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Not so dire strait?
LATE IN 2004 I went to Taiwan for the first time, expecting to find everyone living in fear of what China might launch at its "renegade province". Instead, most people were unperturbed. During a much longer visit early in 2006, I tried to find out if the composure was more than cosmetic. During three weeks of meetings with business managers, government officials, trade experts, students and international relations scholars, I found few Taiwanese who said they feared China. Rather, they tended to assert that China relies too much on Taiwanese business acumen, technology and money for it to make serious trouble across the Strait. Occasional doubts arise when China harangues ...
- China, Taiwan and hurt feelings. (relations between China and Taiwan)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) February 19, 1994 700+ words
...the government was told by Kao Koong Lian, of the Mainland Affairs Council, which oversees Taiwan's policy on China. China has blocked Taiwan's attempts to join the United Nations, and in January it got France to halt arms sales to the...
- China, Taiwan Take Conciliatory Steps; Beijing Ends Military Maneuvers, Taipei...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Steven Mufson March 26, 1996 700+ words
...presidential election, suggested China and Taiwan are looking for ways to defuse...priority. Tensions between China and Taiwan have been rising steadily for nearly a year. China regards Taiwan as a renegade province be cause...
- China, Taiwan Move Closer Economically, Still Spar Politically.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) December 18, 2003 700+ words
...Taiwan. Li Weiyi, spokesman for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, told reporters...splitist plots," Li said. China considers Taiwan a renegade province and has...Bush sent a warning to both China and Taiwan to refrain from provocations...
- China, Taiwan to operate flights to restore transport links.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. June 26, 2008 700+ words
China, Taiwan to operate flights to restore transport...transport links snapped 59 years ago, China and Taiwan have agreed to operate 144 cross...cross-Strait return flights between China and Taiwan, as per the landmark agreement signed...
- China, Taiwan Made Gains and Losses in Recent Standoff
- Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered March 26, 1996 700+ words
...Tensions are much reduced in the Taiwan Strait now that China has ended its live ammunition...independence, are over. Both China and Taiwan now say they hope to resume...produced gains and losses for both China and Taiwan. TED CLARK, Reporter: China...
- China-Taiwan: spiraling downward.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Goldring, Natalie July 14, 1999 700+ words
...destructive action-reaction pattern of China-Taiwan relations. Each side incorrectly...this way. The good news of the Taiwan-China security relationship is that...susceptibility to countermeasures. Neither Taiwan nor China can spend its way out of its security...
- China, Taiwan need reality check from U.S.
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN March 19, 1996 700+ words
...war, and only the people of China and Taiwan can sort out a solution. But...while we can set the boundaries, China and Taiwan have to negotiate the core...stability and commerce. That's how Taiwan and China coexisted up to now. They don...
- CHINA-TAIWAN: ALARM BELLS RING AS NEW WAR GAMES BEGIN
- News wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire Rajiv Chandra March 20, 1996 700+ words
...underway over the southern entrance to the Taiwan Strait. China, which claims Taiwan is a breakaway province, has mounted a series...States to send warships to defend Taipei. Both China and Taiwan have evacuated hundreds of people living in...
