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New issue no. 127 of Taiwan Communiqué is off the press; on the ECFA debate heating up in Taiwan; the recently-held elections which saw victories for the DPP; US arms sales and other issues

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John Tkacik: ECFA threatens competitiveness

Sushil Seth: PRC paranoia over Taiwan, Tibet

Ker Chien-ming: China’s vow to look after Taiwanese interests

Lee Teng-hui calls for deepening democracy

Paul Lin: China rolls out sticks and carrots

Ambassador Nat Bellocchi: Addressing the military imbalance

Taipei Times editorial: Will KMT drive for reform waver?

J. Michael Cole: Beijing sees culture as a weapon

Beijing issues new warnings on Tibet and Taiwan

Gordon Chang: Taiwanese Voters Send Message to Taipei — and Washington

Taiwan observes 228 anniversary and commemorate Lin Yi-hsiung family murder

Taiwan News editorial: Another lesson for Ma sent by Taiwan voters

Taipei Times: The DPP almost makes another clean sweep

Taiwan News: DPP wins 3 of 4 seats in by-election

Taipei Times editorial: A return to party-state rule?

J. Michael Cole: Ma ‘error’ throws Taiwan back two decades

Jerome Keating: Unpopular Chou will be rewarded for party loyalty

Liu Shih-chung: Taipei, Sinbei: a tale of two cities

Taiwan News editorial: Ma needs new lesson from Taiwan voters

Taiwan News editorial: What Taiwan can learn from Obama-Dalai meeting

Taipei Times editorial: Where do Ma's loyalties lie

Washington commentators: DIA report may not sway US on F-16s

Prof. Bruce Jacobs: Su Chi’s resignation long overdue

Taipei Times editorial: Without birds, arms sales is theater

US Defense Intelligence report: Taiwan’s Air Force needs help

Taiwan scholars: Year-end elections a race against time for DPP

Prof. Parris Chang: Justifying US arms sales to Taiwan

Richard Halloran: Beijing's "arrogance" has US on the defensive

Taiwan News editorial: DPP must keep eyes on Taiwan's prize

Taiwan News: Su Chi resigns post as Taiwan security czar

Taipei Times: Su Chi resigns as chief of NSC

Control Yuan votes to impeach former GIO Minister Shieh Jhy-wey

Taipei Times editorial: Beijing's "anger" collides with reality

Ambassador Nat Bellocchi: Arms sales: the right move at the right time

Taiwan High Court extends detention period for Chen

Apple Daily It's time to release Taiwan's former president

Sushil Seth: PRC’s wolf just keeps huffing, but for what?

Heritage Foundation study warns of submarine arms race

Taipei Times editorial: Billions later, is Taiwan any safer?

Democratic Progressive Party: Taiwan must push for jets, subs

Reuters report: Arms sale could provide slim boost to Ma’s image

William Lowther in the TT: US positive on arms deal

CNN: U.S. announces $6.4 billion arms deal with Taiwan

Voice of America: U.S. announces Taiwan arms sale

Washington Post: U.S. sells weapons to Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan-China ECFA unequal from start

Lin Feng-jeng: Prosecutor-general was a symptom, not the cure

AIT Chair Burghardt: Taiwan-US relations "in great shape"

J. Michael Cole: Experts question US shift on PRC spy monitoring

Ma Ying-jeou touts "success" of China policy

Liberty Times editorial: It's you, Ma, stupid

Taiwan News editorial: Ma is on the wrong track for Taiwan

China warns US on arms sales for Taiwan

J. Michael Cole: "UDN" sees an evil US plot in Haiti

Former legislator Lin Cho-shui: Taiwan ruled by unelected leader

Taipei Times editorial: Seeking a man of substance

Global Views magazine poll: President Ma’s trust index drops to new low

Prof. Nancy Tucker: Taiwan's loss of independence a threat to US

President Obama informs Congress of arms sales

Ambassador Nat Bellocchi: Google’s wake-up call to the world

DPP reaches decision on procedure for selecting candidates

Taiwan News report: 20% satisfied with Taiwan president, a record low since last August

