Taiwan Communiqué no. 114, June / July 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• Frank Hsieh DPP Presidential candidate
  • A surprise victory
  • Yeh Chu-lan as vice-Presidential candidate?
  • Ma Ying-jeou can't find a running-mate
  • Premier Su resigns, Chang Chun-hsiung succeeds him


• Taiwan into the WHO
  • Applying for full membership
  • Congress writes in support of Taiwan
  • The State Department's report to Congress


• Is the US a nation-state? by Gerrit van der Wees


• The status quo "as we define it" by Ambassador Harvey Feldman

• DOD Report 2007 on China's military power
  • Gearing up to take Taiwan by force


• Saint Lucia establishes Taiwan relations
  • December elections bring diplomatic ties
  • Sir John Compton: a profile in courage


• Report from Washington
  • High-level resolution introduced in the House
  • Security Archives: How Nixon betrayed Taiwan


• Book Review
  • A War like no other, by Richard Bush and Mike O'Hanlon
  
  
• In the limelight
  • Centre for Taiwan Studies, SOAS, London