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Security in the Taiwan Strait

Chinese stealing nuclear secrets

Visit of Chinese premier Zhu Rongji

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TAIPEI TIMES

The Taipei Times is Taiwan's prime English-language newspaper. Below, we link to a number of its editorials and articles on important issues.

Selected Articles and Editorials

May 2009

June 2009

Ma Ying-jeou rejects the idea of an ECFA referendum

James Wang: Taiwan’s sovereignty is not a plaything

Prof. Chen Shih-meng: Tsai must be clear on Chen’s right to fair trial

Taipei Times editorial: Chen Chu leads, Wu kowtows

Sushil Seth: The CCP continues to see ghosts

Taipei Times editorial: KMT-CCP talks put pressure on Ma

Prof. Ruan Ming: Beijing easily outmaneuvering Ma

Taipei Times editorial: Marking June 4 is not ‘inconvenient’

Taipei Times editorial: Stop the erosion before it is too late

Human rights forum: PRC erodes rights abroad

Taiwan Thinktank speakers criticize WHA strategy

Legislator Kuan Bi-ling: An obvious invitation to national humiliation

Taipei Times editorial: One year down the drain

Liu Shih-chung of Brookings: Ma's year in the pressure cooker

Paul Lin: In defense of stupidity in Chinese agreements

International scholars and writers send open letter to Taiwan's president

Taipei Times editorial: Sorry conduct by Health Minister at the WHA

US Congressman Royce calls for overhaul of Taiwan policy

James Wang Taiwan moving backwards in time

Taipei Times editorial: Newswire agencies all at sea on Taiwan

Ma Ying-jeou defends his administration in press conference

Taipei Times editorial: Taiwan's war of numbers

Democratic Progressive Party wraps up sit-in demonstration

Taiwanese protesters vent anger at Ma policies

Taipei protesters find novel ways to voice discontent

Taipei Times editorial: The right to demand better

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen calls for police calm during protest

Taiwan academics State repression has not been put to rest

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: Sunday rally is just the beginning

Prison wardens punish former President Chen over hunger strike

DPP leaders Tsai and Su visit imprisoned Chen Shui-bian

Taipei Times editorial: A "secret" everyone knows but Ma

Lu I-ming: Who dares to cross the PRC-backed SEF head?

Taipei Times editorial: A crystal clear lack of transparency

John Tkacik: Taiwan’s ‘undetermined’ status

Huang Jei-hsuan in LA: Cross-strait bliss

District Court rules to extend Chen's detention

Ma Ying-jeou casts doubt on existence of WHO MOU

Taipei Times editorial: Ma's challenge to the nation

Charles Snyder: A free press is an essential freedom

The DPP says: Ma is tilting towards unification

Former Vice-President Annette Lu: Promoting a ‘two China’ policy

Former President Chen hospitalized after suffering dehydration

Former Information Minister Lin Chia-lung: Taiwanese statehood has a legal justification

Taipei Times editorial: Engagement is not changing China

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen warns of strategic collapse

Former President Chen Shui-bian: "Let's end this judicial circus"

Chiang Ping-kun tenders resignation, Ma says no

US DOD alarmed by bold PRC vessels

Lu Shih-hsiang: Freedom of the press takes a step backward

Freedom House monitoring Taiwan press

PRC slams Japan’s envoy to Taiwan over ‘status’

Taipei Times editorial: It’s Japan-bashing season again

Ma Ying-jeou calls on police to be tolerant

Lin Cheng-yi: The folly of ignoring cross-strait imbalance

Liberty Times: More milestones in a losing battle

J. Michael Cole: On Chinese zero-sum diplomacy

KMT government attacks Associated Press over WHA report

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: calls proposal ‘prelude to martial law’

World Health Organization: WHO was "not involved" in bid

Taipei Times editorial: WHA’s invitation is sweet poison

Mixed reactions in Washington to WHA observer status

Democratic Progressive Party skeptical about WHA invitation

March 2009

Former Vice Premier Wu Rong-i: Relying on China is a dangerous road to take

Taiwanese mark Twentieth anniversary of Cheng Nan-jung's death

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: Number of unemployed may hit 1.3 million

Da-an by-election: Analysts say KMT was taught lesson

US senators call on Obama to voice support for TRA

Richard Halloran: US Pentagon report shows shift in policy toward PRC

Pillsbury and others call for more robust defense

Political commentators Outcry over Kuo will last

Taipei Times editorial Ethnic equality: Ma's tough sell

Foreign Minister Ou likely to miss talks on WHA

US Pentagon warns on conceding to China

Chen Shui-bian faces witnesses on first day of trial

DPP lawmakers criticize MOJ over White Terror Papers

Cao Changqing: KMT's system breeds discrimination against Taiwanese

Taipei Times editorial: Help healing with an apology

Chen Shui-bian calls case a KMT political vendetta

US Congress rallies in support of Taiwan

Taipei Times editorial: Faleomavaega: no friend of Taiwan

US military experts push the need for arms sales

Taipei Times editorial: Forget the PR, just explain

Liberty Times editorial: Ma’s hallmark is a lack of courage

TVBS and Global Views polls give Ma Ing-jeou dismal ratings

Ma Ying-jeou's approval rate below 30%

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen pans Ma as unqualified to be leader

Taiwanese expats in Toronto turn up heat on Kuo

US Congress resolution on Taiwan Relations Act weakened

J. Michael Cole: The myth: a professional military in five years

Taipei Times editorial: Mild words, grave issue

White Terror documents cause uproar

Chen Shui-bian attends final pre-trial hearing

Yu Tsung-chi: China can use strategic reassurance

Taipei Times editorial: A ‘human right’ rehash

Former Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang: Pray for Tibet, struggle for Taiwan

Stephen Yates: The TRA doesn’t reflect reality

Taipei Times editorial: A new role for the PLA Navy?

Sushil Seth: Why hurry for Chinese integration?

