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2003 - 2004
Schriver Blacklists 'Taipei
Times'
(Taipei Times, Dec 30, 2004) A senior State Department official has notified
the Taipei Times that he will no longer speak to the newspaper's Washington
correspondent in retaliation for a Times editorial which called Powell a
"sorry wreck of a once principled man."
Taipei-U.S. Ties at 'Run-In'
Stage: Top Security Official
(China Post, Dec. 26, 2004)
Taiwan's top
security official said Taipei and
Washington had trimmed their
differences and entered the "run-in" stage, dismissing recent talks
that the relations between the two governments were at their lowest ebb.
To Restore U.S. Status,
Asian Newspapers Urge a New Foreign Policy (AFP, Nov. 5, 2004)
President George W. Bush's re-election was greeted by newspapers in Asia
with calls for Washington to
overhaul its foreign policy to restore the United
States' standing in the region.
DPP Sees Bush Victory as a
Boost to US-Taiwan Ties
(CNA, Nov. 5, 2004) US
President George W. Bush's re-election will be beneficial to the
consolidation of Taipei-Washington relations and US
support for Taiwan,
DPP officials said.
US Vote Not Expected to
Change Support for Taiwan
(Taipei Times, Nov. 04, 2004) Although some pro-Taiwan stalwarts have retired
or failed in their bids for re-election in the House and Senate races, it is
unlikely that the status quo will change.
Ex-U.S. Official Mulls
Vote's Impact on Taiwan
(Taiwan News, Nov. 3, 2004) Kenneth Lieberthal suggested that the U.S.
government's cross-strait policy would remain the same if Democratic
presidential candidate John Kerry wins the election, while noting that the
Bush administration has been adopting a increasing tougher policy toward
Taiwan.
Chen Foresees No Policy
Change after Poll
(Taiwan News, Nov. 3, 2004) President Chen Shui-bian stated that the policy
of the United States government toward Taiwan and the People's Republic of
China will not change regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election.
Taiwan 'Risks Further
Isolation'
(AP, Nov. 1, 2004) Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou has accused Taiwanese leaders of
seeking to politicise simple economic moves that could further isolate the
island from the world.
Chen Sues Lawmakers, Radio
Host
(AP Press, Oct. 22, 2004) President Chen filed libel lawsuits against two
opposition lawmakers and a popular radio talk show host who alleged he gave
US$1 million to former Panamanian president.
Taiwan Denies Plutonium
Testing
(AP, Oct. 15, 2004) Taiwan denied that the island's nuclear weapons programme
- abandoned in the 1980s - involved experimenting with separating plutonium.
Taiwan Conducted Plutonium
Experiments
(AP, Oct. 14, 2004 ) The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency has found that Taiwan's
experiments with plutonium extended up to the mid-1980s, diplomats said
Wednesday, uncovering a key detail about the country's now-abandoned nuclear
weapons program.
Taiwan May Have Experimented
With Atomic Bomb Ingredient
(NYT, Oct. 14, 2004) Taiwan may have carried out plutonium separation
experiments in the mid-1980's, taking its nuclear program a step further than
previously disclosed, The Associated Press reported Wednesday from Vienna.
Taiwan FM Says No Plan to
Apologize to Singapore for 'Booger' Comment (AFP, Sep. 29, 2004)
Taiwan Foreign Minister Chen Tan-sun has said he has no plan to apologize to
Singapore for derisively calling the small city-state "a country the
size of a booger".
China Says It Won't Suffer
Taiwan Meddling
(AP, Sep. 28, 2004) China warned that it won't tolerate international
interference in Taiwan and said the territory's "separatist
activities" posed a serious threat to the region.
Taiwan Minister in
Damage-Control US Visit over Spy Case: Report (AFP, Sep. 19, 2004)
Taiwan is sending its foreign minister to the United States in a
damage-control visit after a US government official was accused of passing
documents to Taiwanese agents.
Former Powell Aide Denies
Spy Charge, Associates Say
(NYT, Sep. 18, 2004) A former senior State Department official at the center
of accusations over possible Taiwanese espionage has told associates that he
never passed any classified information to contacts from Taiwan, the associates
said.
