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	Straits Exchange Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) (Traditional Chinese: 海峽交流基金會, Simplified Chinese: 海峡交流基金会, pinyin: Hǎixiá Jiāoliú Jījīnhuì; often abbreviated 海基會 / 海基会) is a semi-official organization set up by the Republic of China government to handle technical or business matters with the People's Republic of China.
		Though technically a private organization, it is funded by the government and controlled by the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan.
		The counterpart to the SEF in the PRC is the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Straits_Exchange_Foundation (132 words)

	Press Release -- Straits Exchange Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		According to statistics published by the SEF, as of May of this year, there were 246 cases involving the safety of Taiwan businessmen and 593 trade and economic disputes.
		On the afternoon of June 28, SEF Deputy Secretary-General Jan Jyh-horng personally invited ARATS Vice Chairman and Secretary-General Zhang Jincheng to visit Taiwan in the August-September timeframe, in an effort to strengthen exchanges between the two authorized bodies and establish Mr.
		Therefore, the SEF believes it is imperative for the two sides to establish a system to fundamentally resolve such problems through consultation, in order to ensure that the rights and interests of the people are guaranteed.
	www.taipei.org /press/mac0629.htm (1114 words)

	CNN.com - Forced abortions for China-Taiwan couples - July 19, 2002
		The women were reportedly cooerced to have abortions or undergo sterilization surgery by Chinese birth control personnel to comply with China's one-child policy.
		They were also threatened with punishment and fined by Chinese officials, Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said.
		The foundation is not, however, authorized to discuss political issues.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/07/19/taiwan.china.abortion (314 words)

	Press Release -- Mainland Affairs Council -- July 12, 1999
		In the Guidelines for National Unification published in 1991, we have declared that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are two equal political entities.
		Based on the foundation and the channels already established, and through constructive dialogue, institutionalized consultations, and orderly exchanges, we are willing to develop a framework for a peaceful, stable and long-term relationship that will enable both sides of the Strait and the region to benefit on reciprocal terms.
		We would like to call on the mainland authorities to face the cross-strait reality that has existed for many years and pragmatically work with us to usher in a new era of beneficial interaction between the two sides in the 21st century.
	www.fas.org /news/taiwan/1999/0712.htm (691 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Articulate, calm and witty, Shi Hwei-yow, secretary-general of the Straits Exchange Foundation, has represented Taiwan in dealings with Chinese envoys for the last decade.
		The foundation and ARATS (China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits) will still be needed in the absence of official links.
		The SEF that helped to reach the "1992 consensus," which was highly political in nature.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/archives/2001/05/06/0000084568/print (1212 words)

	Straits Exchange Foundation Responses to President Lee's Interview with Deutsche Welle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Koo Chen-fu, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), made the remarks when he was asked about Lee's views in an interview with a German radio station on Friday.
		In the interview with the Voice of Germany radio, Lee said that since the Republic of China's constitutional reforms of 1991, the jurisdiction of the constitution has been confined to Taiwan, and acknowledges the legality of the People's Republic of China to exercise its power of rule in mainland China.
		Koo said that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should pragmatically discuss all matters, and that Taiwan should clearly state its stance that mainland China and Taiwan are governed by two separate political entities, so that cross-strait talks can continue smoothly.
	www.taipei.org /press/sef712.htm (275 words)

	The One-China Principle--the Basis and Prerequisite for Achieving Peaceful Reunification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The One-China Principle is the foundation stone for the Chinese government's policy on Taiwan.
		Peaceful means would be favorable to the common development of the societies on both sides of the Straits, and to the harmony and unity of the compatriots across the Straits.
		From the end of 1987, when the state of isolation between the two sides was terminated, to the end of 1999, the number of Taiwan compatriots coming to the mainland of China for visiting their relatives, sightseeing or exchanges reached 16 million by turnstile count.
	english.people.com.cn /features/taiwanpaper/taiwanc.html (1091 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation has long acted as a proxy for the government in cross-strait affairs, but the Mainland Affairs Council yesterday said it would soon allow the foundation to delegate certain responsibilities to other non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
		The foundation is nominally an NGO, but carries out cross-strait tasks on behalf of the Cabinet-level council, the government's primary decision-making body on cross-strait affairs.
		He said that both the government and the foundation were prepared to take part in negotiations with China as long as there were no preconditions.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/taiwan/archives/2004/08/05/2003181766 (606 words)