Richard Halloran: US-Chinese contacts are imperative for military

Taipei Times editorial: The KMT’s Miaoli lesson

Liberty Times editorial: Data law is a terrifying prospect

Lin Cho-Shui: Fear-based negotiation is of no use to Taiwan

Friends of Tibet march in Taipei

Rohrabacher to leave Taiwan Caucus position

Government Information Office (GIO) responds to Freedom House

Forum and protest: Ma ‘naive’ on PRC Anti-Secession Law

Taipei Times editorial: The missing link in unification

Simon Tisdall: Sailor standoff a cold shower for US-China ties

Chinese FM Yang Jiechi promises to ‘never waver’ on independence

Ma Ying-jeou: Taipei, Beijing to discuss WHA

Chen Shui-bian's office: Prosecutor videos unclear

J. Michael Cole: Not a time for a nation of sheep

Juju Wang: Preserving Taiwan's history is everyone’s concern

Admiral Dennis Blair: Taiwan "driving" Chinese military goals

Paul Lin: Important lessons from Hong Kong

Taipei Times editorial: Tibet: An unkillable yearning for freedom

Richard Halloran: Looking for clues in the past to PRC ambitions

Taipei Times editorial: Wen Jiabao's speech; Niceties aside, a threat is still a threat

Liu Shih-chung: Less basking and more negotiating

Taipei Times editorial: More tricks in the legal circus against Chen

Prof. Bob Sutter urges US to rethink policy

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao: China ready to talk peace

Professor Peter Chow: ECFA poses three likely outcomes for Taiwan

Charles Snyder: Watching and waiting for Hillary

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

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

January 2009

Nadia Tsao: US urged to review Taiwan policy

New Zealand DNA study supports Taiwan as origin of Pacific settlement

Raytheon welcomes PAC-III upgrade deal

Former president Lee Teng-hui warns of over-reliance on China

Taipei Times editorial: How Obama matters to Taiwan

US-based experts add names to Open Letter to Ma

Interview with Prof. Chen Shih-meng: Ma’s election much more than a rotation of power

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will back Taiwan's bid for more international space

Taipei Times editorial: Back to ground zero once again

Huang Jei-hsuan: Unmasking the ‘horse’

Michael Hsiao, Academia Sinica: Democracy doesn’t end after the elections

Taiwan ThinkTank forum: Economy key to US ties

Former VP Annette Lu lashes out at Ma's policy, KMT defensive

International scholars and writers: Open letter to president Ma regarding erosion of justice

Taipei Times editorial: Questions linger after Chen circus

President Chen on trial: protests innocence; prosecutors add charges

Sushil Seth: Taiwan can still avoid China’s trap

Ma Ying-jeou promises to safeguard democracy

Taipei Times editorial: A wake-up call on Chinese espionage

Prof. Chen Lung-chu: The freedom gap across the Strait is wide as ever

J. Michael Cole: Only fools wouldn’t see a developing pattern

Cao Changqing: President’s ‘one China’ policy is illogical

Taipei Times editorial: Making a mockery of justice

Prof. Emerson Chang: Hu determined to break ‘two noes’

Paul Lin: Ma’s spending won’t stop the rot

Interview with Freedom House delegation: safeguarding democracy

Freedom House: 2009 crucial year for Taiwan

Freedom House' Sarah Cook: Crises give democracies the edge

Prof. Lin Cheng-yi: Hu and Ma must hear voice of the Taiwanese

Taipei Times editorial: Any slower and we’d grind to a halt

Taiwan academics: Ma ignoring risks of overreliance on China

DPP and TSU to co-sponsor Civic National Affair Conference

Huang Kuo-chang: Steel doors closing on Taiwan’s democracy

J. Michael Cole: Airport "glitch" poses security risk

US Congressional bill calls for diplomatic ties with Taiwan

Taipei Times editorial: Is the US just a little too optimistic?

Gerrit van der Wees: Closer ties bring significant risks

Paul Lin: Hu’s speech just more of the same

Taipei Times editorial: Good intentions and empty words

Former Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang: Judicial double standards a concern

Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng responds to international scholars and writers

High Court turns down appeal against Chen’s detention

Taipei Times editorial: KMT, leave the judiciary alone

US Pentagon wary of PRC-Taiwan ties

Stephen Nelson: Falling into China’s orbit?

Nat Bellocchi: Responding as one to Beijing’s soft talks

Taipei Times editorial: China’s ‘missile reduction’ is fantasy

Parris H. Chang: China: Rising and responsible?

Tung Chen-yuan: Hu Jintao’s six points: proceed with care

Taipei Times editorial: Taiwan won’t bite at Hu’s bait

Liberty Times editorial: Cross-Strait policy helps nothing

Tung Chen-yuan: Ma's China policy comes at high cost

Taiwan academics call for a new Taiwan Constitution

Former legislator Lin Cho-shui: The ins-and-outs of KMT-CCP forum

Citizens Congress Watch: New LY system yields same old "black" legislature

Media Watch: KMT Government using media as a tool

Taipei Times editorial: Legal farce warrants ICJ intervention

Chen Po-chih: Ma’s policy approach: all ups and no downs

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen sets course for year 2009 for DPP

Taipei Bar association defends Chen Shui-bian's lawyer

Taipei Times editorial: A survey ignored and denied

Prof. Jerome Keating: The reality of a one-trick president

Lin Feng-cheng: The crucial meeting of judges that never was

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen cautions against direct links

Protesters slam interference in media affairs

Taipei Times ditorial: Amateur-hour justice follies

Democratic Progressive Party rejects Hu Jintao's 'olive branch'

Li Thian-hok: Biding time and sharpening claws

Ben Goren: Mapping a grim future

November 2008

Taipei Times editorial: Toward Taiwan's tipping point

Liberal International's Graham Watson: waiting to see results

Shen Chieh: Dependency and risk in cross-strait trade ties

Presbyterian Church and civic organizations: More pro-Chen rallies planned

Lai I-chung: Austrian Anschluss has lessons for Taiwan

Former Deputy Science Minister Shieh Ching-jyh criticizes tactics used by prosecutors

Taipei Times editorial: A slippery slope for all involved

Ministry of Justice wants ethics probe for Chen Shui-bian's lawyer

Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng: Open letter of scholars and writers inaccurate

Prof. Liu Ching-yi: Ma looks ahead by looking backwards

Chin Heng-wei: Using the judiciary as a political tool

Control Yuan to investigate security abuses

Prof. Hsu Tze-tien: Prosecutors, police flout the law on handcuffs

"Wild Strawberries" stage ‘memorial service’ for human rights

International Federation IFDH: concerned about police response to protests

Taipei Times: DPP chairperson joins human rights rallies

Paul Lin: More groups must join "Ing" as she faces "Ying"

Prof. Yen Lu-fen: Musicians unite for Strawberries

DPP legislators say US uninformed about Taiwan

Taipei Times editorial: The KMT’s fate is suicide

Freedom House calls for investigation

Taiwan protesters sue police in anti-PRC demonstration

Taiwanese-Americans express 'grave concern' to Ma

J. Michael Cole: Peace in the Strait? ORBAT says no

Allen Houng: The dire straits of Taiwanese democracy

Taipei Times editorial: Ma Ying-jeou as musical instrument

Liu Shih-chung: Strategies for a cross-strait truce

Prof. Lin Chien-cheng: A lesson in rights for this ‘stupid president’

Michael Stainton: Taiwan back on the watchlist

Chen Shui-bian returns to Tucheng detention center

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen urged to join DPP rally for Chen and Taiwan

Huang Chi-yao: Impartial probe of violence needed

Paul Lin: Taiwanese should stop fighting among themselves

Lin Feng-cheng: Pre-trial detention should be curtailed

Taipei Times editorial: A crash course on image control

Taipei Times editorial: Taiwan's judiciary on life support

Yunlin County Magistrate Su Chih-fen: indicted on two accounts

Richard Halloran: Surely Obama’s new team won’t be Clinton redux?