Taiwan News report: Dissatisfaction with Ma hits new peak of 66.3 pct

Taiwan News editorial: KMT asserts ownership of Taiwan prosecutors

Liu Shih-chung: Ma is pursuing a personal agenda

Michael Danielsen: Aiming for FTAs that would help Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Ma should not confuse leadership with force

US thinktank study tests "fall of Taiwan", threat to the US

Michael Danielsen: Interview with the Liberty Times

Former AIT Chair Nat Bellocchi: Gilley’s ‘Finlandization’ is wrong

Liberty Times editorial: ECFA: Wickedness in the guise of policy

Taiwan critics pan probe of 1980s murders

Taiwan News editorial: New KMT scheme to keep local power

Taiwan News editorial: Freedom House warns on rights in Taiwan

LY Speaker Wang Jin-pyng: Legislative Yuan could overrule ECFA

Google attacks used addresses based in Taiwan

J. Michael Cole: Adimmune vaccine: Saving or risking lives?

Taipei Times editorial: Selling snake oil to the electorate

US DOD officials promise arms for Taiwan

Prof. Chen Chao-chien: The storm hasn’t even started yet

CSIS report calls for slow approach to CBMs

Ma Ying-jeou: US completion of arms deal a confidence booster

Beijing tests missile defense system

Huang Chi-ta: Forget Finland, think Hong Kong

Taipei Times editorial: The PRC barks sanctions, but can it bite?

J. Michael Cole: PRC students, a blessing in disguise

Gerrit van der Wees: Democracy and human rights still regressing

Taiwanese experts: Ma Ying-jeou faces tough challenge after KMT losses

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan needs consensus before talks with PRC

Taipei Times editorial: Will the KMT learn its lesson?

By-election victories cement DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen’s status

NCCU Prediction Center says Ma’s re-election chances plunge

Micah Springut of the CNAS: US agonizes over Taiwan arms sales

DPP Secr-Gen. Su Chia-chyuan: Sweep shows voice of Taiwan people

Taipei Times report: DPP wins all three seats in by-elections

Associated Press: Taiwan's ruling party defeated in byelections

Assistant Secretary of State Campbell: Defense, beef ban unrelated

J. Michael Cole: In beef debacle, Su Chi emerges as main villain

William Lowther in the TT: Chinese threat won’t sway arms deal

Celia Llopis-Jepsen: Bar association attacks MOJ proposed amendments of Criminal Code

Taiwan News editorial: Ma, not the people, bears blame for U.S. beef flap

Taiwan News editorial: U.S. should understand Taiwan's beef stand

Democratic Progressive Party wants apologies and resignations over beef spat

Legislative Yuan bans some US beef products

Ma Ying-jeou renews call on Beijing to remove missiles

Taipei Times editorial: Beef spat mustn’t harm US relations

Liberty Times editorial: Taiwan must uphold sovereignty

Huang Kun-huei: No surprise public faith in ma is nosediving

US-Taiwan Business Council: Obama imperiling Taiwan

Celia Llopis-Jepsen: Justice delayed, justice denied

Taipei Times editorial: Taiwan: Sanctuary then and now

Lu I-mi: Promises, promises -- but where is the loot?

President Ma Ying-jeou: New Year's Day message

Taipei Times editorial: Beef debacle is Ma’s opportunity

Lai I-chung: Democracy dams the China flood

James Wang: Defeatist KMT bosses kowtow to Chen Yunlin

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan's DPP must offer alternatives for China policy

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan should display our Democracy to PRC

Dennis Engbarth: Tens of thousands protest KMT-CCP 'black box' talks

Central News Agency: Tens of thousands march to protest trade pact with China

Reuters: Thousands protest in Taiwan over China trade talks

Agence France Press: Up to 30,000 in Taiwan anti-China rally ahead of talks

Associated Press: Thousands of Taiwanese protest China envoy's visit

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan people's message to Ma, Hu and Obama

Taiwan News: DPP Chair Tsai: Taiwan people sent Ma a vote of no confidence

Associated Press: Opposition scores gains in Taiwan local elections

Reuters: Anti-China opposition gains ground in Taiwan local election

AIT Chair Ray Burghardt: Press roundtable in Taipei on 24 November 2009

Prof. Parris Chang in the WSJ: Is President Obama Abandoning Taiwan?

