Opinions/Analysis
The 2000 Taiwan Election: Democracy on Steroids
By John J. Tkacik
Democracy in Taiwan is fully caffeinated. It tingles, makes you nervous, gets the blood pumping through the veins. Taiwan's 22 million people include 15 million voters -- of whom 75% are expected to vote tomorrow in the island's second presidential election.
Chinese People's Volunteers in the Korean War: Lessons Learned
WHAT THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY LEARNED
FROM THE KOREAN WAR — A HALF-CENTURY LATER
Army’s (PLA) first real taste of “positional warfare” — is held out
by the PLA’s historians and tactical instructors as proof of Mao
James R. Lilley - China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia
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China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia
July 15, 2004
Featuring:
Ambassador James R. Lilley
Author
Hosted by:
Larry M. Wortzel, Ph.D.
Vice President for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation
China Deconstructs: The "One China" Dilemma
BOOK REVIEW
The "One China" Dilemma
Edited by Peter C.Y. Chow
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, 336 pages, US$95.00
Reviewed by John J. Tkacik
When China ruled the seas 600 years ago, between 1407 and 1433, the "treasure fleets" (baochuan 寶船) of the Ming emperor Yongle (永樂) transited the Taiwan Strait fourteen times.
Tkacik says Taiwan to lose comparative advantage if it signs ECFA
Tkacik says Taiwan to lose comparative advantage if it signs ECFA
譚慎格：簽ECFA 台灣將失原有優勢
〔駐美特派員曹郁芬／華府二十八日報導〕美國學者譚慎格今天表示，台灣如果和中國先簽署ＥＣＦＡ，再和美國簽自由貿易協定（ＦＴＡ），就等於為中國打開一道自由貿易的後門，讓他對支持美台簽署ＦＴＡ持保留態度。
譚慎格說，台灣的產業外移現象雖早已發生，但台灣的半導體和高科技產業在兩岸簽署ＥＣＦＡ後，會加速往中國移轉，讓台灣失去原本的經濟優勢，而且白領階級來台灣搶工作機會的情況會增加。
台若被併吞 不符美利益
他批評，兩岸ＥＣＦＡ的談判太神秘，等大家看到最後結果會太晚了。
台灣人公共事務會今天在國會舉辦美台ＦＴＡ座談會，邀請譚慎格與美國前亞太副助卿薛瑞福出席。
薛瑞福表示，他不反對兩岸簽署貿易協定，但談判和簽署過程應該透明，且對台灣人民有利，最重要的是，台灣要有避險計劃，不能因為ＥＣＦＡ完全依賴中國。
Letter to the Editor: China's industrial might
The perception of 44 percent of Americans that "China is already the world's top economic power," while modestly inaccurate, alas is not so "completely at odds with the facts," as Arthur Kroeber would have your readers believe ["Five myths about China's economy," Outlook, April 11]. In pure exchange rate terms, China's $5 trillion gross domestic product is about a third of America's $14 trillion economy. But as most economists would admit, China's renminbi currency is grossly undervalued.
The Rising Chinese Superpower
The Rising Chinese Superpower
By John J. Tkacik, Jr.
Thank you Joan. The last time I spoke to you all here at the Dallas Public Affairs Luncheon Club was on January 16, 2006. Perhaps some of you here this afternoon remember me from four years ago -- I’m afraid that my presentation was pretty pessimistic. I confess, I had a number of skeptical -- if not hostile -- questions from you-all in the audience.
Sea of Blood, Year of Friendship: China-North Korean Relations in 2009
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Sea of Blood, Year of Friendship: China-North Korean Relations in 2009
By John J. Tkacik, Jr.
It is apparent that North Korea had been preparing for the May 25 nuclear weapons test since late last year, after the U.S. presidential election and while North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il was recuperating from a debilitating stroke he suffered last summer. And it seems that the Chinese leadership was well aware of the internal political dynamics propelling Pyongyang toward a nuclear bomb.
The Taiwan Conundrum: Maritime Security Capacity Building in East Asia Before a Taiwan Strait Settlement
The Taiwan Conundrum:
Maritime Security Capacity Building in East Asia Before a Taiwan Strait Settlement
By John J. Tkacik, Jr.
Hu you gonna to call? Pyongyang gets Chinese advice on Bill Clinton
Hu you gonna to call? Pyongyang gets Chinese advice on Bill Clinton
By John J. Tkacik, Jr.
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