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Chien-min Chao
Chien-min Chao is Professor of Chinese Politics, specializing in cross-straits relations, Sun-yat Sen Graduate Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. Email: emchao@nccu.edu.tw
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Taiwan's Sovereignty Dilemma
Chien-min Chao Series: China World 2004-10-04To allay China's fury over his private trip to Taiwan this summer before becoming Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong said that his country will not support Taiwan should it declare formal independence from mainland China. Indeed, no country, declared Lee, would take a different line. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 18895
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Taiwan's Democratic Labor Pains
Chien-min Chao Series: The World in Words 2004-04-05Young democracies can be cruel: their voters are often as unforgiving as political opponents. The two weeks since Taiwan's disputed presidential election of March 20 - only the third such democratic vote in the country's history - has tested this truism almost to the breaking point. Taiwan's young democracy must now cope with the balancing act that President Chen Shui-bian's re-election has thrust upon it. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 13312
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Taiwan's Democratic Taunts
Chien-min Chao Series: China World 2004-01-22Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's recent call for a law enabling popular referendums quickly turned into an international crisis. China, fearing that the law could be used to move Taiwan towards independence, reacted strongly even before the referendum bill was approved by the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan's parliament. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 13003
