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...conversation would you like to have with Chinese President Hu Jintao? Chen: First of all, I would like to congratulate him on taking over full leadership in China. Of course, we hope that the new leadership would make new contributions to democracy in China, to peace across the Taiwan Strait and to regional stability. We understand that the Chinese Communist Party and its basic policy toward Taiwan will not undergo any changes in the short term, and we dare not have unrealistic expectations. We do hope, however, that Hu Jintao will come up with new thinking and new actions...
...TIME: What are your concrete proposals for reducing tensions across the Strait? Chen: From my inaugural speech of May 2000 through my National Day address [on Oct. 10], I think we have extended more than 30 olive branches. We will take whatever actions are needed to improve cross-strait relations and to ensure permanent peace across the strait. Even though the other side of the strait has never responded with goodwill over four-plus years, we are not giving...
...Taiwan's defense? Chen: In order to truly defend our homeland, apart from having democracy as our best theater missile defense, we also need to build up sufficient self-defense capabilities. The U.S. has been very clear: In order to maintain the balance of military power across the Taiwan Strait and ensure the security and stability of the Asia-Pacific region, the U.S. decided to sell arms, including submarines, to help us enhance our ability to defend Taiwan. Most people forget that China has 86 submarines, many of which are sophisticated modern models. Regarding our purchasing of Patriot...
...Taiwan and China have always been tense. Your story quoted a retired U.S. Navy admiral as saying that offensive missiles for Taiwan are "really stupid." I can understand that the U.S. government does not want to see either Taiwan or China make any careless moves that would provoke cross-strait tensions. Still, it is important to remember that China has always claimed it will not give up the right to occupy Taiwan by force. As a Taiwanese citizen, I think it is very reasonable for Premier Yu Shyi-kun to tell the world that Taiwan will use its missiles...
...economic policies toward China, he and George W. Bush agree that sound relations with Beijing are the key to stability in Asia. So Powell was able to touch down in China nine days before the U.S. election with a mandate that both candidates support: encouraging talks across the Taiwan Strait, and finding a way to persuade North Korea to shut down its nuclear weapons program...