Taiwan Communiqué no. 120, September / October 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• Taiwan's new political landscape
  • August 30th 2008 rally in Taipei
  • Implications for US policy, by Julian Baum


• Tsai Ing-wen goes to Washington
  • Reaching out to the United States


• Are US arms sales to Taiwan "frozen"?
  • Defense News and Washington Post report
  • Congress asks for clarifications
  • Admiral Timothy Keating misspeaks


• The KMT's UN bid: meaningless participation
  • by Gerrit van der Wees

• President Chen admits wiring campaign funds
  • Does the corruption stop here? Taipei Times editorial


• Report from Washington
  • Obama vs. McCain: what's in it for Taiwan?


• Book Reviews
  • The "One China" Dilemma, edited by Prof. Peter Chow, Reviewed by Gerrit van der Wees
  • Humanity at Stake, by Abraham Young, Reviewed by Iris Ho
  • A Borrowed Voice, by Lynn Miles and Linda Arrigo, Reviewed by Prof. Jerome Keating