Taiwan Denies Wrongdoing in
Ex-U.S. Diplomat Meetings
(Reuters, Sep. 17, 2004) Premier Yu Shyi-kun said that Taiwan intelligence
officers had held secret dealings with a former senior U.S. diplomat but
denied that the government had committed any wrongdoing.
Powell Aide Gave Papers To
Taiwan, FBI Says
(WP, Sep. 16, 2004) A former high-ranking State Department official who is
one of the nation's leading experts on China passed documents to Taiwanese
intelligence agents and was charged yesterday with concealing a trip to
Taiwan.
Taiwan Loses UN Bid for 12th
Year
(AP, Sep. 16, 2004) Taiwan lost its bid for representation in the United
Nations for the 12th year, with no country objecting to the General Assembly
president's call to reject a request from the island's supporters to place
the issue before the world body's 191 member states.
Chen Emphasizes Need for
Regional Democratization
(Taiwan News, Aug. 29, 2004) The timetables set forth for democratization in
Taiwan, China and Hong Kong, rather than Beijing's calls for reunification,
would emerge as the major benchmarks for development in the 21st century,
President Chen Shui-bian said.
Premier Yu Stops Over in
Okinawa
(Taiwan News, Aug. 26, 2004) Premier Yu Shyi-kun became the most senior
Taiwan government official to step on Japanese soil in over three decades and
the first Taiwan premier ever to visit Japan as Typhoon Aere forced his China
Airlines flight to land in Naha, Okinawa.
Taiwan Runs Advertisements
Promoting Nation at Athens
(Taiwan News, Aug. 13, 2004) Despite Chinese oppression and the Athens Olympic
Organizing Committee's fretting, Taiwan is scheduled to run its publicity
campaign on CNN's European edition.
Lu Asks A-Mei to Choose
Sides
(China Post, Aug. 7, 2004) Vice President Annette Lu asked the island's top
pop diva Chang Hui-mei, also known as A-Mei, who just had a concert in
Beijing last month, to make a tough political choice between China and
Taiwan.
Kerry Vows to Maintain Arms
Sales
(Taipei Times, Aug. 4, 2004) US Democratic presidential candidate Senator
John Kerry and his vice presidential running mate, Senator John Edwards, have
pledged to continue to supply Taiwan with defensive weapons if they are
elected.
China in Fresh Taiwan 'Spy'
Arrest
(Associated Press, July 28, 2004) China has arrested a Chinese-born American
citizen on charges of spying on Beijing's diplomats in the United States for
rival Taiwan.
Taiwan's Allies to Be
Excluded from Chinese Aid Plan
(AFP, July 7, 2004) Developing countries that have formal diplomatic ties
with Taiwan can forget about participating in a new China-sponsored
development program, a ranking Chinese official said.
US Asked to Beef Up Taiwan's
Defense under One-China Policy Review (AFP,
June 17, 2004) The US government was asked to beef up Taiwan's defence
against possible attack from China as Congress debated an independent report
seeking a revamp of Washington's one-China policy.
Taipei Denies Funding
Chinese Dissidents
(AP, May 28, 2004) Taiwan's spy agency dismissed
allegations that the island was financing Chinese dissidents to create an
espionage network.
Taiwan's Vice President to
Make US Stopover Visits
(AFP, May 26, 2004) Taiwan's Vice President
Annette Lu is to make stopover visits to the United States for expected
meetings with lawmakers en route to Latin America.
Most Taiwanese Oppose Troop
Deployment to Iraq, Shows Poll
(Taiwan News, May 26, 2004) A public opinion poll
indicated overwhelming opposition among Taiwanese adults to such a deployment
to the war-torn Middle East nation.
China Rejects Wider
Elections For Hong Kong
(WP, Apr. 27, 2004) China declared that it would
not allow Hong Kong to elect its next chief executive in 2007 or to expand
legislative elections in 2008.
