2008 Jul. 09
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We regret to announce that for the time being we will no longer be able to provide daily reviews of the main headlines in Taiwan¡¦s Chinese-language newspapers as of April 29, 2006. We would like to thank all our readers for their support over the past few years. We hope to be able to resume the service at some point in the future. Taiwan Perspective will however continue to provide analytical papers from noted academics and figures from the world of politics. We hope our readers continue to find this service beneficial.

Taiwan Update - News in Brief

Minister sets goal for changes in Taiwan-China economic ties

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Structural changes in cross-Taiwan Strait trade and economic ties are set to take place within a year after relevant polices and measures are approved by the Executive Yuan, Minister of Economic Affairs Yiin Chii-ming said yesterday.

Yiin made the remarks while answering reporters' questions following a seminar on reducing the digital gap in Taiwan's industry, hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

According to Yiin, the MOEA is slated to complete plans to ease the current cap on China-bound investments by Taiwan-based companies by the end of this month.

As soon as the projected measures are approved by the Executive Yuan, the MOEA will put them in place as quickly as possible, and ensuing structural changes in cross-strait economic relations will occur within a year, Yiin said.
2008/07/09 11:15 AM

More news in brief
Taiwan's Main Headlines
 •  Kaohsiung delegation heads for China (China Post)
 •  Top China policy negotiator stresses economics in Strait (Taipei Times)
 •  More than 750 PRC tourists taking inaugural flights (Taipei Times)
 •  DPP hails Rice's remarks on Taiwan-US relations (Taipei Times)
 •  Taiwan residents can ferry to China (China Post)
More Taiwan Headlines

Other News about Taiwan
 •  Taiwan to relax more China investment restrictions (Straits Times)
 •  A Falun Gong welcome for mainland visitors to Taiwan (The International Herald Tribute)
 •  Direct China-Taiwan flights begin (BBC)
 •  China, Taiwan set to launch historic weekend flight (The International Herald Tribute)
 •  Air China says historic first regular flights between Beijing and Taiwan to begin July 4 (The International Herald Tribute)

Taiwan Perspective E-letter Issue No. 129

The New Matrix of Taiwan¡¦s Foreign Policy

By L.C. Russell Hsiao (¿½¨}¨ä) ƒx

People across the world tuned in on May 20 to hear Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou deliver his inaugural speech, and not just the portion of the electorate that voted for him in the March presidential election. Everyone with a stake in the stability of the Straits got a piece of the pie¡Xand the United States and China walked away with the biggest pieces. In his speech, Ma offered Chinese President Hu Jintao a grand bargain for the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to co-manage cross-Strait relations between the two parties on both sides of the Strait, in a speech full of giving that only stopped short of letting China eat the cake too¡XMa unilaterally offered to set aside the issue of Taiwan ¡¥s sovereignty, proclaiming that ¡§sovereignty¡¨ will be a non-issue in cross-Strait relations under his administration and ¡§what matters is ¡K core values and way of life.¡¨ What Ma meant by core values could perhaps be interpreted as ¡§Taiwan consciousness¡¨ and the way of life meaning Taiwan¡¦s de facto independence, and if this were true, it may seem like a win-win-win-win situation. Beijing, at least while Ma is in office, does not have to worry about the island moving closer to de jure independence and Hu can avoid having his legacy be branded as the ¡§one who lost Taiwan,¡¨ Washington gets to take a breather, the Taiwanese economy will likely get a needed jolt, and the international community (namely the EU) can deal with both sides of the Strait without stepping into the line of fire, and a cursory look at the odds of this scenario seems like a sure bet for all sides. Yet there may be more challenges in store for the future of Taiwan's foreign policy and particularly Sino-U.S. relations.   [More]

2008/06/04 10:01 AM


Events in Taiwan

Date Subject Location Organizer
2008-08-11 Asia Pacific Security Forum 2008-Asian Elections 2007-2008:Regional Security Implications Double Tree Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A
2008-03-23 Roundtable on "¡§Taiwan¡¦s 2008 Presidential Election: A New Beginning for Cross-Strait Relations?¡¨" Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Metro Suite (B1) INPR&LSE
2008-01-13 Roundtable on "The 2008 LY Election: A New Beginning of Two-Party System in Taiwan?" Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, East Gate INPR&LSE
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