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• Taiwan Headlines
  Taiwan government selected articles from Taiwan's English-language newspapers, translations of articles appearing in the island's Chinese-language press, items from GIO publications, photographs, graphics, and statistics.



• Taiwan Security Research
  Respected academic and non-government website designed to aggregate and disseminate information on current events relating to Taiwan's security and regional security issues.



• Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan)



• Taiwan Philanthropy Information Center

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JIAP Resource Guides

• Information Resources on Taiwan Security, Science & Technology
  Prepared by the Japan Information Access Project, 04/24/2000

  Resource Guide

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Economy

• Free Trade Agreements



2003
• "Prospects and Politics of a U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement" , EI Conference, 6/2/03. Speakers included Gordon Chang, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), Wu Li-pei, and Therese Shaheen. Online-Video Summary DeLay's remarks

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Foreign Policy

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Human Rights

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Politics

• 2003



• Taiwan Strait I: What's Left of 'One China'?, International Crisis Group, June 2003, All relevant players need to find creative ways of moving forward, minimizing provocation: the period leading up to the next presidential election, in March 2004, will be an important test for Taiwan's pro-independence leaders. http://taiwansecurity.org/IS/2003/ICG-1.pdf



• Taiwan Strait II: The Risk of War, International Crisis Group, June 2003, China has no capacity for the foreseeable future to launch a successful major military assault on Taiwan, and that it is operating far more on the political or psychological level of conflict rather than the military. http://taiwansecurity.org/IS/2003/ICG-2.pdf



• Taiwan Strait III: The Chance of Peace, International Crisis Group, June 2003, There should be a resumption of high level political contacts - with greater emphasis on concrete cross-Strait cooperation and interchanges, and less on high-profile arguments about recognition of the 'one China' principle. http://taiwansecurity.org/IS/2003/ICG-3.pdf

• Democracy



2003
• Chen Shui-bian and Building Democracy, Atlantic Council Bulletin, May 2003, Meeting report. http://www.acus.org/Publications/bulletins/Asia/Chen%20Bulletin.pdf



• "Taiwan Already Independent, Cabinet Says,"Taipei Times, 7/1/03. "There is no need to hold a referendum on the nation's sovereignty because Taiwan is already an independent sovereign state, Cabinet Spokesman Lin Chia-lung said yesterday. "If we have to hold a referendum on the nation's sovereignty, it'll only be on whether Taiwan wants to unite with China, not whether Taiwan wants to declare independence, because we're already an independent sovereignty," Lin said. http://taiwansecurity.org/TT/2003/TT-070103.htm

• General



2003
• Taiwan Strait I: What's Left of 'One China'?, International Crisis Group, June 2003, All relevant players need to find creative ways of moving forward, minimizing provocation: the period leading up to the next presidential election, in March 2004, will be an important test for Taiwan's pro-independence leaders. http://taiwansecurity.org/IS/2003/ICG-1.pdf



• Taiwan Strait II: The Risk of War, International Crisis Group, June 2003, China has no capacity for the foreseeable future to launch a successful major military assault on Taiwan, and that it is operating far more on the political or psychological level of conflict rather than the military. http://taiwansecurity.org/IS/2003/ICG-2.pdf



• Taiwan Strait III: The Chance of Peace, International Crisis Group, June 2003, There should be a resumption of high level political contacts – with greater emphasis on concrete cross-Strait cooperation and interchanges, and less on high-profile arguments about recognition of the 'one China' principle. http://taiwansecurity.org/IS/2003/ICG-3.pdf

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Security

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U.S. Policy

• 2003



• "AIT Director Follow U.S. Orders In Engagement With Taipei," CNA 7/3/03. "There are no signs that Douglas Paal, director of the American Institute In Taiwan (AIT) Taipei Office, has deviated from Washington's instructions in his dealing with Taipei on the issue of Taiwan's plebiscite, a senior U.S. official said Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told CNA that Paal is not a free actor and has to follow orders from Washington, which does not oppose any kind of plebiscite in Taiwan. Commenting on a report published in a Taipei newspaper June 21 that Paal had told President Chen Shui-bian that Washington opposes any kind of plebiscite in Taiwan, the official said: "There is no reason to believe this article is true at all." http://www.cna.com.tw/eng/index.0703.html



• "Parties Tell US to Keep Nose out of Domestic Affairs: DPP Deputy Secretary-General Lee Ying-yuan said that the Taiwanese have the right to voice their opinion in a plebiscite," Taipei Times, 6/23/03. "Ruling and opposition parties were in agreement yesterday that the US should not stop Taiwan from holding referendums to decide matters concerning internal affairs. Chinese-language newspapers on Saturday reported that in a meeting with President Chen Shui-bian director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Douglas Paal had expressed opposition to the idea of the country holding plebiscites on domestic issues. Chen pledged in May to hold two referendums coinciding with the next presidential election on March 18 regarding Taiwan's entry into the World Health Organization and whether construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant should continue." http://www.taiwansecurity.org/TT/2003/TT-062203.htm



• "US Suspends Plan to Sell Taiwan Four Aegis Destroyers," Taiwan Security Research, 6/1/03.http://taiwansecurity.org/AFP/2003/AFP-070103.htm

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