New Constitution DDP's Next
Goal, Chen Tells Congress
(China Post, Apr. 11, 2004) President Chen
Shui-bian said the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's next goals are to
become the majority in parliament after the year-end elections, and to make a
new Constitution for the nation in 2006.
Taiwan Loses Dominica as
Ally Amid Political Turmoil
(China Post, Mar. 31, 2004) Taiwan severed its
two-decade diplomatic relations with the Commonwealth of Dominica after the
Caribbean island state recently switched its recognition to China.
Al-Qaeda Had Its Sights on
Taiwan
(Taipei Times, Jan. 6, 2004) Taiwan has been in
the sights of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist organization at least four
times since August, the National Security Bureau revealed.
Envoy Says Taiwan-U.S. Ties
Enter 'Unprecedented' State
(Taiwan News, Dec. 30, 2003) Entering an
"unprecedented" period in its bilateral relationship with the
United States, Taiwan must clearly distinguish between its own national
interests and those of its longtime supporter, Taiwan's top diplomat in
Washington told the Legislative Yuan.
Taiwan Denies Arrests of Its
Spies
(AFP, Dec. 23, 2003) Taiwan denied a report that
China had uncovered a huge Taiwanese spy ring following the revelation by
President Chen Shui-bian of the exact number of Chinese ballistic missiles
aimed at the island.
China Manned Moon Trip by
2020
(AP, Nov. 30, 2003) China plans to land a human
on the moon by 2020, the country's chief space official said in comments
broadcast by state television.
Two Taiwan Men Arrested for
Spying for China
(Reuters, Nov. 14, 2003) Taiwan has arrested a
military intelligence officer and his retired colleague on charges of spying
for the island's archrival, China.
Powell Chats with Taiwan's
Chen
(AP, Nov. 4, 2003) U.S. Secretary of State Colin
Powell has shaken hands with Taiwan's Chen Shui-bian, becoming the
highest-ranking U.S. official known to have spoken with a Taiwanese president
since 1979.
China Says Taiwan Leader
U.S. Stops May Be Trouble
(Reuters, Oct. 29, 2003) Stopovers in the United
States by Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian could send negative ripples through
Sino-U.S. ties and increase tension between Beijing and Taipei, China said.
Lee Teng-hui Testifies
Against Soong
(Straits Times, Oct. 23, 2003) Ex-president's
testimony is seen as an attempt to destroy politically the man he once handpicked
to be his successor.
President Hu Talks about
Taiwan, SARS, RMB
(People’s Daily, Oct. 22, 2003) The two sides of
the Taiwan Straits should engage in dialogue on the basis of the one-China
principle, President Hu Jintao told Lee Yuan-tseh, Taiwan's delegate to the
11th APEC meeting.
Washington: Taiwan, China
Should Not Increase Bilateral Tensions (VOA News, Oct. 8, 2003) Washington says it is urging Taiwan and
China to avoid actions that increase bilateral tensions or make dialogue
harder to achieve -- after Taiwan strongly condemned Beijing's communist
government.
Taiwan to Buy Total of
US$2.7 Billion in U.S. Farm Products
(China Post, Sep. 26, 2003) Taiwan's importers
signed four letters of intent in Washington with the pledge to buy U.S.
agricultural products with a total value of US$2.7 billion in 2004 and 2005.
Taiwan Authorities Condemned
for Tampering with History
(People’s Daily, Sep. 24, 2003) In the newly
compiled syllabus of the history book for senior high school recently
published by Taiwan authorities, which went so far as to include Chinese
history after the mid-term Ming Dynasty all into world history.
Group of 10 US Senators
Launches Taiwan Caucus
(Taipei Times, Sep. 19, 2003) The caucus,
launched in Washington on Wednesday, says it is committed to ensuring Taiwan
can defend itself and that it remains a land of free people.
Taiwan Fails in 11th Annual
Bid for U.N. Seat
(Reuters, Sep. 18, 2003) Taiwan failed on Wednesday in its 11th annual bid to
get a seat at the United Nations, a move that has been blocked every year
since 1993 by archrival China and its allies.
