Updated: 30 October 2011
TAIPEI TIMES Selected Articles:
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Major Recent Events and Issues:
March 2005: China's "anti-secession law"
October 2004: The EU arms embargo against China
March 2004: Referendum and Presidential Elections
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 Last 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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The Taipei Times is Taiwan's prime English-language newspaper. Below, we link to a number of its editorials and articles on important issues.
Taipei Times editorial: Legislative review was a farce
Taiwan businessmen in China say PRC sending spies
Chinese analyst calls for war in South China Sea
Taipei Times editorial: Now Ma suddenly loves the ROC flag
United States seeks to reassure DPP on neutrality
US admiral Willard sees ‘profound’ cross-strait disparity
Prof. June Teufel Dreyer: Book provides insight to Strait crisis
DPP: Peace accord with China 'naive'
Richard Halloran: China looks to be on the warpath
Taipei Times editorial: Attacks on Lee, Chen nonsensical
Liu Shih-chung: US should not interfere in elections
VP Vincent Siew to AIT: Ma would initiate China political talks if re-elected
Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew: ‘Taiwan independent since 1989’
DPP: holds 25th anniversary rally party
The Economist: US wavering on Taiwan
William Lowther: Hope of F-16C/Ds dashed by US Senate
William Lowther in DC: Taiwan to receive US arms package
US-Taiwan Business Council urges F-16 C/D sale
J. Michael Cole: Taiwan needs to go asymmetrical
Ambassador Nat Bellocchi: Financial Times disclosure a betrayal of mutual trust
Opinion polls suggest US visit boosted support for Tsai
Taipei Times editorial: No such thing as a consensus
DPP legislator Kuan Bi-ling: WHO’s terminology like a ‘slap’
Dty minister Andrew Yang: US administration yielding to China
Taipei Times editorial: Ghosts of Kissinger and Brzezinski
Tsai Ing-wen: solicits support on last leg of her US visit
Report from Washington: ‘FT’ source said to be from White House
Report from Washington: No F-16C/Ds in US arms deal
Financial Times report: US official worried about Tsai
Washington Times report: US set to unveil US$4.2bn arms package
DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen holds closed meeting with powerbrokers in US
Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen introduces bill in US Congress
Tsai Ing-wen vows to rebuild US relations
US Congress resolution calls for UN seat for Taiwan
US Senators unveil bill to force jet sale
Tsai Ing-wen embarks on U.S. trip
Ambassador Nat Bellocchi: Taiwan deserves U.S. assurances
Taipei Times editorial: WikiLeaks confirms what we knew
United States still keeps mum about F-16C/D sale
Wikileaks: China using ECFA to push unification
Former prime minister Abe warns on health of US-Japanese alliance
Wikileaks cable outline PRC view on ‘consensus’
Wikileaks cable: AIT doubted ECFA impact
Congressman Howard Berman: New guidelines needed on Taiwan
Wikileaks cable: UN told to drop ‘Taiwan is part of China’
Sabina Sun: Making the impossible possible
Paul Lin: ‘Three noes’ destroying the so-called ‘status quo’
Rally in Taiwan to commemorate San Francisco Peace Treaty
Lee Ming-yun: The ROC is in its death throes, but not Taiwan
Lin Cho-shui: Life beyond the 1992 consensus?
Congresswoman Ros Lehtinen to seek enhanced TRA
Rev. William J.K. Lo: President Ma’s real ‘three noes’
William Lowther: ‘Secret’ cable details US talks
Liu Shih-chung: Redefining cross-strait relations
Prof. Lin Chia-ho: What has gone wrong with justice in Taiwan?
KMT official: Diaoyutais belong to ‘China’
Ruan Ming: A new vision for today’s Taiwan
Li Thian-hok: Taiwan is a thorn to the leaders in Beijing
James Soong to start election signature drive
Chen Rong-jye: The talks that led to claims of a ‘consensus’
MND denies claim of Chinese infiltration
Ministry of Defense warns of China war option
Ambassador Nat Bellocchi: Timing makes Lee indictment suspicious
Parris Chang: Enhancing ties with US Congress
Tsai Ing-wen: DPP now moderate and reformist
US Congress introduces bill urging EU to keep PRC arms embargo
Reuben Johnson: Refusing to aid Taiwan is illogical
James Wang: Get rid of Ma to save a hard-won democracy
Lin Cho-shui: Lee indictment is as hollow as Ma
Taipei Times editorial: Ma nervous about being Taiwanese
Ma on Facebook: "I am Taiwanese"
Liu Shih-chung: A leader needs to act, not only talk
William Lowther: Doubts raised over Biden-China report
Lee Teng-hui indictment: Two judges replaced
Hawang Shiow-duan: Drop in free press rank needs to be addressed
Vice president Biden: to tell China no F-16s for Taiwan
Judge Chou Chang-chun chosen to oversee Lee case
Huang Tien-lin: ECFA leads to a drop in share of the PRC market
Charles Snyder: KMT’s dark history did not simply fade away
Wang Dan: Why not learn from Hong Kong?
Taipei Times editorial: Falling for the billion-dollar mirage
J. Michael Cole: Neglect is hurting military morale
Premier Wu Den-yih: Lee Teng-hui ‘burdened’ democracy
Prof. Lo Chih-cheng: New government, new neutrality
James Wang: Ma won't stop until the Taiwanese get angry
SF Chronicle / Bloomberg report: Taiwan jobs sucked to China
Taiwan opinion poll: Majority believe Lee indictment a political move
Prof. Jerome Keating: Taiwan is in need of real leadership
Former President Lee dismisses corruption charges
Prosecutors indict former president Lee on corruption charges
Richard Pearson: Taiwan and the South China Sea
Taipei Times editorial: Tsai seeks talks, but does Beijing?
Prof. Peng Ming-min: China picks pockets of academics worldwide
J. Michael Cole: China eyes ‘extraterritoriality’ through use of UAVs
Ambassador Nat Bellocchi: US needs to put end to ‘one China’ confusion
Tsai Ing-wen: Women ready, prepared for political power
US Senators write Obama to petition for F-16 sale
J. Michael Cole: The diplomatic games they play
Gerrit van der Wees: Chinese views on Taiwan’s elections
Mei-chin Chen: Debacle at WHO erodes Taiwan’s sovereignty
Congressional sources: No review of TRA coming anytime soon
Taipei Times editorial: Chen Bingde wasn’t lying, entirely
Jean Wu: Taiwan has to stand up to China’s black swan
J. Michael Cole: Taiwan stuck in ‘Red Queen race’
Croatian visa rules list "Taiwan, PRC"
Ma Ying-jeou lauds WHA international participation
United States ‘clarifies’ statements on ‘one China’
James Wang: Ma's empty WHO pr
