Taiwan Communiqué no. 142, June / July 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• Mr. Su Tseng-chang goes to Washington
  • DPP Chairman receives warm welcome
  • Strengthening US-Taiwan relations
  • The new DPP Defense Blue Paper


• The Philippines-Taiwan fisheries conflict
  • Close encounter in disputed waters
  • High tension and inflammatory rhetoric
  • "Parallel" investigations
  • Taiwan must keep a cool head in dispute by Ambassador Nat Bellocchi
  • Legal notes on Taiwan-Philippines dispute by Prof. Kuo Ming-sung

• International space for Taiwan
  • US concerned about WHO restrictions
  • Is President Ma's "diplomatic truce" failing?


• The flawed case against President Chen
  • Professors and Church criticize trial
  • Lawyer Cheng Wen-lung details flaws
  • Former President Chen attempts suicide again


• Report from Washington
  • The State Department Human Rights Report