea was that the US could
'shape', not just react, to the world, using its overwhelming military and economic
might to create conditions conducive to American values and interests.
War Poses a Double Dilemma
for China By Jasper
Becker
(International Herald Tribune, Mar. 28, 2003) The war in Iraq puts China's
leadership in an uncomfortable position on two key security issues, North
Korea and Taiwan.
Taiwan Walks the Razor's
Edge By Robert Sutter
(Taipei Times, Mar. 26, 2003) The rapid rise of China's power and influence
in world affairs, especially around her periphery in Asia, prompts a steady
stream of commentary warning of PRC efforts to push the US out of Asia and
achieve dominance.
Multilateral Path Is Best
Taiwan Option
(Editorial, Taiwan News, Mar. 24, 2003) The brewing controversy over how
Taiwan should react to the United States and United Kingdom - led strike on
Iraq may test the maturity of our fledgling democracy and its ability to
conduct serious debate on how to best safeguard our national interests and
security.
When Silence Is Best
(Editorial, Taipei Times, Mar. 24, 2003) Taiwan cannot stand alone against
the huge threat across the Taiwan Strait.
Fashionable criticisms of US unilateralism are, therefore, of no
interest to Taiwan.
China Faces Lack of Oil
Reserve By Keith Bradsher
(New York Times, Mar. 22, 2003) China's booming economy depends increasingly
on oil — more than one-third of its supply now comes from abroad, mainly from
the Persian Gulf — and the lack of a reserve is a national worry.
China Goes Down with UN
Defeat By Francesco Sisci
(Asia Times, Mar. 21, 2003) UN now is no longer what it used to be, and it will no longer
be, and China's bet on this organization has come up short.
China Works to Put
Astronauts in Orbit By Joseph Kahn
(New York Times, Mar. 14, 2003) Even as Americans question the purpose of
manned space flight after the loss of the space shuttle Columbia, the world's
newest space power, China, is recreating the glory days of Apollo.
Is Taiwan an Ungrateful Ally
to US? By Trung Latieule
(Taipei Times, Mar. 13, 2003) Repeated US demands that Taiwan complete the
purchase of the arms package Washington agreed to sell in April 2001
highlight the ambiguous nature of the relations between the two countries.
China Moves to Head Off
Energy Crisis
(AFP, Mar. 10, 2003) Scarce mineral and energy resources pose a threat to
China's booming economy and the country is seeking to tap new energy sources
amid the looming threat of war in the Middle East.
China Keeps Iraq Issue at a
Distance from Its People
(AP, Mar. 8, 2003) Government-run national news reports in recent days have
started to feature some stories about the tension over Iraq, but in some ways
China remains as isolated as ever from outside events.
An Analysis of China's
Policy on Iraq Issue
(People’s Daily, Mar. 4, 2003) China's policy and stance on the Iraq issue
can be summed up as "one principle", "two propositions"
and "three demands". "One principle" means solving the
Iraq issue peacefully.
Excluding Taiwan from the
World's View By Daniel
Lynch
(Taipei Times, Mar. 03, 2003) Amazingly, the UN Human Development Report 2002
doesn't even mention the word "Taiwan," despite the fact that the
report's major theme is "deepening democracy in a fragmented
world."
China: Partner, Rival or
Both? By Daniel Altman
(New York Times, Mar. 2, 2003) China's economic firepower is real, and
growing fast. It will inevitably affect the American economy. There is some
truth in the alarmists' warnings, but they hardly tell the whole story.
China Determined Not To Let
U.N. Become Ineffective
(Stratfor.com, Feb. 19, 2003) China is seeking to reinforce the importance
and centrality of the United Nations to the international system at a time
when the United States appears to be pulling away from not only the United
Nations, but even NATO.
China's Dilemma in Tackling
N. Korea Crisis By Yu Bin
(Straits Times, Feb. 18, 2003) As the stand-off between Washington and
Pyongyang continues, the Bush administration grows impatient with China and
its perceived inability or reluctance to pressure its North Korean
''comrade''.
China, North Korea and the
Congo
(Editorial, Washington Times, Feb. 17, 2003) So now, it seems, China will
commit troops to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Congo. The
contribution marks China's biggest overseas operation since the U.N. effort
in Cambodia a decade ago.
Peking Duct Tape By Thomas L. Friedman
(New York Times, Feb. 16, 2003) After a recent U.N. session on the Iraq
crisis, I asked a Bush aide how China was behaving. "The Chinese?"
the official said. "They don't think they have a dog in this
fight."
Taiwan Depends on US Support By Lin Wen-Cheng
(Taipei Times, Jan. 30, 2003) Bush administration's cross-strait policy over
the last two years has embraced both continuity and change. The promotion of
Taiwan-US relations does not rest on a deterioration in Sino-US relations.
Relations Between
U.S.-Taiwan at Two-Decade High: Top Envoy
(China Post, Jan. 29, 2003) Taipei's Representative to the United States C.J.
Chen is reported to have commented, that U.S.-Taiwan relations are the best
they have been since Washington terminated diplomatic relations with the
island in favor of Beijing in 1979.
Mainland Sees Risks, Costs
of Military Option: Scholar By Chris
Cockel
(China Post, Jan. 19, 2003) “(Mainland China has) begun to see the negative
risks and costs of the military instrument, particularly in the Taiwan
Strait,” stated Harry Harding.
Chinese Space Plan a
Domestic Political Necessity By Jason
Leow
(Straits Times, Jan. 17, 2003) The prestige of the Chinese Communist Party is
tied with the quest to put a man on the Moon. It's a matter of not losing face.
Fighting China for
Recognition, Taiwan Sometimes Resorts to Desperate Measures By William Foreman
(Associated Press, Jan. 16, 2003) When Taiwan's first lady received an
"International Excellence in Leadership Award" from three Canadian
groups, it looked like a small but important victory for the tiny island's
desperate campaign for world recognition.
China's Chance
to Sharpen
Its Diplomacy By Philip C. Saunders and Jing-Dong Yuan
(Japan Times, Jan. 12, 2003) The looming crisis on the Korean Peninsula poses
a major test for Chinese diplomacy. To do so, Beijing must abandon its
traditional passive posture in favor of a more active role.
No Room for Thoughtful
Patriot in China By Frank Ching
(Japan Times, Jan. 5, 2003) China's release of prominent dissident Xu Wenli on
Christmas Eve was a welcome gesture, but not much more than a gesture.
Can Chinese Diplomacy Turn
Over a New Card? By Tom Plate
(Straits Times, Jan. 4, 2003) Is China's foreign policy deck of cards now all
negotiation and diplomacy rather than shrill confrontation and bizarre
reclusiveness?
Chinese Space Effort
Challenges Russia and U.S. By Joseph Kahn
(New York Times, Jan. 3, 2003) Even as the United States and Russia grow
cautious about the cost of exploring other worlds, China is taking the first
steps to challenging their longtime pre-eminence in space.
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