	China issues document on "three direct links" across Taiwan Straits(12/17/03) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Owing to the military confrontation across the Taiwan Straits in the past 30 years or more since 1949, people-to-people contacts and direct links in mail, transport and trade between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits were totally suspended, resulting in total division between the compatriots across the Straits.
		Previous negotiations between the ARATS and SEF and exchanges and consultations between nongovernmental trade organizations on both sides of the Straits were all carried out on an equal basis.
		In the trial direct transport across the Straits and the direct sea transport between coastal areas in Fujian on the one hand and Jinmen and Mazu on the other, the two sides handled transportationfacilities and technical problems entirely on the principle of equality and reciprocity, bringing about mutual benefits and a win-win situation.
	www.china-embassy.org /eng/zt/twwt/t56429.htm (5297 words)

	Asian Funds
		The Foundation is an international organisation committed to improving the quality of the individual by liberating him from the constraints that inhibit the full expression of his latent potential.
		The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) was established in April 1991 on the premise that solutions to common and transnational issues require the collaborative effort and combined intellect of all citiizens of the world.
		The Foundation encourages research and activity projects to establish peace undertaken in a religious spirit: research on interreligious understanding and cooperation; research on religious approaches to overcoming impediments to peace; research on the relationship of science to religion and ethics; and social activities based on a religious spirit.
	www.iar.ubc.ca /grants/asianfunds.html (5902 words)

	Proposal to the Smith Richardson Foundation
		Through public education, exchanges and conferences, the Committee played a role in illuminating "intelligent alternative courses for American[s]" when U.S.-China relations were driven by Cold War dialectics, and during the long debate over "engagement" that followed Tiananmen and the collapse of the Soviet empire.
		Yet the Department of Defense holds that dialogue and exchanges can reduce misperceptions between the two countries, increase American understanding of Chinese security concerns, and build confidence between the two defense establishments in the interest of avoiding military accidents and preventing miscalculations.
		Use military-to-military exchanges to give the insulated PLA a more accurate picture of the United States and the outside world, potentially diminishing PLA miscalculations about the use of force and reprisals.
	www.ncuscr.org /Publications/airlie.html (8577 words)

	National Committee on American Foreign Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Beijing reiterated that the situation across the Taiwan Straits is grim and tense.
		Both the ASL and Hu’s four-point statement confirmed equality between the two sides across the Taiwan Straits, emphasizing that the two sides in the talks have “equal footing” that does not allow “one side to swallow the other.” Such a gesture received a favorable response from Taiwan’s public.
		In the Taiwan Straits, it is clear that the first priority of U.S. policy is stability.
	www.ncafp.org /projects/NEasia/aug05wang.htm (8329 words)

	HARIAN UMUM SUARA MERDEKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		"Under the existing channel, we are ready for talks any time," Chen told reporters, referring to the semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation, with which Beijing has refused to deal since 1999 due to a dispute over Taiwan's political status.
		Despite simmering political tensions, trade and investment and civilian exchanges between China and Taiwan have boomed.
		Meanwhile, an official of the Taipei government said on Friday that after a sluggish start earlier this month, ticket sales for a historic series of Taiwanese charter flights to China have been picking up fast, with about 70 percent of the seats sold.
	www.suaramerdeka.com /harian/0301/26/eng3.htm (553 words)

