Taiwan Communiqué no. 106, January 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• Taiwan's presidential elections
  • Referendum versus China's missiles
  • Who is responsible for the tension?
  • President Chen Shui-bian pulling ahead
  • Lien Chan and James Soong on the defense
• Kowtow to China
  • Mr. Bush opposes change of the status quo
  • What was US policy, again?
  • What is the status quo?
  • Wrong side blamed, by professor Lin Tsung-kuang

• Towards a new Constitution
  • From "five noes" towards a "three yes" policy
  • What does the present Constitution entail?
  • A timeline for a new Constitution
• Taiwan deserves international support
  • Allies need to show some spine,by Taipei Times
  • The pillars of US' Taiwan policy, by Nat Bellocchi
  • Shared interest in Strait peace, by Prof. Chen Lung-chu
• A journey of remembrance and appreciation
  • International friends return to Taiwan
• Report from Washington
  • The Nixon - Kissinger capers