Ross Terrill in the Weekly Standard: Obama blunders through Asia

Dan Blumenthal in Foreign Policy: Obama's Asia trip: a series of unfortunate events

Taiwan News editorial: '228' is not just 'history' for Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Ma plans changes in Taiwan game rules

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan citizens are not ECFA Pavlovian dogs

Taiwan News editorial: U.S. needs balanced policy toward Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Ma's chairmanship adds To Taiwan's crisis

Taiwan News editorial: Why Taiwan's ranking in news freedom fell

Taiwan News editorial: DPP needs hard work for 'Taiwan dream'

Taiwan News editorial: Court's cowardice harms rights of all in Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Chairman Ma offers Taiwan empty talk

Nicholas Consonery: Can Beijing save the Taiwanese president?

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan's core interests under PRC attack

Taiwan News editorial: An obstacle to reform of Taiwan's politics

Taiwan News editorial: Ma confirms China-tilt in 'Double Ten' talk

Taiwan News editorial: Obama must promote real East Asian peace

Philip Bowring in the NYT/IHT: Taiwan and China

Taiwan News editorial: Why the US should sell F-16 C/Ds to Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Democratic Taiwan and the PRC at 60

Vancouver Sun: Evidence fails to support life sentence for Taiwan's former president

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan deserves better justice from Chen trial

NY Times: Life sentence for Taiwan ex-president

Ex-president Chen Shui-bian and wife sentenced to life imprisonment

BBC news: Taiwan ex-leader jailed for life

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan has no need to bow to PRC

Taiwan News editorial: What Taiwan can learn from Dalai Lama visit

Taiwan News editorial: Dalai Lama's visit is mirror for KMT, CCP essence

Public opinion polls show approval for humanitarian visit by Dalai Lama

John J. Tkacik Jr: The US doesn't recognize China's claims to Taiwan

Kyodo News: Dalai Lama meets Taiwan DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen

Taiwan News report: Dalai Lama urges Taiwan to preserve its democracy

AP: Dalai Lama calls on Taiwan to safeguard democracy

Taiwan News editorial: Dalai Lama's Taiwan visit is most 'suitable'

Presbyterian Church in Taiwan: Morakot disaster relief assistance

WSJ editorial: Ma Ying-jeou's Katrina Moment

Taiwan News editorial: DPP must show vision in Morakot recovery

US military plane arrives in Taiwan with Morakot relief aid

CNN News: Taiwan's leader takes blame for typhoon response

Associated Press: Taiwan's president criticized for typhoon response

Taiwan News editorial: Morakot's harm to Taiwan worsened by KMT hubris

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan must heed Morakot's warning

Randy Schriver in the WashTimes: China's Peoples' Army not standing still

Taiwan News editorial: Obama needs reminder of Taiwan's democracy

The Economist: Reunification by Trade?

Hsiao Bi-khim: Ex-president Chen pessimistic about September 11 verdict

Taiwan News editorial: Truth commission needed for KMT state murder cases

FAPA President Bob Yang in the Washington Times: Taiwan Independence

Taiwan News editorial: Obama should cherish Taiwan democracy

Full text of Joint statement calling for reform of the detention system and release of former president Chen

Taiwan News editorial: End Chen's detention for Taiwan democracy

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan needs TFD to stay independent

DPP Chairwoman to launch petition to free ex-President Chen Shui-bian

US National Endowment for Democracy: Taking democracy out of the TFD?

Taiwan News editorial: KMT plans to purge democracy out of TFD

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan languages not negotiable with PRC

Taiwan News editorial: Ma should lead reforms, not file lawsuits

Gordon Chang in Forbes Magazine: Will Taiwan defect to China?