Students speak out: A movement away from the political orthodoxy

Taipei Times editorial: Speak now or forever be silent

Sushil Seth: Who is calling the shots in Taiwan?

Chen Shui-bian fasts in detention protest

Su Chih-fen hospitalized and Chen Ming-wen starts hunger strike

Taipei Times editorial: Chen’s arrest opens Pandora’s box

Chen Shui-bian behind bars

US and Dutch officials to take closer look at Taiwan’s judiciary

Richard Halloran: Asia of many minds on Obama win

Yu Tsung-chi: Taking national defense seriously; a commentary on William Murray

Former president Chen Shui-bian chained

Letters to the editor: Surrendering Taiwan's sovereignty & Ma, KMT to blame for unrest

Lin Huan-yi: Student sit-in: A lesson in preserving democracy

Prof. Jerome Keating: Taiwan's president, the "little man"

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: calls for talks with President Ma

Taipei Times editorial: Avoid appearance of judical bias

Yunlin County commissioner Su Chih-fen’s health worsens

New student sit-ins pop up across nation

Li Thian-hok: Ma is handing Taiwan to China

Students in Taiwan reconvene, protest continues

Eighteen Taiwanese-American organizations decry ‘dark moment’ in Taiwan's democracy

Taipei Times editorial: Obama, his aides and Taiwan’s future

Yunlin County Magistrate Su Chih-fen remains on hunger strike

Taipei Times: Violence ends, finger-pointing begins

Taipei Times: Tensions mount in the capital

Hsu Szu-chien: Ma must talk straight to the Taiwanese

Ben Goren: An open letter to President Ma

Taipei Times editorial: The trampling of Taiwan’s rights

DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen: Taiwan must stand up for itself

International scholars and writers: Open letter on erosion of justice in Taiwan

Democratic Progressive Party strongly criticizes excessive police force

Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng to China: Dismantle missiles and give Taiwan international space

Liberty Times editorial: One nation loses in talks: Taiwan

ARATS' Chen Yunlin and SEF's Chiang Pin-kung sign four agreements

Taipei Times editorial: Fear and loathing in Taipei

Anti Chen Yunlin protesters say police measures recall the martial law era

ARATS head Chen Yunlin to arrive today for talks

Formosan Association for Public Affairs slams opposition arrests

Lai I-chung: A three-pronged confidence crisis

Protesters heckle Ma ahead of meeting with ARATS head

Prof. Tsai Ting-kuei on hunger strike to change Referendum Law

Taipei Times editorial: The beginning of civil disobedience

Tainan City Councilor Wang Ting-yu to file suit against ARATS head for threats

Chinese dissident Yuan Hongbing Beijing chose Lien Chan as envoy

September 2008

Huang Jei-hsuan from LA: Ma Ying-jeou: a man called horse

Taipei Times editorial: KMT to blame for arms sale snafu

J. Michael Cole: Beijing’s ‘North Korea’ card no ace

White House opposes Congressional bill to end arms freeze

Nat Bellocchi: Uncertain times for Taiwan, the US and the PRC

Paul Lin: The bitter aftertaste of the Chinese food scandal

US Administration reiterates support for WHA role

Taipei Times editorial: The Hong Kong model is not for us

Taiwan supporters on Capitol Hill slam freeze on arms sales to Taiwan

Lu Shih-Hsiang: A chapter in Taiwan's history we should not let fade

Republican advisor Michael Green: McCain supports WHA bid

Kris Liao in San Francisco: The KMT's sovereignty disorder

Liberty Times editorial: Ma selling out the country step by step

Shiue Yih-Chearng: Visions crumble, pessimism rules

Prof. Peng Ming-min tells details of escape from KMT

Charles Snyder: Financial crisis could speed up US arms sales

Foreign Ministry hails UN support from US and EU

Swiss court says Taiwan can sue ISO

W. Andy Knight: Taiwan deserves a seat at the UN table

Taipei Times editorial: Tsai Ing-wen’s time to shine

US Government Accountability Office berates US government for visa waiver snub

Huang Jei-hsuan in LA: Ma Ying-jeou, the de-Taiwanifier

Former legislator Lee Wen-chung: Our biggest threat is our own Mr Teflon

Former MAC vice chairwoman Yeh Chin-Fong: President Ma is confused as ever on PRC relationship

Shih Cheng-feng: Sovereign status: Ma is throwing it all away

Ben Goren: Ma's obscured unification

Taipei Times: AIT denies tougher guidelines

Taipei Times editorial: Ma's policies: When 'sorry' is not 'sorry'

Lai I-chung: ‘Non-state to state’ risks ‘status quo’

New DPP poll: Majority dissatisfied with Ma's performance

DPP Chair Tsai: US shortsighted on PRC policy

Lin Chia: Promises on the economy fooling us; Ma fooling himself

DPP slams Ma over "Taiwan region" comment

Bruce Jacobs: President Ma must reform the KMT

Taipei Times editorial: Ma is giving it all away

Liberty Times editorial: Ma should not depend upon 2016

Taipei Times editorial: Taiwan’s Ministry of Surrender

Gerrit van der Wees: Ma’s non-bid for the UN is anything but meaningful

Ma Ying-jeou: "State-to-state" theory is dead

Lin Cho-shui: A difficult start for Ma Ying-jeou

Sushil Seth: Beijing ambitions stir uncertainty

Taipei Times editorial: Global media and newswires don’t get Taiwan

July 2008

Lai I-chung: Ma's policies risk total isolation

Taipei Times editorial: Beijing is simply biding its time

Rupert Hammond- Chambers: upbeat on arms sales

Taipei Times editorial: If only Paul Wolfowitz is right

Paul Lin: Wake up, our sovereignty is at stake

Taiwan's Olympic title fuels controversy

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen speaks out at DPP convention

Nat Bellocchi: Rethinking the moves to be closer to Beijing

US State Department cagey on arms freeze

Edward Chen Door on arms sales not closed yet

Prof. Chen Lung-chu: Talks with China must not damage sovereignty

Taipei Times: US refuses to concede arms sale freeze

Taipei Times editorial: Rare, wise words from Annette Lu

US Admiral Timothy Keating confirms arms sales freeze

Randy Schriver: Arms freeze has consequences

Li Thian-hok: Consider life under communism

Jerome Keating: Ma appears as no more than a ‘one trick pony’

Taipei Times editorial: Cabinet needs to learn team work

Taiwan to shift gear for UN membership bids

Ma Ying-jeou: Arms procurement unchanged

Taipei Times editorial: No, the economy isn’t sound

Tsai Ing-wen: China policy may bring questions

Jerome Keating: Ma’s flimflam appeals to the sheep

Ex-defense analyst Bergersen gets 57 months in jail

Taipei Times editorial: Will the president yield to the cronies?

