Taiwan Communiqué no. 122, January / February 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• Change Taiwan can believe in
  • President Barack Obama takes office
  • What policies to pursue?


• Taiwan's judicial system on trial
  • The KMT's political vendetta against the DPP
  • No fair trial for Chen Shui-bian
  • Scholars and writers reiterate concern


• The aftermath of the Chen Yunlin visit
  • Ma administration rejects independent commission
  • "Wild Strawberry" students continue protest
  • The November 6th "Yellow Ribbon" siege
  • Members of Congress write President Bush


• The Ma administration and Taiwanese identity
  • A Trail of broken promises, by Prof. Don Rodgers

• Taiwan's economic concerns
  • China's economic tailspin, by by Gerrit van der Wees


• Environmental concerns
  • Taiwan's endangered pink dolphins, by Christina MacFarquhar, Taiwan


• Report from Washington
  • In memoriam Senator Claiborne Pell, by Tom Hughes


• Book Review
  • Taiwan's Statesman, Lee Teng-hui and Democracy by Richard Kagan, reviewed by Jerome Keating