Spy Plane 'Gave Secrets to
China'
(CNN.com, Sep. 12, 2003) Classified material
aboard a U.S. Navy spy plane that collided with a Chinese jet two years ago
was not entirely destroyed by the crew, and likely was retrieved by Chinese
authorities.
Jimmy Carter Nudges China
Toward More Democracy
(Reuters, Sep. 9, 2003) Jimmy Carter applauded
Communist China for direct elections at the village level and said deepening
democracy would not endanger stability or threaten the rule of law.
Signs That China Could
Ratify Test Ban
(AFP, Sep. 4, 2003) Signs that China may soon ratify
a global nuclear test ban brought some hope to a conference on the 1996
treaty as diplomats urged the United States and North Korea to stop blocking
its enforcement.
Taiwanese Celebrate Issue of
Symbolic Passports
(Financial
Times, Sep. 2, 2003) Eugene Chien, Taiwan's foreign
minister, insists the new passports are to ensure Taiwanese are not mistaken
for Chinese citizens by foreign immigration officials or airlines.
China Criticizes Chen's
Remark over Smuggling
(AP, Aug. 29, 2003) China has criticized Taiwan's
president for saying Beijing was responsible for the drowning of six women
who were dumped at sea by people traffickers after their two boats were
spotted by Taiwan's coast guard.
Chen Blames Beijing for
Drownings in Smuggling Tragedy
(China Post, Aug. 28, 2003) President Chen
Shui-bian blamed Beijing for Tuesday's human smuggling tragedy where six
mainland women allegedly pushed into the sea by smugglers drowned.
Brussels Warns Taiwan over
GE's Airbus Engines Contract
(Financial Times, Aug. 22, 2003) The European
Union issued a tough warning to Taiwan that relations between them could be
damaged unless it explained how a lucrative aircraft engine contract was
awarded to General Electric of the US instead of Britain's Rolls-Royce.
Taiwan Boards N Korean Ship
(BBC, Aug. 9, 2003) Taiwanese customs officers have boarded a North
Korean-bound ship at the request of US intelligence authorities, reports say.
Taiwan Steps Up Anti-Spy
Mmeasures
(AFP, Aug. 8, 2003) Taiwanese authorities have taken comprehensive
damage-control measures after uncovering an alleged Chinese spy ring which
might have jeopardized the island's security.
China Refutes Proposal on
'Taiwan's Representation' in UN
(People’s Daily, Aug. 8, 2003) The Chinese government strongly condemned an
11h attempt by a small number of countries to have the so-called issue of
"Taiwan's representation in the United Nations."
Taiwan to Try and Try Again
at UN
(Taipei Times, Aug. 7, 2003) The nation is trying for an 11th time to join
the world body, hoping states that lack diplomatic relations with Taiwan will
support the country's bid.
Prosecutors Nab Suspects
Spying for Mainland China
(China Post, Aug. 6, 2003) Prosecutors and investigators raided the Chungshan
Institute of Science and Technology in an investigation into the possible
leak of highly sensitive anti-submarine intelligence by a middle-rank
technician to China.
China to Try U.S. Scholar as
a Spy
(Reuters, July 29, 2003) A Chinese court has indicted a U.S.-based Chinese
scholar and pro-democracy activist on charges of spying for Taiwan and
illegal entry and will try him behind closed doors.
Taiwan Seeks ASEAN Trade
Link
(Reuters, July 25, 2003) Taiwan has told the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) it wants talks on a free trade agreement, a move likely to be blocked
by China.
Taiwan Denies Delegation to
US on Repair Mission
(AP, July 24, 2003) President Chen Shui-bian said that a high-ranking
Taiwanese delegation's trip to the United States was a routine visit, not an
effort to repair relations with the island's most important friend.
Top Police Administrator
Moves into Intelligence
(Taipei Times, July 7, 2003) Wang Chin-wang was the youngest-ever head of the
National Police Administration. Now he is the first civilian deputy director
of the National Security Bureau.
