Taiwan Communiqué no. 141, April / May 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• U.S. Congressmen visit President Chen in jail
  • Sudden move from hospital to prison
  • Widespread calls for medical parole


• Whither Taiwan's China policy?
  • Taiwanese must be free to choose their future, by Ambassador Nat Bellocchi
  • Ma should seek clear "Taiwan Consensus", by Gerrit van der Wees
  • Taiwan Democracy Watch: put human rights first


• The nuclear power debate heats up
  • Hundred thousand rally in Taipei
  • Proposed referendum a deceptive move
  • Taiwan at the nuclear power crossroads, by Mei-chin Chen

• Report from Washington
  • Taiwan Policy Act adopted in House Committee
  • House members urge resumption of diplomatic ties


• In Memoriam Two Lions in Winter
  • Dan Beeby, missionary under Martial Law
  • Boris Anderson's key role in PCT


• Book Review
  • Taiwan since Martial Law, edited by David Blundell, reviewed by David Reid & Gerrit vd Wees