Taiwan Communiqué no. 130, November / December 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• "Big Five" election results
  • A comeback for the DPP
  • Implications for Ma Ing-jeou's China policy
  • The US needs to reassess its position


• China's rise and security in East Asia
  • Connecting the dots from Korea on down
  • The Senkaku imbroglio continued
  • Is Taiwan the weak link?


• Rapprochement on the rocks?
  • China increasing number of missiles
  • Slight at Tokyo International Film Festival
  • Taekwondo "sockgate" at Asian Games
  • Wall Street Journal: War clouds over Taiwan

• Erosion of justice and democracy
  • District Court: Chen Shui-bian not guilty
  • Supreme Court hands down 11 years' sentence
  • The justice system and politics in Taiwan


• Report from Washington
  • Implications of the US election results
  • Bill Clinton missed an opportunity, by Nat Bellocchi


• Book Review
  • America's security and Taiwan's freedom by Jay T. Loo, reviewed by Gerrit van der Wees


• Taiwan Communiqu� at thirty
  • A message to our readers