Dirty linen: turf war over China policy goes public
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A feud between the two Taiwanese organizations is disrupting Taiwan's relations with China. The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) is an ostensibly private, semi-official body set up to manage contacts with the mainland, while the Mainland Affairs Council is a government agency with cabinet status and authority to establish policy. SEF Sec-General Cheyne Chiu criticizes the council for giving the SEF too little freedom to act. Council Chmn Huang Kung-hui responds that the SEF is subordinate to the council and should not muddle Taiwanese policy by going beyond the council's instructions.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1993
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Frankly speaking: pragmatism increasingly determines China policy
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Taiwan's political conservatives express dismay at recent blunt statements on relations with China but the gradual opening seems inevitable, if still one-sided. China maintains its hard-line and often militaristic stance toward the island, but Taiwan wants to become a regional transport and economic hub, a goal it cannot pursue without links to China. Special zones for cargo shipment are a strong beginning, and direct air travel could come by mid-1997. Full, direct trade links are not in the near future, however.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1995
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Strait gambit: China awaits reaction to its halting of missile tests
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China's aggressive actions toward Taiwan may have quelled the latter's international activities but they have also hardened its residents' opposition to Beijing. The mainland's posturing included missile tests in the sea near Taiwan, broadcasts and press accounts strongly critical of Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui and his administration, and more. Rather than widening rifts in Taiwan's body politic, however, these acts united citizens in support of their leaders, and deepened popular resentment of the mainland.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1995
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