Thousands of Taiwanese sit in with DPP`s Tsai to `save Taiwan`

Michael Turton's blog: 5/17 protest a roaring success

600,000 Taiwanese protest against President Ma Ying-jeou’s China policies

Agency France Press: Taiwan opposition protests Ma's China policies

BBC: Taiwanese march against president

Associated Press: Taiwan protest targets leader's pro-China policies

Taiwan News editorial: Stand up and sit down for Taiwan's future

Wall Street Journal: Love in a time of swine flu

Taiwan expects to join other WHO mechanisms besides IHR

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen questions if Ma sacrificed Taiwan sovereignty for WHA

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan sovereignty is not Ma's to take

Taiwan News editorial: PRC begins squeezing KMT, Taiwan 'lemons'

Prof. Parris Chang in the WSJ: Beijing's Taiwan Gambit

Taiwan News editorial: Bricks in PRC wall locking in Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: The US must be impartial in Taiwan politics

Ma Ying-jeou hails TRA as cornerstone of peaceful ties

Michael Turton in the AWSJ: The culture of Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: What Obama-Hu meet means for Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan Relations Act needs reaffirmation

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen slams use of fees cases to 'liquidate' DPP

Taiwan New editorial: El Salvador tests Ma's 'diplomatic truce'

Taiwan New editorial: Why 'terror' files are important to Taiwan

Taiwan President Ma: We won't go to WHA with China

Rick Fisher in the WSJ: Taiwan's call to arms

Newsweek: Chas Freeman derailed; The intel czar stumbles

Washington Post editorial: Exit Chas Freeman; Blame the 'Lobby'

Washington Post: Impartiality questioned, Chas Freeman pulls out

Taiwan News editorial: What Wen Jiabao's report means for Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Tibet's lessons for Taiwan's future

Singapore Straits Times: China, too close too soon for Taiwan?

Prof. Bob Sutter in PacNet: Cross-Strait moderation and the US

Washington Post: Taiwan not ready for peace talks with China

Boston Progressive Examiner: 228 Massacre was covered up during decades of ROC martial law

'228 Massacre' protesters heckle President Ma Ying-jeou in Taiwan ceremonies

Taiwan News editorial: Ma must now walk his '228' talk

Jon Chait in the Washington Post: Obama's Intelligence Blunder

Investors Business Daily: Chas Freeman, the wrong man for the job

Gabriel Schoenfeld in the WSJ: Obama's questionable intelligence choice

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan can't ignore CECA political risk

Taiwan News editorial: Ma's China fantasy, Taiwan's realities

Chen Shui-bian's lawyers: Prosecutors with-held evidence

Financial Times: Interview with detained former President Chen

New York Times: Case Against ex-leader stirs unease in Taiwan

The Economist: Taiwan's economy: Mirror, mirror on the wall

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan's WHA status needs global consent

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan justices nix prosecutor bugging

European-American Robin Winkler vies for Taiwan parliamentary seat

Jonathan Adams in the GlobalPost: Trial of former president morphs into media circus

Dan Blumenthal in the Washington Times: China policy change?

Taiwan News editorial: Obama needs review of US-Taiwan policy

The Economist: Trial and error: former president and judiciary are both in the dock

Taiwan News editorial: Obama, Taiwan and hopes for change

Chen Shui-bian's manifesto for Taiwan independence

Taiwan News editorial: Evidence remains key in Chen Shui-bian case

Taiwan News: International Open Letter to president Ma Ying-jeou

Taiwan News editorial: Advice from Taiwan for President Obama

Chen Shui-bian pleads not guilty at pretrial session

Int'l Herald Tribune: Mentor urges Taiwan's Ma to ensure trial fairness

Stephen A. Nelson in the AsiaTimes: A return to dark days in Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan needs no trials by skit

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan`s peace needs democracy, not prizes

Taiwan ex-envoy: Cross-strait pacts may violate WTO rules

Taiwan News editorial: New plan keeps Taiwan in PRC flytrap

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan needs justice, not persecutions

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan Strait will stay "hot" issue for Obama

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan democracy camp needs vision and action

Associated Press: Critics blast democratic erosion under Taiwan's Ma

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan people must reject Hu`s cant

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan`s new year of regression and resistance

Taiwan News editorial: Chen detention hurts trust in Taiwan courts

Commomwealth Magazine: Support for Taiwan independence at its highest in twelve years

Taiwan News editorial: Ma's "truce diplomacy" risks Taiwan's future

DPP poll: Most Taiwanese see PRC as "hostile"

Kyodo News report: Taiwan stages anti-China military exercise

Taiwan News editorial: KMT stakes claim on Taiwan courts

Fourteen U.S. Congressmen urge President Bush to care for Taiwan’s human rights

Radio Taiwan International: US Congressmen urge Taiwan human rights concern

Taiwan News editorial: Authoritarian politics command Taiwan Straits

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan must beware of China's WHA trap

