Word: factionalization
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...more, it doesn't make too much difference to us, but it would cause a huge negative impact on the ruling administration in Taiwan.'" Aside from undercutting Ma's overtures toward détente, heavy-handed international maneuvering by Beijing could backfire by emboldening Taiwan's pro-independence faction. Lin says that in order to forestall that outcome, think tanks affiliated with China's government have come to Taiwan to discuss how to handle requests by Taiwan's allies to switch allegiances. Beijing's goal is to "win the hearts and minds of the Taiwanese people," Lin says. "Beijing would...
...earning record profits; there is a widespread sense that workers most often pay the price for the mistakes of senior executives. The outcry is not limited to the unions and leftist parties; even the conservative Christian Democrats are jumping on the bandwagon. A working group of the CDU parliamentary faction has suggested setting strict limits to remunerating executives with stock options, or even banning the practice outright...
...lieutenants have served key ministerial posts in three governments of the Italian Republic. But his latest act of national scorn has brought down the fury of Berlusconi's other key ally, lower-house president Gianfranco Fini, whose post-Fascist past makes him the leader of the most explicitly patriotic faction in the three-month-old government. "A Cabinet minister cannot offend national sentiment," Fini proclaimed on Monday, demanding that Bossi "clarify" his thoughts. Bossi bit back quickly, saying that Fini would have been better off staying quiet. Senate president Renato Schifani quickly sought to silence the spat with a call...
...days, as well as a Nigerian peacekeeper held captive since last month. President Clinton and Aidid both claimed that no deal had been made for the prisoners' release, although the move coincided with a new willingness on the part of Oakley and Clinton to include Aidid's faction in efforts toward a political solution to Somalia's problems. At week's end the Senate voted to keep U.S. troops in Somalia until March 31, Clinton's announced withdrawal date...
...That is why the opponents, led by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Richard Perle, have been waging a fierce but largely invisible campaign to put the kibosh on the arms-control agreements of the past lest they provide the basis for new agreements in the future. Last month this faction won a major victory against Shultz and the State Department by persuading Reagan to declare his intent to end American compliance with the offensive limits of SALT II at the end of the year. The next battle could be more important and more intense. Administration hawks are laying the ground...