US Slaps Sanctions on
Chinese, N Korean Firms for Arms Sales to Iran (AFP, July 4, 2003) The United States has imposed sanctions on
five Chinese firms and a North Korean company for arms sales to Iran that it
said could "make a material contribution to weapons of mass destruction
or missiles."
Taiwan's Delegates Taking
Part in Think-Tank Forum
(CNA, June 20, 2003) Minister of Foreign Affairs Eugene Chien left for the US
to attend the 22nd American Enterprise Institute (AEI) World Forum in Beaver
Creek.
China Closes Beijing
Newspaper in Media Crackdown
(WP, June 20, 2003) The Chinese government, apparently fearing the kind of
aggressive reporting that took place during the SARS epidemic and other
recent scandals, has launched a media crackdown.
Foundation Set Up to Enhance
Taiwan's Democracy
(Taiwan News, June 18, 2003) Officials take part in initiative to expand
country's international presence. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced
the establishment of the Taiwan Democracy Foundation.
Passport Update Will Not
Alter U.S. Policy Towards Taiwan
(CNA, June 15, 2003) U.S. State
Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said that the Taiwan authorities'
decision to change the cover of the Republic of China passport has nothing to
do with the United States and will not affect Washington's Taiwan policy.
Taiwanese Passport Move
Denounced
(China Daily, June 14, 2003) Taipei's decision to change its passport design
threatens to become another creeping pro-independence move that will worsen
cross-Straits relations.
Taiwan's Move on New
Passports Set to Irk China
(Financial Times, June 13, 2003) Taiwan will add the name "Taiwan"
on the cover of new passports issued from September 1, the foreign ministry
announced yesterday, in a move that will anger Beijing.
Taiwan-U.S. Ties Not
Affected by Bush-Hu Meeting: FM
(CNA, June 3, 2003) Despite a recent meeting between U. S. President George
W. Bush and mainland Chinese President Hu Jintao, two-way Taiwan-U.S. ties
remain unaffected, Foreign Minister Eugene Chien said.
Taiwan Economy Sound Despite
Pessimism: CEPD
(China Post, May 28, 2003) The Council for Economic Planning and Development
issued the "blue" signal for Taiwan economy for April, the first since
February last year. But it also stressed no need for pessimism because the
economic fundamentals remain sound.
Chen Vows Tough Fight on WTO
Name
(Taipei Times, May 28, 2003) China's attempt to get the name of Taiwan's
representative office to the trade body downgraded must be resisted, the
president said.
WTO Urges Taiwan to Change
Title
(Taipei Times, May 27, 2003) The WTO Secretariat has requested Taiwan's
permanent mission to downgrade its status to the level of an economic and
trade office amid pressure from Beijing.
AmCham Faults Government for
Failing Economy
(Taipei Times, May 21, 2003) The business organization said in its annual
White Paper that the government had rectified only three out of 50 problems
cited in last year's paper.
U.S. to Overtly Back Taiwan
at WHA Summit
(China Post, May 15, 2003) The U.S. delegation will work harder than ever to
help Taiwan obtain observer status in the WHO.
Beijing Fights Taiwan WHO
Entry
(CNN.com, May 14, 2003) Beijing has raised strong objections to international
support for Taiwan's bid to join the World Health Organization as an
observer.
24-hour TV News a Test for
China
(AP, May 2, 2003) The stodgy government broadcaster launched China's first
24-hour news channel, imitating Western models and promising faster, more
thorough coverage.
Taiwan's President Says
China's Political Reforms are 'Phoney'
(AP, Mar. 31, 2003) Taiwan's leader said the communist state's political
system was "phoney" and guilty of a cover-up that allowed a deadly
mystery disease to spread worldwide.
Taiwan Firms Resist Push for
CCP Cells
(Straits Times, Mar. 29, 2003) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is lobbying
to set up party cells in Taiwan-funded companies in southern China, sparking
unease among Taiwanese businessman that the move may be part of China's
'united front' overtures.
US Congress to Discuss
Taiwan
(Taipei Times, Mar. 28, 2003) A bill that reaffirms Washington's commitment
to the Taiwan Relations Act will also include clauses on China's missiles
across the Strait.
