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	Third Taiwan Strait Crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis or the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was the effect of a series of missile tests conducted by the People's Republic of China in the waters surrounding Taiwan including the Taiwan Strait from July 21, 1995 to March 23, 1996.
		The second set of missiles fired in early 1996 were intended to intimidate the Taiwanese electorate in the run-up to the 1996 presidential election.
		The crisis began when President Lee Teng-hui accepted an invitation from his alma mater, Cornell University, to deliver a speech on "Taiwan's Democratization Experience." Seeking to diplomatically isolate the Republic of China, the PRC opposed such visits by ROC leaders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis (1046 words)

	Political status of Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		President Chen Shui-bian has stated that "Taiwan is an independent, sovereign country" but with the view that "Taiwan is the Republic of China." It, however, has been deliberately silent as to the issue of whether Taiwan is or is not part of China and the meaning of the term China.
		The position of supporters of Taiwan independence is that Taiwan is not part of China and the PRC is the sole legitimate government of China.
		The position of supporters of Chinese reunification in Taiwan is that Taiwan is part of China but the PRC is not the sole legitimate government of China.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/p/po/political_status_of_taiwan.html (2571 words)

	The Cold War Museum - Taiwan Crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Keenly aware of the strategic importance of Taiwan in containing the spread of communism in the region, Truman deployed the Seventh Fleet to the straits in an effort to prevent Mao from launching a military strike against the Nationalists.
		Despite its brevity, this second confrontation had the potential to trigger a widespread conflict during a period in world history in which the temptation to use nuclear weapons to settle international disputes prevailed.
		Ultimately, war was averted, but both of the strait crises contributed to the underlying animosity and growing distrust between the three superpowers of the era--the United States, China and the Soviet Union--and thereby should be remembered as significant events in cold war history.
	www.coldwar.org /articles/50s/taiwan_crisis.php3 (969 words)

	The Security Situation in the Taiwan Strait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Taiwan is acquiring advanced antisubmarine warfare technology which will likely improve their ability to counter PLA submarines operating off the coast of Taiwan.
		Taiwan's naval modernization program--dubbed "Kuang Hua" or "Glorious China"--includes the licensed-production of eight Perry-class (Cheng Kung-class) frigates; the purchase of six Lafayette-class (Kang Ting-class) frigates from France; and, the lease of eight Knox-class frigates from the United States.
		Taiwan's small surface fleet and four submarines are numerically insufficient to counter China's major surface combatant force and its ASW assets likely would have difficulty defeating a blockade supported by China's large submarine force.
	www.defenselink.mil /pubs/twstrait_02261999.html (11445 words)

	POLITICAL STATUS OF TAIWAN FACTS AND INFORMATION
		In this sense, the ROC government currently administrating Taiwan is not the same ROC which accepted Japanese surrender because the ruling authorities were given popular mandate by different pools of constituencies: one is the mainland Chinese electorate, the other is the Taiwanese constituencies.
		The position of supporters of Chinese_reunification in Taiwan is that Taiwan is part of China but the PRC is not the sole legitimate government of China, and that reunification does not necessarily have to occur under the communist regime.
		Public opinion in Taiwan regarding relations with the PRC is notoriously difficult to gauge as poll results tend to be extremely sensitive to how the questions are phrased and what options are given, and there is a tendency by all political parties to spin the results to support their point of view.
	www.abait.com /Political_status_of_Taiwan (4521 words)

	TAIWAN STRAIT FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Taiwan Strait or Formosa Strait is a 180km-wide Strait between mainland_China and the island of Taiwan.
		To the east are the west coast of Taiwan and the Pescadores.
		The Strait has been the theatre for several military confrontations between the People's_Republic_of_China and the Republic_of_China since the last days of the Chinese_Civil_War in 1949 when the Kuomintang forces led by Chiang_Kai-shek retreated across the Strait and relocated its government on its final stronghold of Taiwan.
	www.witwib.com /Taiwan_Strait (210 words)

	Report to Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The PRC claims that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and has reserved the right to use force to unify Taiwan with the mainland if Taiwan declares independence, if Taiwan is occupied by a foreign country, if it acquires nuclear weapons, or if Taiwan indefinitely refuses the peaceful settlement of cross-Strait reunification through negotiation.
		Second, Beijing could try to impose a blockade on Taiwan’s commerce as a means of coercing political concessions.
		Second, as might be predicted, we are less knowledgeable about things that are less visible or tangible training, logistics, doctrine, command and control, special operations, mine warfare than we are about airplanes and surface ships.
	www.defenselink.mil /pubs/twstrait_12182000.html (2411 words)

	The Cold War Museum - First and Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During the First Taiwan Strait Crisis the Peoples Liberation Army launched heavy artillery attacks on the offshore island of Quemoy after the US lifted its blockade of Taiwan, making possible Nationalist attacks on mainland China.
		In the first Taiwan Strait crisis of 1954-55 the USSR had been quite ambiguous in its support for China's campaign to "liberate" Taiwan, whereas the United States had indicated that it was willing to use tactical nuclear weapons in defense of the island.
		During the crisis, it became evident that the USSR was not going to be drawn into a war with the United States that was not of its own choosing, and the PRC called off its military operations against Quemoy.
	www.coldwar.org /articles/50s/taiwan_straits.php3 (1188 words)

	frontline: dangerous straits: chronology
		In the release of their second joint communiqué, the U.S. and China announce the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the two countries.
		Taiwan's president visits U.S. Members of Congress pressure the Clinton administration into issuing a visa allowing Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui to make a four-day visit to Los Angeles and Ithaca, New York, where he gives a speech at his alma mater, Cornell University.
		China and Taiwan are expected to be formally approved for membership at a WTO meeting in November 2001 in Dota, Qatar.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/china/etc/cron.html (2658 words)

