Taiwan Communiqué no. 134, November / December 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• 2012 Elections: Tsai Ing-wen ahead
  • Election campaign enters final phase
  • Ma Ying-jeou's ill-fated "Peace Accord"
  • Piggybanks flying off the shelves
  • James Soong enters the race
  • International committee for fair elections


• President Obama's "pivot" to Asia
  • Reinforcing US presence in Asia
  • Rallying for Taiwan's international recognition
  • Implications of the US "pivot" for Taiwan by Ambassador Nat Bellocchi

• An American missionary in Taiwan's White Terror
  • Rev. Thornberry comes to Washington
  • A "conspiracy of silence"


• San Francisco Peace Treaty at 60
  • Seminar at University of California Berkeley


• Report from Washington
  • Foreign Affairs C'tee passes Taiwan Policy Act
  • Congress: Ensuring free and fair elections


• Book Review
  • Why Taiwan Matters, by Shelley Rigger
    reviewed by Nicholas Jackson