DPP Chair Tsai Ying-wen: Ma leaving Taiwan defenseless against PRC dumping

Taiwan News editorial: Chen Shui-bian's indictment offers more emotion than proof

Taipei Society urges Taiwan president Ma to fire premier

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan 'blue' terror aims at defense lawyers

Taiwan News editorial: Risks in educational exchanges with China

Taiwan News editorial: Why "Strawberries" march for rights in Taiwan

Democratic Progressive Party says it will invite Dalai Lama to Taiwan

Amnesty International: Taiwan police should avoid using excessive force

Taiwan News editorial: KMT rights rollback cannot be whitewashed

Frank Muyard in Taipei: Ma Ying-jeou new Chinese policy

Defense News: In Taiwan, arrests raise echoes of martial law

Former AIT Chair Bellocchi: don't underestimate human rights crisis in Taiwan

Dennis Engbarth in Taiwan News: Thousands rally for human rights of ex-president

Associated Press: Several thousand rally in support of Taiwan's Chen

Reuters: Thousands in Taiwan protest ex-president's arrest

Taiwan DPP: Ma's efforts for diplomatic truce with China fail

Paul Mooney: Ex-President Chen Shui-bian refuses to end hunger strike

The Economist: Chen Shui-bian in jail: Hungry for justice

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen to visit hospitalized Taiwan ex-President Chen Shui-bian today

Financial Times: Ex-president Chen Shui-bian hospitalized

Taiwan News editorial: Prosecution tramples on County Magistrate Su Chih-fen's rights

Jonathan Adams in Newsweek: Strait Talk: So Near And Yet So Far

Newsweek: Fallout from Chen Shui-Bian's dramatic arrest

Jerome A. Cohen in the SCMP: Taiwan and China; Ties that Blind

Prosecutors to ask the court to detain ex-president Chen Shui-bian

Taiwan News editorial: Obama must develop his Taiwan policy

Students in Taiwan launch "Wild Strawberry" movement

Taiwan News editorial: Ma must step away from Taiwan abyss

Jonathan Manthorpe in the Vancouver Sun: Detentions in Taiwan spark fears of return to authoritarian approach

Dr. Tsai Ing-wen: Ma must affirm Taiwan sovereignty

DPP : Protest a victory for Taiwan people

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan, China far from `reconciliation`

Financial Times: China envoy stumbles on Taiwan protocol

Agence France Press: Anti-China protests bring Taiwan capital to standstill

Taiwan News: DPP will 'siege' Ma-Chen talks to protect Taiwan sovereignty

Associated Press: Angry Taiwanese swarm hotel as Chinese envoy dines

BBC: Taiwan crowd besieges China envoy

Voice of America: Taiwanese protesters surround Chinese envoy's hotel

Agence France Press: Chinese envoy trapped in hotel by protesters

Taiwan News: DPP opposition: Taiwan's democracy, freedom of speech in danger

Taiwan News: Lawyers slam Ma for wrecking Taiwan human rights

Taiwan News editorial: The political meanings of the Taiwan-PRC talks

DPP chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen: Ma gave too much, got too little in pacts

Taiwan News editorial KMT has no monopoly on Taiwan-PRC policy

DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen warns KMT not to suppress pro-Taiwan protests

Cindy Sui in the ATimes: Ma Ying-jeou goes too far, too fast for Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Ma flunks test of Taiwan opinion

Taiwan DPP expresses support for Chiayi County Magistrate

Taiwan News: Dr. James Lee, former Taiwan science park head, detained

Taiwan News editorial: Detention misuse risks Taiwan's human rights

TIME / CNN report: Taiwan president faces growing opposition

Taiwan News editorial: The Taiwanese did not vote to sell sovereignty

Financial Times: Taiwan protesters stage mass march

Bloomberg report: Taiwan Pro-Independence party protests China policies in rally

Taiwan News report: Half a million shout for Taiwan President Ma to step down

WashPost/Reuters: Half a million march in Taiwan against China & president Ma

Taiwan News editorial: Vote with our feet for Taiwan's future

Taiwan News editorial: Take Taiwan-PRC talks out of black box

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: Ma must clarify Taiwan's sovereignty stance