Taipei Times editorial: Upset? It’s all a ‘misunderstanding’

US Senators concerned by arms freeze

Gerrit van der Wees: Ma must build position of strength for Taiwan

Taipei Times editorial: Keep the president in President Ma

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: urges KMT to end internal disputes

Liu Shih-chung: Ma needs to face up to the nation

Lin Cho-shui: KMT must save itself from its legislators

Taipei Times editorial: Hello tourists, goodbye pipedreams

Liberty Times editorial: Brushing national security aside

Cao Changqing: Never underestimate propaganda

Taipei Times editorial: Has Ma been hypnotized on defense?

China Times report: Taiwan in range of Chinese surface-to-air missiles

J. Michael Cole: The oldest political trick in the books

Chen Kuo-Hsiung: This is not the time for complacency on defense

Rick Chang: Taiwan within range of Chinese surface-to-air missiles

Charles Snyder: Sources reinforce US role in arms sales

Lin Shih-Chia: Health maneuvers hurting Taiwan

Former legislator Lin Cho-Shui: Wang Jin-pyng’s unusual move

May 2008

Taipei Times editorial: A legislature that needs a lecture

Taipei Times editorial: Ma’s great cross-strait giveaway

US admiral Keating: KMT overly optimistic on cross-strait ties

The DPP condemns KMT Chairman Wu Po-hsiung's comments in China

Taipei Times editorial: How quickly the world forgets Tibet

Taipei Times editorial: Chen and the uncivil civil servants

Sushil Seth: The scary scenario of subversion

J. Michael Cole: Why are we sending aide to China?

Cao Changqing: History will vindicate the Chen presidency

Taipei Times editorial: Ma fails the first test of grace

New DPP chief bothered by what Ma did not say

Taipei Times editorial: Ma Ying-jeou: crossroads president

Taipei activists rally for independence as Ma takes office

DPP says: Ma’s appeal to Beijing is naive

Taiwan's WHO application thwarted for the 12th time

Taipei Times editorial: Goodbye, President Chen

Tsai Ing-wen ready to reform flagging DPP and win back support

Taipei Times editorial: Tsai faces a battle to reform the DPP

Tsai Ing-wen wins race for DPP chairmanship

Prof. W. Andy Knight: Taiwan should gain WHO status

United States criticizes Chinese missile buildup

Negroponte backing Taiwan's WHO bid

Liu Shih-chung: Now Ma must find a diplomatic strategem

Taipei Times editorial: Sichuan earthquake: Taiwan gives with an open heart

Charles Snyder: China spy suspect Kuo Tai-shen admits guilt

Taipei Times editorial: Su Chi: One old face we don't need to see

Prof. Bruce Jacobs: PNG scandal: spending money where it matters

Taipei Times editorial: If that’s how you treat a friend

Gerrit van der Wees: Could it be the economy, stupid?

Paul Lin: Learning from the Communists

Su Chi gets top job at NSC

Lai I-chung: The danger in choosing China over other states

World Taiwanese Congress 'concerned' over KMT victory

Foreign Minister Huang resigns over PNG scandal

US academics expect little change in Taiwan, US ties

Taipei Times editorial: Will Japan get in bed with China?

Taipei Times editorial: Cheap talk proves costly to economy

Richard Halloran: Two writers show extent of schism

Taipei Times editorial: The pitfalls of dollar diplomacy

Li Thian-hok: Can Ma keep Taiwanese freedom?

Lin Cho-shui: Making more concessions to China?

US lawmakers warn EU on lifting China arms ban

Paul Lin: Choosing Lai for MAC has blues seeing red

MAC chair-elect Lai Shin-yuan: says she supports Ma’s cross-strait policies

Lu I-ming: Sorting out who should talk to Hu

Taipei Times editorial: Et tu, my KMT colleagues?

Liu Shih-chung: Do not sideline foreign policy now

Lai Shin-yuan as new MAC chief: Voices for, against her appointment grow

March 2008

Taipei Times editorial: Ma faces many challenges

Bruce Jacobs in the Taipei Times: Some suggestions for Ma Ying-jeou

Taipei Times editorial: Out with the old, in with the older

Taipei Times: Decisive victory for Ma Ying-jeou

United States navy deploys two aircraft carriers close to Taiwan

Matthew Lien: Two rivers, two mayors and a very clear choice

Taipei Times editorial: It's use it or lose it on Saturday

Sushil Seth: Tibet riots a meter of Beijing's rot

Lee Long-hwa in NY: Beijing's not bringing cookies

Taipei Times editorial: Has Ma Ying-jeou seen the light?

Frank Hsieh: Taiwan could be a second Tibet

Taiwanese take to the streets in huge pre-election rallies

Gerrit van der Wees: Ma Ying-jeou on the wrong side of history

Samuel Yang: Colonialism in Taiwan

Andreas Foster: Choosing Taiwan's future

Taipei Times editorial: Economic growth may not be what is needed

Taiwan government condemns Chinese crackdown in Tibet

Ma Ying-jeou: Future of Taiwan should be decided by the Taiwanese people ...

Mainland Affairs Council slams 2005 communiques by Lien Chan and James Soong

Taipei Times editorial: Lawmakers behaving badly

Taipei Times editorial: Making 'referendum' a dirty word

Sushil Seth: China wants to manage US policy

US Congress write Bush over UN referendum

Mark Stokes: Taiwan must review security risks

Hsieh and Ma face off in last debate

Margot Chen: No time to dally over options for referendum

Taipei Times editorial: Missed opportunities for Ma, voters

US House of Representatives: gives Taiwan full backing

Central Election Commission open to separating poll, plebiscite

Taipei Times editorial: KMT caucus has tricks new and old

Huang Jei-hsuan in California: Green cards and sovereignty

Frank Hsieh: warns against one-party dominance

DOD report: Taiwan keeping up on defense

Prof. Edward Chen: First debate earns mixed review

Prof. Hwan C.Lin: Taiwan's economy is not bad off

Taipei Times editorial: What Taiwan can offer China

Lai I-chung: Report on US-Taiwan breaks new ground

January 2008

Admiral Timothy Keating: PRC's arms are aggressive

Huang Jei-hsuan: Presidential elections: doom or opportunity?

