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	Exploring Chinese History :: Politics :: Conflict and War :: Taiwan
		The Matsu and the Quemoy island group, situated in the Taiwan strait between the main island of Taiwan and the Chinese mainland, were the Nationalists first line of defense against the Communist Party of China and were highly fortified by Chiang.
		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 was accused by the ROC of shelling the islands of Matsu and Quemoy first in the Taiwan Strait.
		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.
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/contents/03pol/c04s06.html (2395 words)

	Taiwan Strait Summary
		The Taiwan Strait, also known by its Portuguese name, the Formosa Strait, is the 190-kilometer-wide body of water that separates the west coast of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Fujian Province of the People's Republic of China.
		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.
	www.bookrags.com /Taiwan_Strait (359 words)

	Bellocchi: 20 years Taiwan relations Act
		The TRA, in establishing itself as the basis for a foreign relationship, was an exception, and the third communiqué was seen as a challenge to it by the Executive Branch.
		Taiwan had for years been requesting the approval for purchase of F-16s to replace the aging aircraft in the ROCAF inventory.
		Since the missile crisis, there are some both in and out of the Administration, and some in Taiwan as well, who would prefer to drop this principle when it becomes convenient to do so by accepting that the wording of the Section in the TRA makes it no longer applicable.
	www.taiwandc.org /nws-9862.htm (3716 words)

	The Security Situation in the Taiwan Strait (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Meanwhile, on Taiwan, throughout the 1950s and 1960s, intermittent skirmishes occurred throughout the 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 First Taiwan Straits crisis ended in March 1955 when the PLA ceased its bombardment, amid United States threats of escalation and use of nuclear weapons.
		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.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Chinese_Civil_War (6225 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
		Taiwan supporters in Washington are mobilizing to appeal to the US Congress, which recently began its 2004 session, and will get down to related legislative business in early March.
		Taiwan's friends will be seeking strong congressional support to pressure and offset the stand taken by President George W Bush, who publicly reprimanded Taiwan over a planned referendum on Chinese missiles aimed at the island; the US argued the popular vote would disrupt the cross-Strait status quo.
		Taiwan leaders worked very hard to show how Taiwan's interests were very much in line with US national and international interests, and that Taiwan had no intention of causing the US unnecessary difficulty.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FA24Ad04.html (1179 words)

	The Security Situation in the Taiwan Strait
		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.fas.org /news/taiwan/1999/twstrait_02261999.htm (11445 words)

	Taiwan - Lateline News - Muzi.com
		Taiwan on Friday said it was disappointed that director Ang Lee's spy thriller "Lust, Caution" was disqualified from competing for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
		Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday snubbed a peace overture made by China, saying Taipei would never sign what he called a "surrender agreement" based on Beijing's "one-China" principle.
		Taiwan censors have approved the release of the full version of director Ang Lee's award-winning erotic spy thriller "Lust, Caution," a report said Saturday.
	latelinenews.com /news/cc/english/10322.shtml (1760 words)

	Dreyer-The-PLA-and-the-Taiwan-Strait
		Taiwan was, and remains, the most difficult of the three to absorb.
		The Taiwan Relations Act, passed by congress in April 1979 and signed by then-president Jimmy Carter, mandates the United States to provide Taiwan with such defensive weapons as needed to maintain a balance of power in the Taiwan Strait.
		The Taiwan Strait is an important and busy waterway used by the commercial shipping of many countries: closing it would harm their economies as well as that of the ROC.
	taiwansecurity.org /IS/Dreyer-The-PLA-and-the-Taiwan-Strait.htm (7179 words)

	The Challenges and Imperatives in Taiwan's Defense
		Taiwan's isolation may be related to a third challenge--elements within Taiwan's defense establishment that appear reluctant to make the requisite changes in order to improve Taiwan's fighting efficiency and effectiveness and ensure its ability to deter and counter PRC coercion and other forms of aggression.
		Taiwan must be able to protect its critical civil infrastructure and ensure continuity of services to the government, military, and general populace.
		Taiwan must understand that an integrated approach to air defense is critical, and Taiwan should begin now to develop an autonomous missile defense to defend against the growing PRC missile threat.
	heritage.org /Research/AsiaandthePacific/hl775.cfm (2186 words)

	Taiwan Recreation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Supporters of Taiwan independence object to the use of the flag of the Republic of China since it was designed by and closely associated...
		Third Taiwan Strait Crisis - 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,...
		First Taiwan Strait Crisis - The First Taiwan Strait Crisis (also called the 1954-1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis or the 1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis) was a short armed conflict that took place between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) governments.
	china.vvvvvv3.com /taiwanrecreation.html (964 words)

