Taiwan News: Major Events and Issues in 1999-2000


	Updated: 24 February 2004

On a general note, we first present:
The Six Misconceptions
A reality check for all those who speak or write about developments in Taiwan.

News and events in other years:

Overview 2003,
Overview 2002,
Overview 2001,
Overview 2000,
Overview 1999,
Overview 1998,
Overview 1997 or the
Overview 1995 - 1996.

Major events and issues:

August 2002: President Chen: Taiwan going our own way

August 2001: Full and equal UN membership

March 2000 Presidential Elections

"Nation-to-nation" relations with China

Security in the Taiwan Strait

Chinese stealing nuclear secrets

Visit of Chinese premier Zhu Rongji

20 years Taiwan Relations Act

Some major events of the past few years:

Washington, 18 June 1998: "Stand up for Taiwan"

Washington, 29 Oct. 1997: "Say Yes to Taiwan"

Taipei, 28 June 1997: "Say No to China"

"A new flag for a new Taiwan"

"Let Taiwan join the UN"

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News items and information on recent, current and upcoming events about Taiwan, its people, society, political system, and quest for international recognition.

Major events and issues in 2000
(most recent first):

December 2000

18 december 2000 US Department of Defense Report to Congress: Security in the Taiwan Strait
13 december 2000 Int'l Herald Tribune letters: China's attitude towards Taiwan
12 December 2000: Washington Times: China tested DF-31 intercontinental missile in November

October 2000

20 October 2000: Senate passes Taiwan- into-UN resolution
18 October 2000: US House urges Senate to pass Taiwan-into-UN resolution
17 October 2000: China renews threats to use military force against Taiwan
15 October 2000 Washington Post: Beware of Chinese promises
13 October 2000: Chang Chun-hsiung: Premier to revise Cross-Strait policy
13 October 2000 TIME Magazine: Under the gun
13 October 2000 Asiaweek: Political earthquake
11 October 2000 Jim Mann: Yugoslavia has lessons for China

August 2000

28 August 2000 President Chen Shui-bian: Press conference
25 August 2000 House Democrats urge Albright to allow high-level contacts with Taiwan
21 August 2000 Congressman Gejdenson: Taiwan deserves better
17 August 2000 Washington Post editorial: Snubbing Taiwan
17 August 2000James T. Hackett: A missing compass
17 August 2000 Ralph Cossa: Beijing looks for a Taiwan policy
15 August 2000 Ted G. Carpenter: Appeasing China, humiliating ourselves
13 August 2000 President Chen Shui-bian's stop-over in LA
13 August 2000 Tim Gallaher: House arrest in Long Beach
04 August 2000 Taiwan restarts drive for UN membership

November 2000

November 2000: Ambassador Harvey Feldman: an "A" for Chen Shui-bian's foreign policy
November 2000: Rand Corporation: Military aspects of the China-Taiwan confrontation
15 November 2000: Washington Post US now a "threat" in China's eyes
10 November 2000: Asian Wall St. Journal President Chen fights for his political life
10 November 2000: Taipei Times Dr. Robin Rose: Lincoln and President Chen
6 November 2000: Asian Wall St. Journal Shelly Rigger: Brinkmanship, Taiwan-style
4 November 2000: Philip Bowring: A grave test for Taiwan democracy
Harvard Asia Quarterly: Is there "A Question of Taiwan" in international law?

September 2000

29 September 2000 Herald Tribune: 'Silicon Shield' protects Taiwan from China
23 September 2000 Washington Post: After the China PNTR vote
20 September 2000 Japan Times: Taiwan is worthy of a place in the UN
15 September 2000 Washington Post: Bullied by China
12 September 2000 Wall St. Journal: Jiang muddies the waters
5 September 2000 Taiwan into the UN Rally at the UN
4 September 2000 Newsweek: President Chen reopens political murder case
2 September 2000 Orville Schell: China's dysfunctional public relations barrage
2 September 2000 NYTimes: Taiwan leader questions unification

July 2000

28 July 2000 US Congress urges Taiwan membership in the UN
24 July 2000 Newsweek: The enemy with no name
21 July 2000 Former President Lee: Taiwan must declare sovereignty
16 July 2000 Washington Post: China demonizes
12 July 2000 Israel calls off Phalcon AWACS sale to China
11 July 2000 Wall Street Journal: WSJ: Why China hates NMD

