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Trojan Dragon: China's Cyber Threat
America's counterintelligence czar, Dr. Joel F. Brenner, painted an alarming picture of economic espionage in 2006, albeit in the objective tones and neutral parlance of the intelligence community. He reported to Congress that "foreign collection efforts have hurt the United States in several ways":
“Tibet’s Future: Does it Have One?”
As we enter the 50th year of China’s occupation of Tibet and the Dalai Lama’s exile, American policy-makers and legislators have been under pressure – from congress, from human rights groups . . . from me, whatever good that is . . . to look at China’s policies in Tibet and . . . China’s policies toward its other large minorities, Uighurs, in particular . . .
Time for Washington to Take a Realistic Look at China Policy
By John J. Tkacik, Jr.
Tkacik says Arms Sale Freeze Violated Taiwan Relations Act
Tkacik says Arms Sale Freeze Violated Taiwan Relations Act
071808 - 譚慎格：美凍結對台軍售 違反台灣關係法
2008-07-18
華府兩岸問題專家譚慎格今天發表專文指出，美國政府凍結對台灣的防衛性武器軍售，違反國會通過的台灣關係法，且軍售決策必須基於「台灣的需要」、而非「中國對美國的外交壓力」。他也質疑，台灣正與中國協商，需充分的軍事力量做後盾，布希政府卻在此刻凍結對台軍售。
美國太平洋軍區司令吉亭上將昨天應邀在華府著名保守智庫「傳統基金會」演說。吉亭「證實」了美國行政部門當前確有「凍結」對台軍售，但吉亭也說，他不能替國務院或白宮國安會闡述這個政策。
吉亭還說，美國不會做任何破壞台海穩定的行動，他相信，做出決策的美國官員有整體考量了台灣與中國當前軍力現況與戰略，從而認為當前沒有出售武器給台灣的迫切性與強制性。
傳統基金會學者譚慎格今天上午立即發表一篇文章，對吉亭的說法有所批判。他說，布希政府的確凍結對台軍售，而台灣與不民主的中國正在進行重要協商程序以降低台灣海峽緊張的時刻，美國卻選在這個時刻凍結對台軍售。
Taiwan's "Unsettled" International Status: Preserving U.S. Options in the Pacific
Ma Ying-jeou, inaugurated as Taiwan's new president on May 20, 2008, has pledged to strengthen Taiwan's economic and political relationships with China. At the same time, he has good reason to preserve Taiwan's separate identity, and the U.S. has good reason to support him.
US China Relations—Strategic Partner or Strategic Competitor? And the Challenges of Chinese Intelligence
Presented to the Joint Counterintelligence Academy
July 30, 2007
John J. Tkacik, Jr.
US China Relations—Strategic Partner or Strategic Competitor? And the Challenges of Chinese Intelligence
China’s Current Domestic Affairs-- Overview:
The Emerging Chinese Communist Superpower
Has the Next Great Leader of North Korea Been Announced?
Has the Next Great Leader of North Korea Been Announced?
October 24th, 2008
I. Introduction
The following are comments on the editorial "Has the Next Great Leader of North Korea Been Announced?” by Rudiger Frank. John J. Tkacik, Jr, is the Senior Research Fellow in Asian Studies at the Heritage Foundation. Rudiger Frank is a Professor of East Asian Economy and Society and Vice Director of the East Asian Institute at the University of Vienna.
Zimbabwe’s Enabler: How Chinese Arms Keep Mugabe in Power
by Brett Schaefer and John Tkacik, Jr.
China: Wealthy State, Strong Army -- and a Powerful Party
For over a decade, China's industrial and military strength has expanded with breathtaking speed. As one economist succinctly noted, China's economic growth "is losing its capacity to shock . . . however astonishing it would be elsewhere."[1]
Mongolia's Current Political Situation: Implications for the OSCE
I know that the members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe are serious observers of Eurasian events and that you are concerned about the direction of Mongolia's democracy after the June 29, 2008, parliamentary election. I, too, am concerned. Mongolia was once thought of as a vast but isolated Central Asian desert with little relevance to the strategic interests of metropolitan Europe or East Asia. And, indeed, as recently as a quarter-century ago, that was a valid view.
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