Editorial Taiwan News 2010-02-08 The relationship between the United States under new President Barack Obama and the Chinese Communist Party – ruled People’s Republic of China entered a new reality – based stage following Washington’s announcement Jan. 29 of a US$6.4 billion package of defensive arms sales to Taiwan and Beijing’s threatened retaliation. Since...
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Over the past 15 years now, I have warned about America becoming too dependent on Communist China.  I have warned that one day it would bite us in the ass.  Well, I hate to say “I told you so”; but that’s exactly whats happened now. Before I continue I think a history lesson is...
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Taipei Times Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 By Su Jun-pin 蘇俊賓 In a recent opinion piece (“Democracy and human rights still regressing,” Jan. 12, page 8), Gerrit van der Wees said Taiwan’s freedom and democracy are being eroded. He also predicted that in the Freedom in the World 2010 survey conducted by Freedom House, Taiwan’s...
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The New York Times Your January 11 editorial, “A Taiwan Lesson,” leaves unclear one key fact about the recent U.S. sale of PAC-3 antimissile batteries to Taiwan: This action is simply the finalization of a Bush-era contract. President Obama himself has made no notification to Congress on arms sales already agreed to by the...
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By:  Jerome F. Keating Ph.D. For Taiwanese, the most laughable and/or irritating statements are those of foreigners that begin with the words, “Well, Taiwan has always been . . .” One prime example is the current fabrication going around, “Well, Taiwan has always been a part of China.” The Taiwanese have their own experience...
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