	The Security Situation in the Taiwan Strait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As demonstrated in military exercises in the Taiwan Strait in 1995 and 1996, China views its growing conventionally armed ballistic missile force as a potent military and political weapon to influence Taiwan's populace and their leaders.
		During previous periods of tense confrontation across the Taiwan Strait, the GPWD has demonstrated its ability to employ a wide variety of PSYOP techniques, including broadcasting propaganda messages; using balloons, kites, artillery shells, and various flotation devices to deliver propaganda messages; and, offering financial inducements to potential defectors.
		On the other side of Taiwan Strait, IO may be an attractive--but untested tool--in multiplying the effectiveness of Taiwan's military forces.
	www.defenselink.mil /pubs/twstrait_02261999.html (11445 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		TAIPEI: The personal representatives of Wang Daohan, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), arrived in Taipei yesterday afternoon to attend the funeral of Koo Chen-fu, late chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Taiwan.
		In an earlier interview with the press, Wang said in the past month since Koo's death, compatriots across the Taiwan Straits have praised Koo's contribution to the growth of cross-Straits relations.
		late chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, in Taipei yesterday.
	www.foronechina.com /eng/NewsDetail_40.htm (264 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Taiwan and China in abortion row
		Taiwanese officials say pregnant Chinese women who are married to Taiwanese men have been ordered to have abortions on visits home to comply with the mainland's one-child policy.
		At least six such women were harassed, fined or told to have abortions or sterilisation procedures, officials with Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation said.
		As the two countries have no formal relations, Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation - which governs its contacts with the mainland - raised the complaints with China's Association for Relations Across Taiwan Straits, its equivalent on the mainland.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2136095.stm (312 words)

	BBC News \| MONITORING \| China sends out feeler to Taiwan
		The letter from the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) to the Taiwan Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said political negotiations would help improve and develop relations between the two sides.
		The letter was quoted as saying the ARATS was willing to join the SEF in discussing procedural matters of political negotiations, and would then arrange talks on economic and routine issues.
		ARATS also advocated further expanding exchanges and contacts with SEF in advance of negotiations, Xinhua said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/monitoring/59631.stm (175 words)

	China sets terms for Taiwan talks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		China is ready to resume negotiations after nearly five years with Taiwan if the island nation accepts the "one China" principle, the state media reported Monday.
		The official said the basis of the "1992 consensus" reached between officials of the ARATS and Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Hong Kong is that both Beijing and Taipei adhere to the "one-China" principle.
		The ARATS and SEF, both non-governmental bodies are authorised by their respective governments to deal with cross-Straits relations in the absence of formal relations between Beijing and Taipei.
	us.rediff.com /news/2004/nov/15chin.htm (179 words)

	Tibetan association leader says relations markedly improved (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Taiwan-Tibet Exchange Foundation is the secondary agency to deal with
		Foundation when there is already an official organ, the Mongolian and
		Tibet Religious Foundation of the Dalai Lama in Taipei are close and
	www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/2003/7/7_2.html (1236 words)

	Falun Dafa Clearwisdom.net - Central News Agency: Falun Gong Practitioners' Organs Harvested, The Straits Exchange ...
		On April 25, we sent a letter to the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) [the Mainland China counterpart to the Straits Exchange Foundation] to request assistance in looking into related facilities of the CCP, to severely punish those unlawful people [responsible for these crimes] and to safeguard basic human rights.
		The Straits Exchange Foundation expressed that freedom of religion is a universal value.
		The Straits Exchange Foundation hoped that ARATS would investigate the persecution cases, safeguard basic human rights and guarantee the freedom of religion.
	clearwisdom.net /emh/articles/2006/5/1/72688.html (308 words)

	Taiwan Communique no. 84
		The exchanges were suspended in 1995, when China aggressively launched provocative military exercises and missile firings after Taiwan president Lee's visit to his alma mater Cornell in June 1995.
		The Japanese merely stated that it "...continues to maintain its stand on the Taiwan issue which was set forth in the Joint Communiqué of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China and reiterates its understanding that there is one China.
		The Chinese also put strong pressure on Japan to exclude Taiwan from coverage under the newly established US-Japanese security arrangement, but the Japanese also refused to budge.
	www.taiwandc.org /twcom/84-no2.htm (969 words)