Gerrit van der Wees: Legislative elections: should Taiwan go Dutch?

Nat Bellocchi: Frank Hsieh has precious little time left

Michelle Wang: Democracy needs a helping hand

Ben Goren: Ma Ying-jeou's promise of peace

Michael Turton: Common sense on the polls

Taipei Times editorial: Is it the KMT versus the Constitution?

Kuomintang mulls plebiscite law change

Tseng Wei-chen: Why would Taiwan try to emulate Singapore?

Taipei Times editorial: China doesn't need missiles

Prof. Bruce Jacobs: Open letter to Frank Hsieh and Ma Ying-jeou regarding UN referendum

Sushil Seth: Does the US have a coherent China policy?

Frank Hsieh proposes a third UN referendum

Kurt Campbell: The US and Taiwan: Common yet different democracies

Kuo Chang-feng: It's time to change the system of government

Taipei Times editorial: The KMT under close watch

Jerome Keating: In search for a better voting system

Li Ming-juinn: The DPP must push for reform in the legislature

Hans Stockton: New system favors KMT

Taipei Times editorial: Mr Ma Ying-jeou's 'peace for our time'

Taipei Times editorial: Voting democracy away

Cao Changqing: DPP loss part of democratic process

Taipei Times editorial: Chinese predators and local ennui

Taipei Times editorial: Whither the DPP?

Taipei Times editorial: Expose the mythmaking, Mr. Hsieh

Wu Yu-shan: A new system amplifies old faults

President Chen says: "Four noes" pledge ends with him

Prof. J. Bruce Jacobs: Can the DPP overcome a drubbing?

DPP loses; KMT wins two-thirds majority

Taipei Times editorial: Seventy days to turn things around

Lee Long-hwa from NY: Voting for Taiwan's demise

Taipei Times editorial: A new legislature and old tricks

Legislative elections: Parties issue final appeal for support

Taipei Times editorial: KMT rejecting the tools of democracy

Paul Lin: politicians may need to step back to move forward

Lu Shih-hsiang: "Media slaves" bow to their masters

President Chen stumps for legislators in Tainan

Prosecutors to appeal Ma Ying-jeou verdict

Hanna Shen from Poland: Referendum is an instrument of democracy

Foreign Minister James Huang reiterates China threat

Gaines C. Ho: US wrong on referendum

Gerrit van der Wees: What's really bothering Beijing?

Liu Kuan-teh: Legislative poll results important for Hsieh

DPP fearful of low election turnout

Prof. Chen Lung-chu: Referendums are key to democracy

Chen Yi-shen: Transitional justice is not just electioneering

DPP and KMT Party heavyweights hit the campaign trail

LY elections: DPP eyes independent voters, seeks 50 seats

Richard Halloran: Asian leaders facing difficult tests

Tom Lantos leaving: Taiwan to lose third powerful ally in Congress

Chong-Pin Lin: What an Obama presidency means

President Chen's New Year's message: Chinese missile threat growing

National Democracy Hall reopens

The US and China to discuss Taiwanese arms

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

National Endowment for Democracy pressures Ma on TFD reshuffle

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

Taipei Times report: China envoy Wang Yi to visit Washington

Prof. Chang Wen-cheng: A serious blow to the basic right of protest

Ma Ying-jeou aide: Future is up to the people

Democratic Progressive Party accuses Ma of reshuffling TFD to please China

KMT official defends TFD Foundation reshuffle

Lin Cho-shui: Ma’s choice: separated powers or a parliament

Prof. Chen Ping-hung: When newsmakers sell their souls

Taipei Times editorial: Defending Chinese takes character

Prof. Jerome Cohen criticizes legal profession’s silence

KMT-CCP raprochement: Pressure builds for Ma-Hu meeting

"Wild Strawberries" slam indictment of NTU professor

Taipei Times: William Stanton "out of running" as AIT chief

Taipei Times editorial: Tienanmen: Democracy in whose words?

Taipei Times editorial: Something sinister on the horizon

Richard Halloran: ‘QDR’: How to prepare for war, not provoke it

April 2009

Taipei Times editorial: Extradition agreement with China: the devil in the detail

World Health Organization invites "Chinese Taipei" to the WHA

John Tkacik: An Obama Taiwan Policy Review: Too little, too late?

Prof. Chen Lung-chu: Agreement on WHA sets risky precedent

Congressional Research Service study urges review of US-Taiwan ties

Kurt Campbell nominated for assistant secretary of state

William Lowther: US may launch Taiwan Policy Review

CSIS forum: Friendship with Taiwan remains strong

Taipei Times editorial: So much for legislative supervision

Prof. Chiang Huang-chih: Options to participate at WHA are problematic

DPP legislators: MAC poll on ECFA unreliable

Prof. Chen Yi-shen: Taiwan’s status has yet to be determined

Prof. Woody Cheng: Corruption stains the KMT’s history

Taiwan Thinktank: Taiwan-US relations heading toward crisis

Congressional Report tackles Taiwan

Ma government finalizes details for X-Strait talks

Kris Liao in SF: The real heroes of Taiwan's democracy

AIT Chair Ray Burghardt rebuts envoy's quote claim

Lai I-chung: US appears fearful of Taiwan's democracy

Nat Bellocchi: Changes in China, Taiwan, US ties

Hsu Chien-jung: "Tears of gratitude" for Chiang Ching-kuo

SEF Chair Chiang Ping-kun regretful over son's PRC ties

Taipei Times editorial: A participant, not a begger

Lin Cho-shui: Deal on FHA would hurt Taiwan

Lee Teng-hui and James Soong attend CCK commemoration; deep chill

FAPA responds to Faleomavaega: We support the TRA

William Lowther in the Taipei Times: US campaigning to get Taiwan WHA seat

Taiwan Thinktank: Media freedom weakening

Winston Lord in Taipei: Taiwan Strait needs farsighted leaders

Prof. Chen Lung-chu: Ma changes 'status quo,' undermines TRA, ties with US

Taiwanese in US raise concerns over human rights

Taipei Times editorial: An unwanted parallel in Hong Kong

Chiang Huang-chih: WHO status is not worth sacrificing our security

Peter Huang - AI-Taiwan: A breakthrough in human rights

Taipei Times editorial: Can Taiwan survive historical forces?

