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Why the Time Is Right for a Free Trade Agreement with Taiwan
The International Trade Commission (ITC) is preparing a report for Congress and the executive branch on the advisability of negotiating a formal free trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan, one of America's top trading partners. Indeed, a bill already drafted by Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)1 would authorize the Administration to negotiate such an agreement on a "fast track" basis. Consideration of this bill awaits the release of the ITC report, due out later this summer.
Who's Hu? Assessing China's Heir Apparent, Hu Jintao
A Biographical Look at Vice President Hu Jintao
John Tkacik
Free Speech: Beijing Prepares to Censor Bush
By John J. Tkacik
It has become a tradition before every visit by a U.S. president for Beijing to promise not to censor his remarks. This latest trip by George W. Bush is no exception. Speaking on Feb. 6, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman pledged that Mr. Bush's press conference today, and his speech at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University tomorrow, will be broadcast live and -- most importantly -- uncut.
The United States Should Encourage India and Pakistan to Disengage
by Dana Dillon and John J Tkacik, Jr.
Recent events have again pushed South Asia to the brink of war. On December 13, 2001, Pakistan-based terrorists attacked India's parliament, killing 14 people. India's reaction, however justified, has turned a gross criminal act into a military standoff. Both countries sent heavy troops to their common border and brandished the nuclear option.
Needed: A Strong Response to Beijing's Boycott of Foreign Businesses Dealing with Taiwan
On August 31, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported that China had barred a top Swiss-American investment bank, Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), from making future business deals in China because it had hosted a Taiwan government-backed investment promotion in Europe and a conference in Hong Kong. Following this news, two U.S. securities houses, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, reportedly cancelled their plans to provide similar services to Taiwan.
China-Taiwan Dialogue Could Begin at the APEC Summit
by John Tkacik, Jr.
Human Rights and Security Issues: Hurdles on China's Olympic Track to Respectability
by John Tkacik, Jr.
TAIWAN DEPENDENCE: The Trade and Investment Dimension of Cross-Strait Politics
By John Tkacik
When Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Chen Shui-bian announced he was running for the country's presidency in June 1999, Washington policy-makers were alarmed. The prospect of a DPP politician actually winning Taiwan's presidency and moving toward "Taiwan Independence" – a long-held dream of the DPP – was a nightmare that Pentagon planners and State Department diplomats have often war-gamed in scenarios that inevitably provoke China into armed conflict.
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