Taiwan Communiqué no. 124, June / July 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• May 17th protests in Taiwan
  • Against Ma Ying-jeou's rush towards China
  • Say "no" to the KMT and China"
  • Who is defending Taiwan's sovereignty?


• The Ma administration after one year
  • Rolling back democracy and sovereignty, by Michael J. Fonte


• Taiwan into the WHO?
  • Substance or political theatre?
  • "Chinese Taipei", what's in a name?


• International scholars write again
  • Open letter to President Ma Ying-jeou

• Commemorating Cheng Nan-jung's death
  • Magazine publisher gave life for press freedom


• 60 years since declaration of martial law
  • The longest in recent history


• Chen Shui-bian's trial drags on
  • Medical condition from bad to worse
  • Chen: "Let's end this judicial circus"


• Report from Washington
  • US Congress reaffirms Taiwan Relations Act, by Coen Blaauw


• Book Review
  • Strait Talk by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, reviewed by Gerrit van der Wees