Michael Turton: Faleomavaega’s fuzzy history

Yeh Hung-ling Ankang files should be archived

Taiwan remembers democracy pioneer Deng Nan-jung

Michael Turton and Dan Bloom: Taiwan’s constructed past

Taipei Times editorial: No eyes on the Ankeng Guesthouse

Gerrit van der Wees: The rational approach to ties is dual recognition

Taiwan legislature ratifies UN rights treaties

February 2009

Taipei Times editorial: 228, Vigilance still has a role to play

Former Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang: Goodwill over 228 dissipated so quickly

Taipei Times editorial: Ma Ying-jeou’s 228 balancing act

Academia Sinica: New 228 Incident papers released

US State Department cites continued rights abuses in Taiwan

Liberty Times editorial: CECA a threat to Taiwan’s freedom

LY Speaker Wang Jin-pyng opposes CECA without a legislative review

Taipei Times editorial: A CECA needs thorough debate

Taipei Times editorial: CECA: Ma ignores the fears of millions

Taipei Times editorial: Another missed opportunity for Ma

Prof. Chen Chun-kai: Taiwan is in need of a cultural clean break

DPP and TSU warn Ma over impeachment

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: Economy won't improve without reshuffle

National Affairs Conference seeks saner economic plan

Taipei Times editorial: The danger in national abnormality

Taipei Times: Exclusive interview with President Ma Ying-jeou

University professors: Comprehensive agreement with China is a unification trade trap

Paul Lin: Eliminate conflicts of interest in China talks

Taipei Times editorial: A slap in the face of history

University Professors to mark 228 with silent sit-in

Cao Changqing: The KMT is a master at silencing dissidents

Congresswoman Shelley Berkeley: backs TRAS commitments

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton US policy on arms sales unchanged

Taipei Times editorial: Ma’s 'truce' is working -- for Beijing

Freedom House: Taiwan's democratic test continues

J. Michael Cole: China’s parade to end all parades

Lu Shih-hsiang: KMT and CCP make ominous bedfellows

Ralph Jennings / Reuters: China increases missiles pointed at Taiwan to 1,500

Sushil Seth: China uneasy with new US regime

Richard Halloran: Security issues high on Clinton’s Asia agenda

DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen urges government to seek consensus on CECA

Taipei Times editorial: What's the beef with US visas?

Liberty Times editorial: Riding on PRC’s failing fortunes

Prof. Shih Chih-yu: Taking up the peace challenge

Lai I-chung: Ma’s China strategy endangers Taiwan

Taipei Times editorial: WHA bid turns Taiwan into a beggar

Control Yuan censures Investigation Panel prosecutors

FAPA urges Hillary Clinton to redraw Taiwan ties

Former first lady Wu Shu-jen pleads guilty to forgery

Yu Tsung-chi: The shift in China’s Taiwan policy

Cao Changqing: Injustice stirs concern here, abroad

Prof. James Holmes: Asia: Target of PRC’s carrier plan

Taipei Times editorial: KMT rolling back media freedom

Li Thian-hok: What does the future hold for China?

Prof. Jerome Keating: Ma’s impotence is the real problem

Liu Shih-chung at Brookings: US inauguration inspires, worries

Taipei Times editorial: Can Ma swallow Lee Teng-hui’s cure?

Hsieh Chih-lu: Freedom of press has plummeted under Ma

December 2008

Liberty Times editorial: Beijing is controlling our destiny

"Special Investigation Panel" puts former president Lee Teng-hui under investigation

Huang Kuo-chang: The clock is ticking on Ma’s loose promises

Celia Llopis-jepsen: "Mutual non-denial" helps Beijing alone

Lin Cho-shui: The death of de facto sovereignty

Paul Lin: A curious Chinese definition of "partner"

US lawmakers urge Bush not to forget Taiwan

Taipei Times editorial: Stepping into the spies’ den

Prof. Feng Chien-san: New rules could stifle public TV’s mandate

Richard Halloran: The key reasons why talks with N Korea failed

Civic organizations lend support to Public Television station

DPP LY Caucus: KMT cannot be a substitute for government

Liberty Times editorial: Blink and Taiwan will be sold out

J. Michael Cole: Beijing’s bid to ‘internalize’ Taiwan

Ma Ying-jeou repeats "region-to-region" comment

Wu Shu-jen's nurse: Disbelieving charges against former President

Cao Changqing: The probe against Chen Shui-bian warrants probing

Paul Lin: Questions on why the police came to my home

Taiwan Society to awaken public’s sense of Taiwanese ‘crisis’

Taipei Times editorial: Judicial farce? Take your pick

Chen Tsung-yi accuses KMT and police of intimidation

Admiral Keating pleased with progress in China relations

Taipei Times editorial: Hollow promises of media freedom

Reporters without Borders still concerned about KMT media interference

Former UN Human Rights Commission chairman Nisuke Ando: Taiwan must fight to keep democracy

Liberty Times editorial With Chen’s trial the judiciary is on trial

Former President Chen Shui-bian to stay free without bail

Hu Wen-huei: One-party rule eating into public institutions

Taipei Times editorial: Chiu Yi’s toupe and civil behavior

Ma’s law professor Jerome Cohen confident about judiciary

Taipei Times editorial: The pandas are Kings of the Hill

Richard Halloran : Kowtowing to Beijing would be ill-advised

Gerrit van der Wees: Ma must seek consensus to survive

Cao Changqing: It’s ‘rule of law,’ not ‘rule by law’

Former Canadian MP David Kilgour: Taiwan democracy under threat

Lin Cho-shui: Cross-strait air and sea pacts forfeit sovereignty

Taipei Times editorial: Picking off the Wild Strawberries

Paul Lin: If only our president were more like Sarkozy

President Chen Shui-bian and 13 others indicted by Investigation Panel

Civic groups rally in support of Public Television Service

Three women file suit against police for beatings during Chen Yunlin visit

Wild Strawberry students forced to vacate Liberty Square

Taipei Times editorial: Ma's ironic Human Rights Day

Prof. Herbert Hanreich: Taiwan needs to decide on rights

Taiwan Association for Human Rights slams Ma over rights abuses

All the president's men reject "police brutality"

Ko Shu-ling: Human rights advocates air concerns

Taiwan Society releases documentary on police brutality during Chen Yunlin visit

Taipei Times editorial: Ma's Dalai Lama move: setting a poor precedent

Wild Strawberry protest in Taipei stays peaceful

Chen Shui-bian's office to hold candlelight vigil

Sushil Seth: Obama faces China’s challenge

Former President Lee Teng-hui: visits "Wild Strawberries" to express support

Taipei Times editorial: Now we’re really being watched

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen criticizes Ma over remarks on Dalai Lama

Former VP Annette Lu put forward to join US inauguration

John Tkacik: On pricing Taiwan’s missile defense

Taiwan Bar Association urges judiciary to protect the rights of suspects

Taiwan academics debate Cross-Strait policy: "One Taiwan, Two Chinas"

Richard Bush tells Ma: Handle sovereignty with care

Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng: Treatment of detainees will be improved

J. Michael Cole: Ma in a corner over the Dalai Lama

Taipei Times editorial: Will Ma crush the Strawberries?

