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Taiwan has regained initiative in dealing with the mainland

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Taiwan achieved a major diplomatic victory in the first round of talks with China, which were held in Singapore in Apr 1993. While China attained the high-level meeting with Taiwanese officials that it had sought since 1949, Taiwan succeeded in focusing the talks on practical rather than political issues. This success resulted ultimately from former Pres Chiang Ching-kuo's 1987 decision to formulate a positively defined policy toward China and to renew contacts. The Taiwanese should continue to call on China to abjure the use of force against them.

Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Chinese reunification question

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Peking's Taiwan paper shows its ultimate reliance on force

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China's white paper on reunification with Taiwan shows that the Peking government has not renounced the use of force against Taiwan. The paper defends the possible use of force on the grounds that such action may be necessary to defend China's sovereignty. But this argument is dishonest since Taiwan is not a military threat to China. Any Chinese attack on Taiwan would therefore be an unprovoked act of aggression against a free people. China's position, like its opposition to UN membership for Taiwan, betrays a lack of principle.

Military aspects, Chinese reunification question, 1949-

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Taiwan looks for loopholes: 'offshore shipping centre' is way to bypass its own rules

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Taiwan's roundabout way of permitting trade and travel links to mainland China degrades its own image as a nation and as a potential regional business hub. Its bans on direct trade and travel have created many absurd situations and encouraged the growth of semi-official agencies that allow some forms of contact but still impose artificial restrictions. Now Taiwan awaits Chinese reactions to its plans for air and shipping ports termed 'offshore' for legal purposes. Taiwan should openly change its laws.

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