Taiwan Communiqué no. 148, November / December 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• A political landslide for the DPP
  • Rejection of pro-China policies of President Ma
  • Dr. Ko Wen-je coasts to victory in Taipei
  • Crucial wins in other towns in Taiwan
  • Issues that played a role in these elections


• Hong Kong, the Taiwan angle
  • Pushback against China's encroachment
  • No more "one country, two systems"
  • Underlying political & economic disenchantment


• Human rights in Taiwan
  • Chen Shui-bian: six years of imprisonment
  • Overseas Taiwanese write to President Ma

• Report from Washington
  • The US mid-term elections and Taiwan
  • President Obama's visit to China


• In Memoriam
  • Ambassador Nat H. Bellocchi (1926-2014)
  • Historian Chang Yien-hsien (1947-2014)


• Book Review: The Third Son; a Novel, by Julie Wu
  • Reviewed by Gerrit van der Wees