Liu I-ming: New media is a potent instrument for change

Huang Jei-hsuan: The KMT’s old habits die hard

Taipei Times editorial: Wo Weihan: ‘spy’, father, victim

International scholars and writers respond to open letter by Justice Minister

Prof. Lin Chien-cheng: Secret deals cast a long shadow over judiciary

October 2008

Taipei Times editorial: Mr. Lien goes to Lima via Beijing

Lin Cho-Shui: KMT could learn from the rally

Chen Yi-Chung: Taiwanese need to bone up on their Thoreau

J. Michael Cole: Wanted: angrier Taiwanese youth

Taipei Times editorial: Listen when the people speak

Liberty Times editorial: Ma’s ‘no war’ mantra is capitulation

Taipei Times: Ralliers vent anger at Ma government

Former President Lee Teng-hui: pans Ma over belief in ‘1992 consensus’

Taipei Times editorial: The DPP’s chance in a million

DPP Democratic Progressive mass rally to ‘safeguard Taiwan’

Taipei Times editorial: Nothing new in Ma’s ‘new’ no

Prof. Chen Lung-chu: A march for a cause both natural and threatened

Michelle Wang: Lesson 1: Which one is our country?

Chinese dissident Chen Pokong: urges caution on cross-strait ties

Taipei Times editorial: Oct. 25 unity is sine qua non

Taiwan protesters give PRC official ‘special welcome’

Lin Cho-shui: Mr. Ma not in control of cross-strait relations

Taipei forum: Economic Partnership Agreement CEPA endangers Taiwan

Taipei Times editorial: Flags and the line in the sand

Taipei Times editorial: Free press: the fruit of our labors

Jerome Keating: The Cairo Declaration, 65 years on

Paul Lin: Our united front: how to keep the CCP at bay

Taipei Times editorial: The stink of clumsy policy

Lu I-Ming: Keeping politicians out of the media

Lin Cho-Shui: None so blind as they who won’t see

Taipei Times editorial: Washington's month of giving

Liberty Times editorial: Double Ten; Just another pep talk

Taipei Times editorial: Supervising cross-strait deals

CSIS Forum says Ma strategy toward China effective

Former NSC deputy minister Shieh Ching-jyh: accuse politicians and media of bias

DPP Chairperson: Ma's 10-10 speech "compilation of empty rethoric."

The DPP to organize a vigil and mass rally against government

Taipei Times editorial: ROC fiction replacing Taiwan reality

Wu Li-pei: The US must stand up for democracy

Democratic candidate Barack Obama also welcomes arms package

Shen Chieh: US arms package; Ma taking the credit when it is undeserved

Taipei Times editorial: Beijing’s new tune on arms sales

Liu Shih-Chung: Obama, McCain camps impact on Taiwan

William Stimson: Estonia: a Taiwanese KTV for independence

Taiwan supporters in Washington laud weapons sale

Taipei Times editorial: The end of the US arms sale freeze

State Department approves arms sales

Congressional Research Service: Warm Taiwan-PRC ties a US concern

International Security Advisory Board warns State Department on PRC aims

Gerrit van der Wees: The US must send China a clear signal

French judge dismisses Lafayette case

Sushil Seth: China’s pride will be US’ challenge

Prof. Hwang Shiow-Duan: Ma Ying-jeou is selling Taiwanese sovereignty for peanuts

Taiwan defense minister urges US weapons sales to Taiwan

August 2008

Taiwan demonstrators rally targeting Ma on 100th day in office

Nat Bellocchi: Is Taiwan prepared to engage the present?

Taipei Times editorial: Thank goodness for Chen Shui-bian

Charles Snyder: Draft Republican platform supports Taiwan

Taipei Times editorial: Beijing gives another slap in Ma Ying-jeou's face

Taiwan's MOFA unsurprised by Beijing reaction to UN participation bid

Taipei Times editorial: Moscow shows its double standards

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: An open letter to DPP supporters

Prof. Peng Ming-min: Struggling on in times of hardship

DPP opinion poll: Ma Ying-jeou's rating plunges to 36.9 percent

Taipei Times editorial: The hollow pride of Beijing

Prof. Jerome Keating: The PRC, Russia and double standards

Chen Shui-bian: KMT government engaged in political vendetta

Taipei Times editorial: Does the corruption stop here?

US Democratic Party: add text on Taiwan to party platform

Taipei Times editorial: Ma’s UN policy yields to China

Taiwan's GIO: Promotion of this year’s UN bid to change

Taipei Times editorial: A newer KMT method of torture

Cao Changqing: "One dream" China can't deliver

J. Michael Cole: The wider implications of Georgia

Taipei Times editorial: Taking a stand is a President's role

Paul Lin: The real terrorists are those in Beijing

Ma delegation in Dominican Republic referred to as "China, Taiwan"

Taipei Times editorial: Hey Ma, that little girl wasn’t singing

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: Respect for the civil service system

Taiwan's foreign ministry: No bid for full UN membership

Jerome Keating: Taiwan, the UN, what’s in a name?

Taipei Times editorial: KMT speaks with a Beijing accent

Taipei Times editorial: No more "mutual" goodwill, please!

Former ambassador Joseph Wu: Successor will face similar challenge

Catherine Lin: How "Chinese, Taipei" came about

Ben Goren: "Chinese, Taipei"; what's in a name?

Taipei Times editorial: Turning back time on Taiwan's sovereignty

Paul Lin: What are Beijing's leaders so afraid of?

Richard Halloran: Beijing politicizing the Olympics

Taipei Times editorial: One strike against Obama's aides

Sushil Seth: The perils of Taiwan's supplicant government

Sprinster Chi Cheng urges boycott of Olympic Games' opening

George W. Bush puzzles press with comments on Taiwan-China ties

Taipei Times editorial: UN bid not even worth a name

NSC's Dennis Wilder denies arms "freeze"

J. Michael Cole: Hegemonism behind arms "freeze"

June 2008

Nat Bellocchi: Keeping the Taiwanese informed

Cao Changqing: Why is Ma emulating people like Hu Jintao?