	Chinese_Civil_War
		In December 1949 Chiang proclaimed Taipei, Taiwan, the temporary capital of the Republic of China and continued to assert his government as the sole legitimate authority in China.
		Meanwhile, on Taiwan, throughout the 1950s and 1960s, intermittent skirmishes occurred throughout mainland's coastal and peripheral regions, though American reluctance to be drawn into a larger conflict left Chiang Kai-shek too weak to "retake the mainland" as he constantly vowed.
		The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis began on August 23, 1958 with another intense artillery bombardment of Quemoy and ended on November of the same year.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Chinese_Civil_War (2925 words)

	Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
		Ideology, Strategy and Misperception: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis and American-Sino-Soviet Relations in the 1950s by Lorenz Lüthi -- Traditional interpretations assumed that the PRC wanted at least to occupy Jinmen and Mazu if not Taiwan; only American nuclear threats forced the Chinese to back away from their expansive designs.
		The military situation in the strait began to look more favorable for the Republic of China (ROC) in 1956 and 1957, a result of these improvements in the Nationalist forces due to US military assistance, and of the 1957 agreement between the United States and the Republic of China that placed Matador missiles on Taiwan.
		If the Chinese discussed with Khrushchev their concern over developments in the strait and their objectives regarding the offshore islands, it is likely that he recommended caution (although in his memoirs Khrushchev states that he was in favor of liquidating the islands in preparation for an attack on Taiwan itself).
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/quemoy_matsu-2.htm (1516 words)

	Porch, Summer 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Indeed, one consequence of the Strait crisis of 1996 is that it increased the PRC’s incentive to develop or purchase new generations of weapons aimed at maximizing the advantages of its geographic position while exploiting vulnerabilities in the American and Taiwanese force structures.
		Second, the development caught China at a particularly delicate time; the Communist government was struggling to maintain its legitimacy as a new generation of leaders began to guide the PRC’s transition to a market economy.
		Taiwan will continue to be a fulcrum of tension in East Asia, because the crisis in the Strait did not resolve the differences between Beijing and Taipei.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/1999/summer/art1-su9.htm (15537 words)

	AII POW-MIA - The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
		The following narrative on the Second Taiwan Crisis and the loss of the Blue Goose is a labor of love by Blue Goose MIA sisters who have waited for 45 years.
		The statistics show the 1st Taiwan Crisis 1951-1954, claimed the lives of at least 106 US servicemen and list as many as 124 missing and/or captured over the mainland of China.
		Also, to many Taiwan veterans who were involved in the 2nd Taiwan Crisis and offer their assistance and support.
	www.aiipowmia.com /koreacw/twncrisis.html (2012 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict that took place between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) governments in which the PRC shelled the islands of Matsu and Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait.
		Faced with a stalemate, the PRC called a unilateral ceasefire on October 6 at the urging of the Soviet Union.
		Beijing issued a “Message to the Compatriots in Taiwan” in the name of Defense Minister Peng Dehuai, however the message was actually drafted by Mao Zedong.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Second_Taiwan_Strait_crisis (420 words)

	E-Notes: New Crisis in the Taiwan Strait? - FPRI
		Clearly, a referendum asserting Taiwan’s right to be included as a participant in the WHO would win overwhelmingly, and a referendum to reduce the size of the legislature would also likely prevail.
		In particular, the PRC’s intransigence on the issue of observer status for Taiwan in the WHO is counterproductive, as are its efforts to downgrade Taiwan’s status in the World Trade Organization and exclude it from track-two activities.
		Especially to the extent a particular referendum proposal is meant to influence the outcome of the March election, Taiwan should not expect a hearty U.S. endorsement of the proposal.
	www.fpri.org /enotes/20030905.asia.rigger.newcrisistaiwan.html (2920 words)

	IS-JW
		Second, the treaty enabled the United States to put Japanese forces into joint operations with troops from Taiwan, South Korea, and the Philippines on the pretext of "maintaining peace and stability in the Far East." In addition, the effective range of the treaty overlapped those of the U.S.-Taiwan, U.S.-South Korea, and U.S.-Philippines treaties.
		Second, as mentioned earlier, for a while the United States and Japan were perceived to be in the same anti-Chinese boat as the Soviet Union.
		The dormitory was purchased in 1950 by the KMT government in Taiwan for Chinese students in Japan.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /IS-JW.htm (18876 words)

	No imminent military crisis in Taiwan Strait: US military chief in Asia
		China, which views Taiwan as part of its territory awaiting reunification with the mainland by force if necessary, has unleashed a wave of rhetoric this week warning it would never accept the island's independence.
		Fargo reminded that the Taiwan issue was "the largest friction point" between the United States and China.
		The United States acknowledges Beijing's position that Taiwan is part of China and does not have official relations with the island.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040520011655.kpx3schj.html (496 words)

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