Taiwan Communiqué no. 115, September / October 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• Taiwan into the United Nations
  • President Chen submits formal application
  • Mr. Ban Ki-moon’s response
  • The Economist: Blundering by both EU and USA


• A Club Taiwan can't join by Gary Schmitt, American Enterprise Institute


• Taiwan’s Presidential campaign
  • Hsieh selects Su Tseng-chang as running mate
  • Ma Ying-jeou not convicted of graft
  • Referendum on UN entry and ill-gotten assets?


• US Presidential elections and Taiwan
  • Barack Obama and the outdated status quo
  • Hillary Clinton speaks of “strategic ambiguity”

• Twenty years since end of Martial Law
  • Commemorations in Taipei
  • What about transitional justice?


• Report from Washington
  • US House unanimously passes High-level resolution
  • Senators write in support of WHO membership


• Book Review
  • Taiwan, the threatened democracy by Bruce Herschensohn
  
  
• In the limelight
  • Nat Bellocchi, former Chairman of AIT