	Report to Congress (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Third, the PRC could try to coerce Taiwan by means of air or missile strikes on Taiwan’s population, military assets, or economic infrastructure.
		In the latter case, our goal would be that Taiwan defend itself without outside assistance or, as a fallback, that it defend itself long enough to permit outside assistance, and that the combination of Taiwan and U.S. forces defeat a PLA attack on Taiwan, should the U.S. decide to intervene.
		Third, although we can identify emerging methods of warfare that appear likely to be increasingly important in the future particularly missiles and information warfare we cannot confidently assess how each side’s capabilities will develop or the interaction of measures and countermeasures that these emerging military competitions will generate.
	www.defenselink.mil /pubs/twstrait_12182000.html (2411 words)

	The Cold War's Odd Couple: The Unintended Partnership beween the Republic of China and the UK, 1950–58, a book ...
		The crisis, which shattered the British illusion of their independent great power status, turned cooperation with the USA into a vital factor in their foreign policy, and the UK into an 'unwitting partner' of the ROC during the 1958 Taiwan Strait crisis.
		It was the two Taiwan Strait crises that had the greatest impact on the changing relations between the UK and the ROC.
		Throughout the crisis, the main concern of the UK was to restore peace and stability to the region.
	www.history.ac.uk /ihr/Focus/cold/reviews/kwan.html (3051 words)

	Lee Teng-hui Summary
		Taiwan's land reform stressed legal procedures along with agricultural improvement projects and contrasted sharply with the Communist Party's populist, confiscatory, and often violent land reform on the Chinese mainland.
		Under this ideology, Taiwan was seen as a place for mainlanders to resent as they waited for the re-conquest of the Maoist mainland.
		He asserts that when presented with a united and assertive Taiwan, Taiwan will receive support from the international community and also from the United States; and that the PRC will be forced to back down.
	www.bookrags.com /Lee_Teng-hui (4398 words)

	Face-Off: Maintaining the ROC-PRC Military Balance (Eric Lin/photos by Diago Chiu/tr. by Phil Newell)
		Since 1995, when PRC missile tests in the Taiwan Strait raised the specter of military confrontation between the ROC and PRC, people in Taiwan have awoken to the fact that "the Taiwan Strait crisis" is no longer a term of purely historical interest.
		This was the first "Taiwan Strait crisis" after the retreat of the Nationalist government to Taiwan in 1949.
		Because Taiwan occupies an important strategic position in the Asia-Pacific region, and because the US has always paid close attention to developments in the Taiwan Strait, if the PRC could not achieve a rapid and complete victory in an outright conflict, there would be numerous opportunities for foreign powers to intervene politically or militarily.
	www.fas.org /news/taiwan/1998/981000-sinorama-E73E.htm (3844 words)

	International Crisis Group - Taiwan Strait III: The Chance
		There are many positive dimensions to the relationship between China and Taiwan that can compensate to some degree for the increasing political and military tension between them as a result of their conflict about Taiwan’s status.
		Taiwan is insisting that it be treated as an equal to China, and that China begin to deal with Taiwan government officials in that capacity.
		Taiwan cannot expect to be admitted to membership of international organisations where statehood is a requirement of such membership.
	www.crisisgroup.org /home/index.cfm?l=1&id=1648 (1363 words)

	Kenneth-Allen-Air-Activity-Over-the-Taiwan-Strait
		Interviews with Taiwan officials earlier this year indicate that the PLAAF has been rotating J-7 and J-8 aircraft from designated rapid reaction units in and out of Fujian Province on six month rotations since the 1996 crisis to conduct area familiarization training.
		For example, Taiwan's Air Force is under the guidance to "neither avoid the Communist planes nor provoke them." Furthermore, the order to attack an intruder must come from Taiwan's Chief of the General Staff.
		Taiwan has also established a credible air defense early warning network and ground-based air defense system (I-Hawk and Tien Kung SAMs), which appear to pose a credible deterrent against an air attack from the mainland, when used in conjunction with its fourth-generation tactical aircraft.
	taiwansecurity.org /IS/Kenneth-Allen-Air-Activity-Over-the-Taiwan-Strait.htm (3581 words)

	The Conjecturer » Stupid Sabre Rattling
		The so-called Third Taiwan Strait Crisis was a major shock to Taiwanese politics.
		Of course, now the Strait of Formosa is starting to vaguely resemble the Korean DMZ: two large armies with a lot of devastating weaponry pointed at each other, with the very real chance of escalation (the 1996 crisis was averted when a U.S. carrier sailed past).
		Taiwan has one of the more advanced militaries on the planet, far outside the global norm for its size or population.
	www.conjecturer.com /weblog/?p=3538 (868 words)

