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Chen Floats New Strategy for
UN Membership Bid
(Taipei Times, Dec. 6, 2006) President Chen Shui-bian raised the idea of
filing an application to join the UN using the name of Taiwan in his capacity
as national leader.
Bush Told of President
Chen's Vows
(China Post, Nov. 22, 2006) Morris Chang, chairman of the Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., said President Bush expressed concern
about Chen's "four-no" commitments to maintain the status quo
across the Taiwan Strait."
President Chen Wants U.S. to
End Its One-China Policy
(China Post, Aug. 3, 2006) President Chen Shui-bian said he wants a Taiwan
foundation to persuade the U.S. to end its longstanding one China policy and
replace it with a policy that recognizes one China, one Taiwan.
China Marks Army Day with
Warning for Taiwan
(Reuters, Aug. 2, 2006) China
marked "Army Day" with a warning from its defense minister that the
mainland would never tolerate Taiwan
independence, but he stopped short of directly threatening the use of force
against the self-governed island.
KMT Will Not Consider
Unification Until China Democratizes: Ma
(CNA, July
12, 2006) Taiwan's
opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou said Tuesday that even if
his party came to power, it would not consider the option of unification
until China
achieves democratization.
U.S. Welcomes Chen's Renewal
of Promises
(China Post, June 10, 2006) The U.S. yesterday welcomed President Chen
Shui-bian's restating of promises not to push for Taiwan independence or
include sensitive issues touching on the island's sovereignty in his plans
for constitutional reform.
US Envoy Urges Status Quo in
Cross-Strait Ties
(AP, May 20, 2006) An
American envoy in Taiwan
has urged the island to maintain the status quo in its relations with China
and warned that any moves towards formal independence would disrupt stability
across the Taiwan Strait.
US Official Says Taiwan's
Independence Means War for America
(Agence France Presse, May 11, 2006)
Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick warned that if Taiwan
declares independence, the United States
would be drawn into a war between the island and China.
Taiwan Says Beijing Offer
'Poison,' Snubs 'One China Principle'
(AFP, Apr. 17, 2006) Taiwan's ruling party has rejected a new peace overture
from China as "poison" aimed at undermining the island's government
and leading to eventual reunification with the mainland.
Hu Seeks
Bush Backing on Taiwan
(Reuters, Apr.
7, 2006) Chinese President Hu Jintao flies to Washington
this month facing squalls over trade, but -- for him -- the visit's success
may hang on securing words from President George W. Bush on another volatile
issue: Taiwan.
50% back
'1 China, Different Interpretations'
(China Post, Apr.
6, 2006) A little less than half of Taiwan's
public support the concept of "one China,
different interpretations", a survey conducted by the China Times
revealed yesterday.
Ma Cites Chen's 'Five Noes'
as His Definition of Status Quo
(China Post, Mar. 26, 2006)
Kuomintang Chairman Ma Ying-jeou has cited President Chen Shui-bian's
"five noes" promise as his definition of the cross-strait status
quo.
U.S. Urges Taiwan to Honor Cross-Strait
Pledges
(CNA, Mar. 16, 2006) A
U.S. State Department official repeated Washington's
expectation that Taiwan
will stick to its commitments with regard to the country's cross-Taiwan
Strait policy.
Defiant Leader of Taiwan
Scraps Unification Panel With China
(New York Times, Feb. 27, 2006)
Defying warnings from Beijing and
Washington, President Chen
declared in a televised address that the National Unification Council
"will cease to function," and that Taiwan's
national unification guidelines "will cease to apply."
Taiwan Eliminates
Reunification Council
(Washington Post, Feb. 27, 2006) Defying warnings from China and the United
States, Taiwan eliminated its National Unification Council, saying only the
Taiwanese people can decide whether they want to rejoin the mainland.
KMT Chairman Urges President
Not to Destroy Taiwan-U.S. Trust (Central News Agency, Feb.
27, 2006) Oopposition Kuomintang Chairman Ma Ying-jeou urged the
president not to destroy the long-standing trust between Taiwan
and the U.S.
Singapore Opposes Any Moves
by Taiwan to Change Status Quo (AFP,
Feb. 25, 2006) Singapore
said yesterday it opposed "unilateral" moves in Taiwan
to scrap guidelines for reunification with mainland China.
US Says Taiwan Should Not
Harm Regional Stability
(AFP, Feb. 24, 2006) The United States urged Taiwan against endangering
stability in the region after the island's ruling pro-independence party
endorsed scrapping guidelines for reunification with China.
Chen Warned Not to Pursue
Secession
(China Daily, Feb. 23, 2006)
Chen Yunlin, minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council,
called the Taiwan
leader's scheme "a dangerous sign of escalation of Taiwan
secessionist activities."