Tsai Ing-wen outlines her plans to rebuild DPP

Opinion poll: Ma’s approval rating is less than half

John Tkacik: Clear signal needed on disputed Senkaku isles

PRC asks Japan to support "unification"

Yao Jen-to: Ma’s one-track cross-strait policy

MOFA: Bid to observe at WHA necessary

Chiang Pin-kung rebuts allegations of corruption

Paul Lin: Taiwan can't afford Chinese ‘gifts’

DPP hails Rice's remarks on Taiwan-US relations

Sushil Seth: Will China be a peaceful power?

Charles Snyder: US arms decision made last Christmas

Taipei Times editorial: You're the president, act like one

Repr. Koh Se-kai: MOFA bungled reaction to Tiaoyutai collision

Gerrit van der Wees: Ma Administration's words and actions are threatening democracy

Richard Bush: The balancing act across the Strait

Ma Ying-jeou reasserts ROCs claims to Tiaoyutai

Ben Goren: DPP should tackle Tiaoyutai issue

Defense News report: KMT asked for arms freeze

Taiwan News editorial: Stop fanning the fires over Tiaoyutai

DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen: warns of hasty decisions in cross-strait affairs

KMT Chair questions Ma status if ARATS chief visits

MOFA recalls Taiwan representative to Japan

Taipei Times editorial: The premier’s ship is taking on water

Premier Liu Chao- shiuan: War with Japan over Tiaoyutai possible

United States freezes weapons sales to Taiwan

DPP opinion poll: Ma Ying-jeou's popularity rating drops

Prof. Edward Chen: Rethinking cross-strait strategies

Former MAC Chair Chen Ming-tong downbeat on cross-strait plans

Lin Cho-shui: Taiwan’s new shadow government

US tells China: Let Taiwan join global bodies

MOFA delays ‘Taiwan’ name changes

DPP legislative caucus questions MAC’s Lai on "Chinese Taipei"

DPP Chairwoman Tsai rejects independence criticism

Lai I-chung: How China could erode Taiwanese democracy

Taipei Times editorial: Beijing's grand illusion of peace

Transitional justice in Taiwan: Lawyers seek ruling on Martial Law

Paul Lin: KMT Chairman Wu’s humiliating journey

Liu Shih- Ghung: Questions for Ma that won’t just disappear

April 2008

Europarliament member Charles Tannock: Give Taiwan credit for democracy

Cao Changqing: Middle road a betrayal of the DPP’s principles

Taipei Times editorial: Taiwan doesn’t need Palestine model

Liang Wen-Chieh: DPP must mend to attract voters

Premier-designate Liu Chao-shiuan: names major Cabinet posts

Prof. Lin Wen-cheng: More questions about the "1992 consensus"

Richard Halloran: China’s well-organized Tibet-bashing campaign

Shen Chieh: Everyone should be reflecting on the election

Prof. Jerome Keating: It’s "not politics," but mind your P’s

Mark Du from Miami: Tibet and the Olympics: You all ought to know

Dominique Moisi: China and the Olympics: Clash of hypocrisy, incompetence

Lin Cho-shui: Boao Forum: When words are more than words

DPP to chart a new beginning

Taiwan Thinktank Forum discusses Taiwan's sovereignty

Taipei Times editorial: Ma Ying-jeou running soft and hard

Prof. Ruan Ming: The sinister forces behind Boao

Tsai Ing-wen enters DPP chairmanship election

Taipei Times editorial: How deep are Hu' s "deep" thoughts?

Chow Mei-li: Taiwan can provide a voice for the Tibetans

Siew meets Powell as president Chen pans trip

Lu Shih-hsiang: The intoxicating deification of Ma

Alison Hsieh from Greece: Taiwan should be consistent on WHO application

Taipei Times editorial: Is Ma’s Cabinet already old hat?

Prof. Ruan Ming: Sovereignty and "one China" not compatible

Siew and Hu meet at Boao Forum in Hainan

Taipei Times editorial: Self-respect loses to self-censorship

President Chen: WHO bid to use ‘Taiwan’ as title

Stephen Yates: What to expect of the US and China

Shaheen visit marred by threat

Taipei Times editorial: Taming the KMT dragon

Taipei Times editorial: Washington sends mixed signals

Sushil Seth: Tibet: China’s make-believe world

Charles Hong: Ma, before and after the elections

Taipei Times editorial: Think before you leap, Ma

Liu Shih-chung: Ma's dream of visiting US sparks controversy

February 2008

Taipei Times editorial: Forgetting what 228 is really about

Frank Hsieh urges public to vote for the dream of their forefathers

Ma Ying-jeou promises 228 apology, new historical perspective

"Walk against the wind" march ends at huge rally in Taipei

Taipei Times editorial: Even Ma must be dumbstruck

Randall Schriver: Timing of Rice remarks "inadequate"

Stephen Nelson from Toronto: Lessons from 228

President Chen hopes for better dialogue with the US

Li Thian-hok: Freedom must win on March 22nd

AEI/Armitage report: US and Taiwan must bolster ties

Members of US Congress call for an end to "one China" policy

Taipei Times editorial: One rule for Kosovo, one for Taiwan

President Chen Shui-bian: mulling `defensive referendum'

Jerome Keating: German film offers insights for Taiwanese

Foreign Minister James Huang: Taiwan officially recognizes Kosovo

Sushil Seth: China's rise will mean turbulence

Kosovo declares independence

Frank Hsieh's accuser apologizes publicly

Ma Ying-jeou criticizes Central Election Commission investigation

Taipei Times editorial: KMT elders should grow up

Stephen Yates: The direction of Taiwanese politics

Ministry of National Defense seeks answers over Chinese spy scandal in the US

Congressman Howard Berman set to be Taiwan's champion

Jerome Keating: Finding identity amidst the baloney

FBI charges trio with spying for China

Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandson criticizes Lien Chan for refusal to concede in 2004

Overseas Taiwanese organizations urge Bush to support UN membership for Taiwan

John McCain has Chinese aggression in his sights

Taiwan allies protest UN treatment of Taiwan

Deputy Secretary Negroponte: Give Taiwan more international space

US House of Representatives to vote on Taiwan bill

Taiwan expats in Germany berate German foreign minister

William Cooper: UN poll should stay

State of Indiana adopts three resolutions in support of Taiwan