Nets across the strait: driftnet fishing thrives under Chinese flag

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Taiwanese fishermen may be evading Taiwan's ban on driftnets by flying Chinese flags and using Chinese ports as bases. The fishermen may also be using driftnets in North Pacific and Indian Ocean international waters in violation of a UN ban. Environmentalists oppose driftnets because of the large-scale damage they inflict on marine life. Taiwanese fishing companies contend that the UN ban does not apply to them because Taiwan is not a UN member. However, a new US law allows sanctions to be imposed on any country whose fishermen use driftnets.

International aspects, Environmental policy, Drift nets, Drift net fishing

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The narrowing strait: Taipei and Peking prepare for unofficial talks

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China's communist government and Taiwan's nationalist government will negotiate through high-level unofficial representatives for the first time on Apr 27-28, 1993 in Singapore. These talks may mark the beginning of a rapprochement between the two sides, who have remained bitter enemies since the Communist victory in mainland China in 1949. However, resolution of the many substantive issues that divide the two governments will have to wait for later, more in-depth talks. Both sides are approaching the negotiations carefully.

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Strait line: progress, setbacks mark efforts to solidify China ties

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Chinese-Taiwanese relations in 1993 generally improved despite some rocky periods. Cheyne Chiu, appointed in March to lead Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, resigned in October due to policy differences with Huang Kung-hui, chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council. Chiu believed that Huang had denied him proper access to Pres Lee Teng-hui and was too slow to endorse new openings to China. Chiu's successor, Chiao Jen-ho, believes that China's rulers fail to grasp that the Taiwanese will never accept communist rule.

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