May 2000

29 May 2000 NYTimes: President Chen goes nameless in China
24 May 2000 NYTimes: Richard Bush: Change in Taiwan and Implications for US Policy
20 May 2000 President Chen's inauguration speech: Taiwan stands up
12 May 2000 WSJ: Interview with DPP chairman Lin Yi-hsiung
5 May 2000 Taiwanese-American Heritage Week celebrated
4 May 2000 WSJ: New Taiwan Challenges Beijing -- and Washington
4 May 2000 FEER Editorial: Wrong Signals: Washington caves in to China
1 May 2000 TIME interview with Vice President-elect Annette Lu

March 2000

28 March 2000 U.S. Congress adopts resolutions congratulating President Chen
28 March 2000 Congressman Benjamin Gilman's speech
28 March 2000 WashTimes: Beijing deploys new missiles near Taiwan
25 March 2000 WashPost: U.S. View Of Next Taiwan Leader
25 March 2000 WashPost: Lee Teng-hui, victim of his own vision
24 March 2000 Chen Shui-bian interview with TIME magazine
22 March 2000 Ed Hoagland: Nervous in Beijing
21 March 2000 Prof. Elliot Cohen: "One China" policy is obsolete
21 March 2000 W. Scott Thompson: Taiwan isn't going back anymore
20 March 2000 Newsweek: Taiwan's historic moment of truth
20 March 2000 E.J. Dionne: Taiwan's Triumph
20 March 2000 Washpost: Man-of-action takes Taiwan's helm
19 March 2000 Washpost: Taiwan steps forward
19 March 2000 NYTimes: The quiet determination of Taiwan's new leader
18 March 2000 Major election victory for DPP
15 March 2000 Washington Post: Mafia Premier Zhu
13 March 2000 Washington Post: Handling China
10 March 2000 Senator Torricelli: Support the TSEA
10 March 2000 House Resolution on Taiwan's democracy introduced
8 March 2000 Alexander Young: Voting on Taiwan's future
6 March 2000 Time Magazine: Cover article on Taiwan's elections
6 March 2000 Newsweek: China's paper war games
6 March 2000 William Shawcross: The myth of "one China"
3 March 2000 Washington Times: Backing Taiwan to deter war in Asia
1 March 2000 Herald Tribune: Take Taiwan's case to the International Court

January 2000

31 January 2000, Newsweek: the KMT has to reform or die
21 January 2000, Washington Times: US debating weapon sales to Taiwan
19 January 2000, Taiwan News: Who is really being "provocative"?
13 January 2000, Congressman Brown: terms State Dept. report "unacceptable"
5 January 2000, Taiwanese-Americans: furious about US State Dept. report on Taiwan's entry into the WHO
1 January 2000, Ross Terrill: The "One China" fiction and its dangers

December 1999

22 December 1999, Washington Times: China building air defense site
11 December 1999, Washington Post: Lee Wen-ho indicted for nuclear spying
9 December 1999, Washington Times: Clinton concerned about Chinese missile threat
8 December 1999, Washington Times: China targets Taiwan with 2nd missile base
6 December 1999, Washington Times China developing new missile submarine
1 December 1999 Text of DPP Policy White Papers
1 December 1999 DPP Chairman Lin Yi-hsiung speaks in Washington

November 1999

28 November 1999, Washington Times: The missiles of November
23 November 1999, Washington Times U.S. might sell missile shield to aid Taiwan
23 November 1999, Washington Times: China points more missiles at Taiwan News report on the building of a new missile base at Yangang, by Bill Gertz.
19 November 1999 Congress passes Taiwan into the WHO legislation. The Senate unanimously passed its version of HR 1794, a bill calling for Taiwan's "appropriate and meaningful participation in the World Health Organization".
15 November 1999, International Herald Tribune America's relations with China are worseningexcellent editorial by Jim Hoagland.
12 November 1999, Washington Times: President Lee want Clinton to back Taiwan Good backgrounder by veteran-reporter Richard Halloran.
12 November 1999, Washington Times: US Admiral Dennis Blair speaks out. on Theatre Missile Defense and Taiwan's defense.
2 November 1999 In memoriam Gerald Segal. On the passing of Dr. Segal of the IISS in London. The Taiwanese people lost a great friend.