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Weekly Report from Taiwan Security Research (Jan. 4, 2009) For full text, click on the title or visit the TSR web page at taiwansecurity.org Ma Warns of Rivalry with China Negotiations Over WHA Meeting
Ongoing, Ma Says China Suggests Talks with Taiwan China Urges Taiwan’s DPP to
Ditch Independence Bid Taiwan
Calls for New Ties Obama
Moves to Counter China in Space with Pentagon-NASA Link (Bloomberg, Jan. 2, 2009) President-elect Barack
Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between
the Cracks in
U.S.-China Relations Are Widening Again in Crisis China-US
Ties at New Historical Starting Point By Dai Bingguo Economic
Crisis May Strain U.S.-China Relations By Emma Graham-Harrison (Reuters, Dec. 31, 2008) Analysts say a more
aggressive U.S. stance, particularly on trade, risks testing delicate
relations amid rapidly rising unemployment and a gloomy economic
outlook in both countries. Air, Sea
Defense Are Indispensable: Ma MND
Unmoved by PRC Missile Report Indicted
Taiwan Ex-President Returns to Jail Taiwan
Welcomes China Response to ‘Truce’ MOFA
Mulls Easing Rules on Meeting Chinese Officials As
Trade Slows, China Rethinks Its Growth Strategy By Keith Bradsher (New York Times, Jan. 1, 2009) Particularly
noteworthy have been the Chinese government’s steps to help labor-intensive
sectors like garment production, one of the industries China has been
trying to move away from in an effort to climb the ladder of economic
development. Papua
New Guinea and China’s New Empire By Geoffrey York China
Braces for a Turbulent 2009 Army
Phone Links China and Russia Vietnam
and China Demarcate Land Border India
Rebuffs China’s Bid to Play Peace ‘Broker’ By Indrani Bagchi Shaking
Up the Boardroom at World Government Inc. By James Traub (New York Times, Jan. 3, 2009) The world governing structures
date from World War II’s end, when the
victors enjoyed a monopoly on economic and political power, and the
state system seemed impregnable. We no longer live in such a world. |