The long-stalled
relations across the Taiwan Strait has finally seen a thaw, with Beijing agreeing
to a planned groundbreaking visit to mainland China by Taiwan's top
negotiator in mid-October.
The
Beijing-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) sent
a letter to its Taiwan counterpart on Tuesday that C. F. Koo, chairman of the
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) is welcome to visit Beijing and Shanghai
from Oct. 14 to Oct. 19.
Koo and Wang met
for the first time in Singapore in April 1993 to lay a framework for regular
SEF-ARATS dialogue. The second Koo-Wang meeting was originally scheduled for
mid-1995. However, Beijing unilaterally suspended the meeting as well as all
other SEF-ARATS exchanges in retaliation for President Lee's visit to the
United States in June 1995. Beijing considered Lee's US visit as a move to
promote Taiwan independence.(CNA, Sep. 15, 1998)
The Koo-Wang Meeting and
Cross-strait Relations, Mainland Affairs Council
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Beijing Sent Team
to Explain Beijing's Views on Taiwan (Straits Times, Jan. 17, 1999)
Chinese Official
Meets with Taiwan Counterpart (AFP, Jan.15, 1999)
Wang Daohan
Confirms His Visit to Taiwan This Year (CNA, Jan. 9, 1999)
Beijing Concludes
Report on Koo-Jiang Meeting (CNA, Nov. 9, 1998)
Taiwanese Find
Beijing Tougher Than Expected (Reuters, Oct. 30, 1998)
Top Mainland Envoy
May Visit Taiwan Next March (CNA, Oct. 26, 1998)
Premier Says
Cross-Strait Relations Entering New Stage (CNA, Oct. 22, 1998)
Dialogue with
China Should be Continued: Taiwan President (CNA, Oct. 21, 1998)
Taiwan Wants
Constructive, Not Political Talks (Reuters, Oct. 20, 1998)
China, Taiwan
Shipping Links Expand to Shanghai (Reuters, Oct. 20, 1998)
Taiwan Welcomes
Talks But Says China Ignoring Separate State Reality (AFP, Oct. 19,
1998)
China and Taiwan Agree
to Keep Their Discussion Going (New York Times, Oct. 19, 1998)
China, Taiwan
Break Ice, But Road Ahead Bumpy (Reuters, Oct. 19, 1998) "
Koo-Jiang
Meeting Signals New Era in Cross-Strait Ties--No breakthroughs, but frozen
talks back on (Reuters, Oct. 18, 1998)
Koo Says
Mainland's Democratization is Key to Reunification (CNA, Oct. 18,
1998)
Reunification Must
Be Separated from Democracy: Beijing Tells Taipei (AFP, Oct. 18,
1998)
No Deal in
China-Taiwan Talks (AP, Oct. 18, 1998)
Taiwan-China Talks
Produce Optimism (AP, Oct. 17, 1998)
Taiwan Envoy
Lectures China on Democracy (Reuters, Oct. 17, 1998)
Still No Formal
Taiwan-China Talk (AP, Oct. 16, 1998)
US Invisible
Partner in Landmark China-Taiwan Talks (AFP, Oct. 16, 1998)
Taiwan's Top
Negotiator Hails Thawing Ties with China (AFP, Oct. 16, 1998)
Taiwan Envoy
in Beijing for Landmark Talks (Reuters, Oct. 16, 1998)
Optimism,
Differences Mark Day Two of Koo-Wang Talks (AFP, Oct. 15, 1998)
Cordial Atmosphere
Surrounds Dialogue - But is Political Breakthrough in Sight? (BBC,
Oct. 15, 1998)
ARATS Deputy: Koo,
Wang Reach Four-Point Consensus (CNA, Oct. 15, 1998)
Koo Calls for
Solution of Urgent Problems (CNA, Oct. 14, 1998)
Ahead of Landmark
Meeting, China Insists Force Could Still Be Used Against Taiwan (AFP,
Oct. 13, 1998)
European
Parliamentarian Urges Taipei-Beijing Rapprochement (CNA, Oct. 12,
1998)
China,
Taiwan in Highest Level Contact in 50 Years (Reuters, Oct. 11, 1998)
AIT Chief Spells
Out US Expectations for Koo-Wang Talks (CNA, Oct. 9, 1998)
Taiwan
Reiterates Commitment to Reunification But Says Will Not Negotiate Away
Democracy or Freedom (Reuters, Oct. 9, 1998)
China Rules
Out Federation with Taiwan (Reuters, Oct. 8, 1998)
Three Targets
Cited for Koo-Wang Meeting (CNA, Oct. 4, 1998)
Taiwan Cancels
Planned Military Maneuvers in Show of Friendliness to Rival China
(AFP, Oct. 1, 1998)
US Welcomes
Cross-Strait Dialogues (CNA, Sep. 26, 1998)
China
Pressures Taiwan to Discuss Unity (Reuters, Sep. 23, 1998)
Harvey J.
Feldman, America's
Response to the China-Taiwan Talks: Encourage But Don't Interfere
(The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder Executive Summary, No. 1230, Oct. 28,
1998)
Analysis-Tea and
Opera Seal Taiwan-China Ties (Reuters, Oct. 18, 1998)
No Easy
Solution to Cross-Strait Impasse (Reuters, Oct. 15, 1998)
China, Taiwan
Tensions Remain High (Reuters, Oct. 13, 1998)
Ralph A. Cossa, Koo-Wang Talks:
Can the "Use of Force" Dispute be Resolved? (Pacific Forum
CSIS, PacNet #39, October 9, 1998)
Paul S. P. Hsu, Taiwan-Mainland China
Relations: From Negative Isolation to Positive Transformation-An Episode of
History in the 21st Century (Sep. 1998)
Democracy,
Taiwan-China Stumbling Block (Reuters, Oct. 11, 1998)
Yu-Shan Wu, Moving Towards the Center:
Taiwan's Public Opinion and Mainland Policy in Shift (Oct. 1998)
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