	Can China Conquer Taiwan
		China (also known as the People's Republic of China, or PRC) insists that Taiwan is a part of its territory, whereas Taiwan refuses to be ruled by Beijing.
		Largely as a result of the 1995-96 crisis, much of the U.S. Congress has lost patience with the existing U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity—by which Washington suggests to both Taipei and Beijing that it might help Taiwan defend itself, but does not commit itself to doing so—preferring an unambiguous commitment to defend Taiwan instead.
		Taiwan's 228 Incident: The Political Implications of February 28, 1947
	www.brookings.edu /views/articles/ohanlon/2000fall_IS.htm (949 words)

	Travel Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Supporters of Taiwan independence object to the use of the flag of the Republic of China since it was designed by and closely associated with the Kuomintang, which imposed several decades of authoritarian rule over Taiwan, and signifies Taiwan's historical link with mainland China as the flag once flew...
		Taiwan Solidarity Union - The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) (Traditional Chinese: å°ç£åçµè¯ç, pinyin: TÃ¡iwÄn tÃºanjÃe lÃanmÃ©ng) is a political party in Taiwan (Republic of China) which advocates Taiwan independence.
		Taiwan Tourism Travel - Taiwan Tourism Travel Travel And Tourism Pubic Relations The opening chapter explains the recent growth of industry PR, taiwan tourism travel and travel and tourism news coverage which today focuses on the considerable economic benefits of the industry.
	tr47.mnmhobbies.com /traveltaiwan.html (561 words)

	Kenneth-Allen-Air-Activity-Over-the-Taiwan-Strait
		Interviews with Taiwan officials earlier this year indicate that the PLAAF has been rotating J-7 and J-8 aircraft from designated rapid reaction units in and out of Fujian Province on six month rotations since the 1996 crisis to conduct area familiarization training.
		For example, Taiwan's Air Force is under the guidance to "neither avoid the Communist planes nor provoke them." Furthermore, the order to attack an intruder must come from Taiwan's Chief of the General Staff.
		Taiwan has also established a credible air defense early warning network and ground-based air defense system (I-Hawk and Tien Kung SAMs), which appear to pose a credible deterrent against an air attack from the mainland, when used in conjunction with its fourth-generation tactical aircraft.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /IS/Kenneth-Allen-Air-Activity-Over-the-Taiwan-Strait.htm (3581 words)

	CNN.com - Q & A: Taiwan discusses security concerns - March 22, 2001
		In his testimony to Congress, Secretary of State Colin Powell praised Taiwan's democratic accomplishments and declared that the US would definitely not allow Taiwan's status to change without open, free, and balanced communication between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
		He also emphasized that, although the US maintains a "one-China" policy, the ultimate solution to the Taiwan Strait issue should be acceptable to the majority of the people on Taiwan.
		Considering Taiwan's industrial development and the cross-strait division of labor, the government can fully understand that Taiwan businesses are making investments on China to improve their competitiveness and global logistics capabilities, effectively using the mainland's human resources and market.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/03/22/taiwan.premier.interview (2031 words)

	Online NewsHour: China-Taiwan History
		The tensions between China and Taiwan find their roots in the 1949 Chinese revolution, when communists led by Chairman Mao claimed control of the mainland.
		Many in Taiwan said the mainland was trying to influence voting in the election by the show of force.
		A profile of Mayor Chen Shui-bian during the tensions in the Taiwan Straits.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/china/china-taiwan.html (961 words)

	Untitled Document
		Taiwan recently has lifted some restrictions on direct trade with and investment in mainland China, which is expected to increase cross-strait commercial ties.
		Taiwan is grappling with the environmental ramifications of building one of Asia's richest economies through a decades-long commitment to economic growth.
		Taiwan's per capita carbon dioxide emissions have been increasing, and in 2003 represented more than four and a half times the amount of per capita carbon dioxide emissions in China (12.4 compared to 2.7 metric tons).
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/taiwan.html (3026 words)

	Taiwan Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Travel In Taiwan - Travel In Taiwan, an English-language bimonthly magazine, is produced in Taipei, Taiwan by Vision International Publishing Co Ltd on behalf of Taiwan's Tourism Bureau an agency of the country's Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
		Tourism Taiwan - Tourism Taiwan Tourism in Taiwan (ROC): A page containing brief details on a number of the National Parks of Taiwan.
		Taiwan Tourism Bureau (Sydney Office) - Taiwan Tourism Bureau (Sydney Office) This fact-filled website is designed to provide valuable and up to date information for Australians planning to visit Taiwan.
	china.vvvvvv3.com /taiwantourism.html (784 words)

	Taiwan & China *** About both sides of the Taiwan Strait » About
		Taiwan & China * About both sides of the Taiwan Strait**
		“The Taiwandesk” is dedicated to all kind of topics related to the relations between both sides of the Taiwan strait - Taiwan and China.
		His work is focused on the economic development as well as the business relations between both sides of the Taiwan strait.
	www.taiwandesk.com /about (108 words)

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