	BG1230es: America's Reponse to China-Taiwan Talks: Encourage But Don't Intefere
		America's interest in preserving peace on the Taiwan Strait can be advanced by the recently resumed senior-level negotiations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC).
		From October 14 to 19, after a five-year hiatus, Koo Chen-fu, Chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), and Wang Daohan of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) resumed talks aimed at easing tensions in the Taiwan Strait area.
		But PRC acceptance of the principle that unification cannot be imposed by force, and can come about only on terms agreed by the people of Taiwan, would have a positive effect on relations between the two sides.
	www.heritage.org /Research/AsiaandthePacific/BG1230es.cfm (810 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		The April 23 meeting was "a cause for celebration," declared Taipei envoy Jan Jyh-horng, deputy of the semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF).
		It was an agreement to invite SEF chairman Koo Chen-foo to visit Beijing and take part in meetings with his organization's mainland counterpart, the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS).
		The heads of China's semi-official ARATS and Taiwan's SEF hold historic "summit" meeting in Singapore.
	www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/98/0508/nat1.html (1259 words)

	Chen Shui-bian's call for talks discredited(11/10/04) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Under an informal verbal agreement between the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation in November 1992, the two sides of the Straits both adhere to the one-China principle.
		Beijing has called the informal deal the 1992 consensus, which finally led to a series of ice-breaking meetings across the Straits.
		The United States and Taiwan recently held an annual defence conference in Arizona, during which it was reported that US Deputy Under Secretary of Defence Richard Lawless urged Taiwan to approve its special budget for the US arms purchase.
	www.china-embassy.org /eng/xw/t163971.htm (754 words)

	China Informed: a news service focused on China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
		The SEF has said its representatives made the so-called "each states its own" consensus in an informal, oral arrangement with ARATS that was never written down on a formal document.
		Earlier, Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Chang King-yuh said Taipei had been informed earlier this month by a high-powered American delegation that Beijing was ready to resume talks between the SEF and its mainland counterpart, the Association For Relations Across the Taiwan Strait.
		He expressed the hope that the Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will be able to work together to create a "win-win situation" for the Chinese nation by peaceful, reasonable, mutually-beneficial and cooperative means.
	www.chinainformed.com /current.html (2811 words)

	President Lee: Beijing Can Halt Arms Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The president went on to assert that a decision by the PRC leadership to stand down the missiles deployed in the southeastern part of the Chinese mainland and aimed at Taiwan would have a crucial bearing on whether the ROC eventually decides to participate in a US-developed theater missile defense system for East Asia.
		Taiwan has no significant security concern other than that from a hostile mainland regime across the Taiwan Strait.
		As President Lee put it, "The major threat is the military threat from the PRC." Despite more than a decade of attempts by Taipei to reach out and improve cross-strait relations, Beijing refuses to renounce its often reiterated threat to resort to military force in backing up its specious claim of sovereignty over Taiwan.
	www.fas.org /news/taiwan/1999/lee0716.htm (416 words)

	aaaoe.com
		Liu said that the first recipient of the medical charter will be a 70-year-old Taiwanese businessman who suffered cerebral apoplexy on Sept. 8 in Guangzhou and who is in a critical condition after undergoing treatment in Dongguan.
		The patient's family has commissioned the International SOS Res-cue Center to arrange a transfer to Taipei General Veterans Hospital and applied for a medical flight with the Bureau of Immigration via the Straits Exchange Foundation on Sept. 12.
		If the victims need a charter flight, the government and the Straits Exchange Foundation would assist, he said.
	www.aaaoe.com /forum/content.php?doid=42 (322 words)

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