Taiwan Communiqué no. 126, November / December 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• President Obama and China
  • "Sovereignty" and "territorial integrity?"


• The 1979 Kaohsiung Incident at 30
  • Beginning of Taiwan's transition to democracy


• Local elections on December 5th 2009
  • A test of Taiwan's democracy
  • Referendum on Ma Ying-jeou's policies


• Erosion of justice and democracy continues
  • Former President Chen and wife sentenced to life
  • Chen appeals sentence and incarceration
  • Reporters Without Borders downgrades Taiwan

• Presbyterian leaders go to Washington
  • Presenting the "Appeal of the People in Taiwan"


• International scholars reiterate concern
  • Open letter to President Ma Ying-jeou


• Seminar "Beyond Formosa Betrayed"
  • The history of Taiwan's transition to democracy
  • Towards Truth and Reconciliation in Taiwan?


• Report from Washington
  • Three new Taiwan-related resolutions introduced


• Book Review
  • The Generalissimo; the struggle for modern China
    by Jay Taylor, reviewed by Gerrit van der Wees