DPP Resolves to Call for
Abolition of NUC
(China Post, Feb. 23, 2006)
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party adopted a resolution , calling for
the abolition of the National Unification Council and the National
Unification Guidelines.
Taiwan's Pro-Independence
Chen Snubs US: Paper
(Reuters, Feb. 22, 2006) Taiwan,
keen to shake off China's
claim of sovereignty over the island, has snubbed a special U.S.
envoy, refusing to go back on a decision to scrap a policy-making council on
unification.
Taiwan-China Status Quo
Should Stay Same, says Ma
(Taiwan News, Feb. 20, 2006) Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou insisted morning
that Taiwan should maintain the status quo with China and stop fighting over
the unification vs. independence issue.
MAC Likens NUGs to
Anti-Secession Law
(China Post, Feb. 12, 2006) Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Joseph Wu
yesterday likened the National Unification Guidelines (NUGs) to China's
anti-secession law designed to legitimize military actions against Taiwan
should Taipei declare independence.
Ma Pushes 'Status Quo' in
Article
(Taipei Times, Feb. 8, 2006)
Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou said that as neither unification with China
nor independence are likely in the near future, Taiwan
needs a "new" paradigm -- maintaining the status quo.
Chen Promises to 'Do Right
Thing' for Nation
(China Post, Feb. 4, 2006)
President Chen Shui-bian delivered a Chinese New Year wish to the nation,
promising to fulfill his duty of leading the people of Taiwan
to "do right things and walk on the right path".
US to Chen: Please Stop the
Surprises
(Taipei Times, Feb. 4, 2006) A senior State Department official has called on
Taipei to communicate fully with Washington to avoid a repetition of
President Chen Shui-bian's "surprise" Lunar New Year proposal.
DPP Set to Debate Ending
Unification Agency, Guidelines
(Taipei Times, Feb. 3, 2006) A debate to be held next month by the Democratic
Progressive Party (DPP) on policy and the party's future direction will
include President Chen Shui-bian's proposal to abolish the National
Unification Council and unification guidelines.
Chen Taking Flak from Own
Party
(Reuters, Feb. 2, 2006) Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, who was rebuked by
the United States for saying he supported abolishing the National Unification
Council, has also come under fire from his own ruling party.
US Warns Chen to Stick to
'Status Quo'
(Taipei Times, Feb. 1, 2006)
The US criticized President Chen Shui-bian's Lunar New Year announcement that
he plans to try to scrap the National Unification Council and the unification
guidelines this year, saying that such a move would change the cross-strait
"status quo."
US Astonished by Taiwan
Leader's Hardline Policies on China
(AFP, Jan. 31, 2006) The
United States said it was astonished by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's
planned hardline policies on China,
warning they could send the wrong signals to Beijing.
Who Gains from the 'Status
Quo'? By Nat Bellocchi
(Taipei Times, Dec. 26, 2006)
China largely
supports the idea of retaining the "status quo" because it suits
its present policy, which is gradually becoming clearer. As for Taiwan,
it has on occasion defined the "status quo" as denoting a Taiwan
that is sovereign, independent and requiring popular assent for any change to
its status.
The Fictional 'Status Quo'
By
June Teufel Dreyer
(Taipei Times, Dec. 20, 2006)
To put the matter bluntly, there is no status quo on the issue of China
and Taiwan,
nor has one ever existed. Moreover, no status quo, even where one can be said
to exist, is ever static, either in biological terms or in international
relations.
For Many in Taiwan, Status
Quo with China Sounds Fine By Patrick L. Smith
(International
Herald Tribune, Dec. 11, 2006)
After decades of tension in its relations with the mainland, Taiwan's
political class is mulling over the idea of a settlement with China
that would defer the question of the island's sovereign status for up to 50
years.
More Taiwanese Support
Independence: Survey
(Taiwan News, Nov. 29, 2006)
More Taiwanese interviewed in a latest survey revealed that they would be in
favor of Taiwan
independence should they are allowed by Beijing
to decide on their own fate at their own will.
Understanding the One China
Policy and Indonesia's Ties with Taiwan By Santo Darmosumarto (Jakarta Post, July
28, 2006) It is true that pushing for greater trade and economic
relations with Taiwan
is in Indonesia's
national interest. However, our commitment to the One China Policy should
also be a consideration.
China Easing Its Stance On
Taiwan: Tolerance Grows For Status Quo By Edward Cody (Washington Post, June
15, 2006) Gradually and without fanfare, China
has substantially softened its stand on Taiwan,
according to senior officials and diplomats. President Hu Jintao, they said,
has begun to play down China's
long-standing vow to recover the self-ruled island by force if necessary and
shifted the focus to preventing any move toward formal independence.
Taiwan’s Fading Independence Movement By Robert S. Ross
(Foreign Affairs, March/April 2006) Political development in Taiwan
over the past year have effectively ended the independence movement there.
