Taiwan Communiqué no. 131, February / March 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• Tsai Ing-wen's vision for Taiwan's future
  • Emphasizing core values; peaceful but different
  • Taiwanese views on their identity and future


• The debate about the "1992 Consensus"
  • China imposes it as a precondition
  • Is it a useful fiction?
  • Ma Ying-jeou: The ROC includes China


• Hu Jintao visits Washington
  • A welcome to the White House, but..
  • Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Taiwanese demonstrate
  • Delivering a verdict on Hu's trip to Washington, by Prof. Bob Yang


• The "Big Five" elections in retrospect
  • Who won and who lost? Implications for future
  • The Sean Lien shooting and its impact
  • Lack of transparency in police investigation

• How is ECFA doing?
  • What impact on Taiwan's economy?
  • Why has the WTO not been notified yet?
  • Where are the FTAs with other countries?


• Erosion of justice and democracy
  • Former President Chen transferred to jail
  • Former First Lady too ill to serve sentence
  • Political persecution at Judicial Yuan


• Faith for freedom in Taiwan
  • by the Very Rev. Bruce McLeod, Canada


• Book Review
  • The Church under the Cross by Rev. Wendell P. Karsen, reviewed by Gerrit van der Wees