President Chen Voices
Support for US
(Taipei Times, Mar. 22, 2003) Chen Shui-bian said the US had supported Taiwan
in the past and that he wished to express his opposition to the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction.
China
Denies Getting Rocket Technology from US Space Firms
(AFP, Mar. 14, 2003) A leading Chinese rocket
scientist denied that China's space program had received sensitive technology
from US firms to improve its Long March carrier rocket, state press said.
Chinese Newspaper Shut After
Call for Reform
(WP, Mar. 14, 2003) The Chinese government today shut
down a newspaper that published an impassioned plea for political reform
along with a critique of past leaders by Mao Zedong's former secretary.
China Tells EU Its Taiwan
Trade Office Should Refrain from Politics
(AFP, Mar. 13, 2003) China expects the European Union's newly-opened trade
office in Taiwan to stick to economics and refrain from political and
diplomatic activities, state media said.
China Sets Sights on Moon
Mission
(CNN.com, Mar. 3, 2003) Chinese space scientists, already believed to be
preparing for the country's first manned space mission later this year, are
setting their sights on the moon.
China Sending Troops As
Congo Peacekeepers
(Washington Post, Feb. 12, 2003) China is poised to dispatch a detachment of
troops on a U.N. peacekeeping mission for the first time in a decade, a sign
of the country's increasing interest in extending its influence overseas.
Beijing Plans Major Cabinet
Restructuring
(Straits Times, Feb. 11, 2003) Number of ministries will be cut in a bid to
downsize the government and bring it in line with a market-oriented economy.
'Taiwan Villages' to Rise in
China's South
(Straits Times, Feb. 9, 2003) Local authorities have given the go-ahead for
the construction of such districts to house the growing number of Taiwanese
businessmen working in the Guangdong province.
Taiwan Students Keen to
Study and Work in China: Survey
(Straits Times, Feb. 4, 2003) Most Taiwan college students would like to
study and work in China, but the majority of them have no plans to find their
future spouses there, according to a recent survey.
China To Go on with Manned
Flight
(Financial Times, Feb. 3, 2003) China has vowed to press on with its
ambitious space programme, which includes plans to become as early as this
year the third country to send an astronaut into orbit.
Taiwan Activists Push Island
Name Change
(Straits Times, Jan. 29, 2003) Pro-independence Taiwan activists are staging
a campaign entitled 'Call Taiwan Taiwan' in the hope of building a consensus
to change the official name of the island.
Chen Warns Asia of Chinese
Threat
(Taipei Times, Jan 18, 2003) China's military buildup is a danger to the
whole region and Taiwan will not succumb to its threats, President Chen
Shui-bian said.
Beijing Attempts to Bar
Taiwan's NGO
(CNA, Jan. 16, 2003) China's representatives to the World Summit on the
Information Society interrupted the society's Asia Regional Conference in
Tokyo for several hours, because they wanted to bar Taiwan's non-governmental
organizations from participating in the meeting.
Legislature Ratifies Law on
National Secrets
(China Post, Jan. 15, 2003) The Legislative Yuan yesterday ratified the National
Secrets Protection Law to prevent the leaking of national secrets and
restrict access to classified secrets for national security purposes.
Beijing Defuses Mass Student
Rally
(CNN.com, Jan. 9, 2003) The top Chinese leadership has intervened to defuse a
large-scale student demonstration in coastal Anhui Province earlier this
week.
Defense Committee Lawmakers
Criticize Military over Secrets
(China Post, Jan. 9, 2003) Three lawmakers on the defense committee,
testifying in a trial of a reporter accused by the military of leaking
secrets, criticized the armed forces.
Retired Aide to Mao Calls
for Progress to Democracy
(New York Times, Jan. 8, 2003) A former secretary to Mao has published a
strikingly forthright call for change in a Beijing magazine this month, the
latest sign of growing demands for open discussion of political reform.
China Plans Manned
Spaceflight in 2003
(BBC, Jan. 2, 2002) China hopes to launch its first
manned spacecraft later this year, a senior official has said. This would make
it only the third country to put humans into space.
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