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Information Ministry Chief's Resignation is a Letter to Bill Clinton
A worthy journalistic competitor to ChinaOnline brings us news today that China's top telecommunications official has tendered his resignation in protest of Premier Zhu Rongji's concessions to U.S. trade negotiators on China's World Trade Organization (5/4/1999) membership.
1990-98 Chronology of China-Taiwan Relations
1990
May 20, 1990: Lee Teng-hui is inaugurated President of the Republic of China, calls for opening "channels of communication" with Beijing and ending the state of hostilities.
November 21, 1990: Taipei gives official status to the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and charters it to make "unofficial" contacts with Beijing.
1991
A Little Credit, Please, for China
By John J. Tkacik and Dean Cheng
For most of the past five years, China has been Rodney Dangerfield in Washington -- "it just don't get no respect." But in the current Asian currency meltdown, China's stance deserves everyone's respect.
CHRONOLOGY OF FORMOSA HISTORY
The attached .pdf is a photocopy of a Chronology of Formosan History from 605 a.d. to 1942 prepared in 1943 at the U.S. Department of State. I recovered it from the National Archives files of the Office of Chinese Affairs at the State Department. While it is over 30 pages long and reflects dated research, it remains a fascinating summary of the island's history from ancient times through the Japanese colonial period and should prove invaluable to all scholars of Taiwan's history.
Biographic Essay: Wen Jiabao and Zeng Qinghong (2)
BIOGRAPHIC ESSAY (2)
The Two Centers of China’s Fourth Generation: Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice President Zeng Qinghong
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There are also rumors that Jiang himself was criticized by the PLA for allowing the Lee visit to Cornell to take place and for being “softhearted” on the Taiwan issue.142
Technology Leadership, Economic Power and National Security: The China Factor
Remarks at the Heritage Foundation - October 23, 2008
by John Tkacik
China: An Unkind Century
China: An Unkind Century
Author: John Tkacik [1]
The Twentieth Century was unkind to the Chinese people. It began with the collapse in 1911 of the last imperial dynasty after decades of corruption, inept governance and social disintegration. From the wreckage of empire, provincial warlords struggled for power and profit at the expense of the people.
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