BBC News: Taiwanese attack Chinese envoy

Ma's "peace accord plan" draws mixed reactions in Taiwan

Taiwan News editorial: Hong Kong shows CEPA bad for Taiwan

The Economist: An end to the KMT's mainland honeymoon; but no divorce yet

John Tkacik: Taiwan Arms Sales: Less than meets the eye

Taiwan News editorial: KMT greed risks Taiwan news freedom

Taiwan News editorial: Chen Yulin's visit and Taiwan's fate

Taiwan News editorial: U.S-Taiwan arms deal is warning, not gift

Congressional Research Service: US-Taiwan relations: recent developments and their policy implications

Christian Science Monitor: Taiwan arms deal sours U.S.-China relations

Taiwan News editorial: Ma's 'Great ROC' may end Taiwan democracy

US official: Arms sale still under consideration

Taiwan News editorial: Pinyin move hurts Taiwan's pluralism

Wendell Minnick: Taiwan's military faces uncertain future

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan is not Georgia

Taiwan opposition DPP blames blames President Ma for missing a US arms package

Taiwan DPP wants 'China-Free' label for untainted food products

Taiwan opinion poll: Ma government loses popularity

New opinion poll shows Ma's approval rating at an all-time low of 24.9%

Taiwan News editorial: The KMT chairmanship and Ma's dilemma

Taiwan academics criticize CEPA agreement with China

Taiwan News editorial: Tsai Ing-wen's timely visit to Washington

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan has no need for "Trojan" Panda's

Ian Williams: Taiwan and the Georgia Precedent

New York Sun editorial: A Job for the General Assembly

BBC News: Huge rally against Taiwan leader

Taiwan News editorial: August 30th -"830"- marks start of 'citizen' era

Taiwan News: Tens of thousands march for sovereignty and jobs

Michael Turton's blog: August 30th rally blows away expectations

New York Times: Beijing's bad-faith Olympics

The Boston Globe: China's totalitarian Olympic Games

Blumenthal and Griffin: China looks across the Strait; events in Georgia bode ill for Taiwan

Paul Wolfowitz says: US will OK Taiwan arms deal

John Tkacik and Gary Schmitt in the Fort Worth Star Telegram: Bush administration decision weakens Taiwan’s position

John Tkacik: A freeze on Taiwan arms?

Blumenthal, Friedberg, Schriver and Tellis in the WSJ: President Bush should keep his word on Taiwan

Ed Ross in the WSJ: Arming Taiwan

The Economist editorial: China, Taiwan and Tibet; fraying at the edges

Jonathan Adams in the FEER: The Key to Cross-Strait Détente

Yomiuri Shimbun: Ma administration causes downturn in Taiwan-Japan relations

Washington Post: Top US officials stalling Taiwan arms package

Wendell Minnick in Defense News: US Freezes $12B in Arms Sales to Taiwan

Rupert Hammond- Chambers: Taiwan’s security on hold

Washington Times editorial: Taiwan's new direction

Former Senator George Allen: US - Taiwan ties

Richard Halloran: Taiwan's inaugural

The Economist editorial: Ma Ying-jeou's inauguration: Strait is the gate

Michael Turton on Ma Ying-jeou's inaugration speech

Rick Fisher in the AWSJ: China's Naval Secrets

John Pomfret's China: The ugly Chinese

Jonathan Manthorpe in the Vancouver Sun: New Taiwan leader shows an early streak of independence

Christian Science Monitor: China bends on Taiwan, why not Tibet?

John J. Tkacik Jr: The US and Tibet; Leadership event

Ma Ying-jeou damps hopes of early Taiwan-China ties

Prof. Dan Lynch in the FEER: Mr. Ma's Taiwanese Identity

John Bolton in the LATimes: What's good for Taiwan

John Tkacik: Taiwan's elections: Sea change in the Strait

AEI / Armitage report on improving US-Taiwan relations

BBC: Taiwanese to rally over China law

Prof. Alan Wachman: Washington Succumbs to the PRC’s Diplomacy of Panic

Therese Shaheen in the WashTimes: Wobble over Taiwan

Washington Post: Ad by 67 overseas Taiwanese organizations