The peaceful transformation of relations between China and Taiwan will help
stabilize eastern Asia.
Taiwan's KMT Sees Stability
in Status Quo By Richard Halloran
(Japan Times, Apr. 13, 20060 Chairman Ma Ying-jeou of
Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) did a marathon swing through the United States in
March. Ma, used the same term with Zoellick, saying Taiwan sought good
relations with China, Japan, and the U.S. "We want to become a
responsible stakeholder in East Asia."
Ma, Chen Lay Basis for
Consensus By Tung
Chen-yuan
(Taipei Times, Apr. 12, 2006 ) During the meeting between President Chen
Shui-bian and KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou
last week, Chen promised he would "definitely respect it" if
Chinese President Hu Jintao was willing to accept that the "1992
consensus" meant "one China, with each side having its own
interpretation," rather than just "one China."
Debate
Rages over Whether 'One China' Consensus Exists
(China Post, Apr. 6, 2006) Debate is still raging
in Taiwan as to whether Taipei and Beijing reached an important consensus in
1992 that each of them agreed that there could be "one China" but
was allowed to differ on the interpretation of this.
US Urges Chen to Keep His
Promises/President Chen Stresses That It's 'Up to the People' (Taipei Times, Mar. 16, 2006) President Chen Shui-bian reiterated
that only the 23 million people of Taiwan can have the final say on the
future of the country and any change to the "status quo" must be
approved by the people through a referendum.
Taiwan's Unification Council
(Reuters, Feb. 27, 2006) The council was set up in 1990 by then President Lee
Teng-hui as the island's top policy-making body on unification with the
mainland. The council has been dormant since Chen took office in 2000, but he
had made repeated pledges not to dissolve the council or scrap the guidelines
or push for formal independence.
US Struggles to Rein in
Taiwan Leader By Ong Hwee
Hwee
(Straits Times, Feb. 27, 2006)
From sending secret missions to issuing official statements, Washington
has been scrambling to rein in a defiant President Chen Shui-bian who appears
set to go his own way.
Pragmatic Path Is the Best
Solution By Chen
I-chung
(Taipei Times, Feb. 24, 2006)
Political parties and politicians fulfilling their moral responsibilities
should work toward creating a situation where both unification and
independence will be seen as reasonable options.
US Smile Wears Thin as
Taiwan''s Chen Goads China
(Reuters, Feb. 24, 2006) Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's increasingly tough
stand on China is testing the patience of the island's biggest ally and arms
supplier, the United States.
Why Fear the Independence
Option? By C.V.
Chen
(Taipei Times, Feb. 22, 2006) Although I am a strong proponent of unification
and believe that Taiwanese will benefit more from unification than from
independence, I must say that no one has the right to assert that Taiwanese
independence is not an option.
Chen Returns to
Pro-Independence Stance By Ong
Hwee Hwee
(Straits Times, Feb. 21, 2006) President Chen Shui-bian had marked the new
year with a pledge to lead Taiwan towards 'the right path'. It soon became
clear what he had in mind - returning to his ruling party's pro-independence
stance so that it could secure its traditional vote base.
Ma Offers Alternative View
on Relations with China
(Editorial, China Post, Feb. 16, 2006) Ma Ying-jeou outlined for the first
time in great detail his views on the two most sensitive political issues
facing Taiwan: national identity and relations with the Chinese mainland.
Time for a Healthy Debate on
China
(Editorial, Taipei Times, Feb. 11, 2006) The government must live up to its
pledge to secure Taiwan's national interests and not let Chen's "active
management, effective opening" approach and other initiatives on China
policy end up as empty political slogans.
Taiwan's Definition of Its
Status Quo
(Editorial, Taiwan News, Feb. 6, 2006) We urge both U.S. and KMT leaders to
take stock of the timing and rationale behind the president's decision to raise
this issue. Chen's proposal would further consolidate Taiwan's democracy by
removing the formal bias of national policy toward "unification"
that had been imposed by the KMT.
President Chen Seeks Advice
on Scrapping NUC By Jane Rickards
(China Post, Feb. 3, 2006) President Chen Shui-bian is asking his top
security advisers to evaluate scrapping a key policy body dealing with
unification with China -- despite warnings from the U.S.
Chen China-Baiting Aims to
Boost Taiwan Popularity By Richard
Dobson (Reuters, Feb. 2, 20060 Taiwan President
Chen Shui-bian's warning he may scrap a key policy body on Chinese
reunification seems aimed at stirring anti-Beijing feeling to boost his low
ratings and stay relevant ahead of 2008 elections.
Chen Shares Independence
Dream Anew By Frank
Ching
(Japan Times, Jan. 13, 2006) Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on New Year's
Day delivered an address in which he made it clear that he was as determined
as ever to press ahead for the de jure independence of Taiwan.
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