Having ousted the Democratic People’s Party based largely on voter’s disgust at massive corruption scandals, the Nationalist Party has also had to face a wary electorate who, while hoping for greater economic ties with the PRC, were also nervous of the political consequences.
The state of the cross-strait relationship is as follows:
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Taiwan Military Walks a Fine Line
Taiwan has more than US$11 billion of military hardware on order from the United States, including Patriot PAC-3 anti-missile missiles, P-3C anti-submarine aircraft, and a feasibility study for diesel submarines. It is also attempting to win American approval for the delivery of 66 F-16 fighter jets.
Read moreDeadly Chinese Business Practices a Warning for Joint Ventures
“Our image in China of being clean, green and safe there’s a risk that’s been damaged with this story. In China, they don’t know what Fonterra is, so reports just say `the New Zealand company’.
Read moreFace and Fakery in the Wild East and West
In a global economy dominated by the transition of China to a capitalist consumer society, business people, bureaucrats and politicians have been falling over themselves in a scramble to join the rush to take advantage of the economic awakening of the sleeping giant. Criticism is put aside and moral judgment is suspended as long as there’s the whiff of a dollar in the wind.
Read moreTibet violence changes tone of Taiwan vote
Article and Illustration by Mark Perrault Vancouver Sun March 17th, 2008. Jonathan Manthorpe is correct to identify linkages between the current unrest in Tibet and the presidential elections in Taiwan and his critically-informed and sustained interest in the Taiwan situation offers one of very few perspectives on that part of
Read moreStudy explores the "Kinmen Identity"
See original article in the China Post here. By Trista di Genova The history of Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen Island, known in the West as Quemoy, goes back 1600 years. When the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan after the Chinese civil war of 1949, the battles didn’t stop there for the residents
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