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DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: Public wants ECFA referendum

Taiwan News editorial: Obama should cherish Taiwan democracy

Prof. Chiou Jiunn-rong: Relying on China is muddled economics

Chinese official: US talks "disappointing"

Academics say new act infringes on their freedom

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen laments authoritarian mentality of the judiciary

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

DPP calls for release of former president Chen Shui-bian

Taipei Times: Assurances on assurances

James Wang: US ‘experts’ on China have got it all wrong

J. Michael Cole Beijing making itself indispensable

Taipei Times: City and county redistricting draws mixed reactions

The US and China to discuss Taiwanese arms

Taiwan News editorial: Taiwan needs TFD to stay independent

Taipei Times editorial: Bad rap on rights is Ma’s making

International Federation of Journalists asks China Times to commit to press freedom

Congressman Robert Andrews to seek White House help for TFD

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

National Endowment for Democracy pressures Ma on TFD reshuffle

Gerrit van der Wees: Book review on Nancy Tucker's "Strait Talk"

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

Remembering the 228 Indicent: Hundreds join 228 sit-in rally

Former DPP Chairman Lin Yi-hsiung: Remembering 228: renaming Democracy hall an insult

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