Archivo etiqueta «Taiwán»
Bt Simon Tisdall (THE GUARDIAN, 13/11/07):
As the US increasingly looks to China for help in tackling problem issues such as Iran, Burma and Darfur, concern is growing in Taiwan that its sole international protector may be dropping its guard. The de facto independence of the island, viewed by Beijing as a renegade province, depends in the last resort on US defensive guarantees and arms supplies. Yet despite expanded collaboration with Washington in other areas, China remains engaged in a rapid military build-up along the Taiwan Strait.
According to Taiwan’s president, Chen Shui-ban, China now has 988 missiles … Seguir leyendo
By James Huang, Taiwan’s minister of foreign affairs (THE GUARDIAN, 03/09/07):
A little over a month ago Taiwan’s president, Chen Shui-bian, submitted a fresh application for the country’s admission to the United Nations. Within days, the UN secretariat answered the request with an outright rejection.This is now the 15th year in a row that Taiwan has been denied participation in this august global body, an organisation that has pledged to be “open to all … peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained” in the UN charter.
For many peoples and nations around the world, Taiwan has been an active … Seguir leyendo
By Chen Shui-bian, president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (THE WASHINGTON POST, 11/05/07):
In recent years the outbreak and spread of avian flu has brought illness, death and economic peril to countries in Asia and elsewhere. Memories of the fear, pain and suffering that accompanied the 2003 SARS outbreak — after failed coverups by the Chinese government — are still vivid in many places. While disease heeds no national borders, Taiwan has had to fight pandemics without help from the World Health Organization — a humanitarian agency that is supposed to serve all humankind.
Taiwan is not a … Seguir leyendo
Simon Tisdall (THE GUARDIAN, 13/02/06):
The British government is mostly ignoring Ma Ying-jeou’s visit to London. As mayor of Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, Mr Ma is officially on a trip to encourage business and investment. The trade minister, Ian Pearson, had agreed to meet Mr Ma purely “in his capacity as trade minister”, a Foreign Office spokeswoman said. There would be no discussions of a political nature.
Such delicacy is understandable. For in his other, more important, public capacity, Mr Ma is chairman of Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT), the Chinese nationalist party, and linear heir to Chiang Kai-shek, who fought and lost … Seguir leyendo
¿Se dirigen China y EEUU hacia un conflicto bélico por Taiwán? Soeren Kern, Investigador principal, Estados Unidos y Diálogo Trasatlántico, Real Instituto Elcano (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 04/04/05).
Las relaciones entre China y Taiwán: tendencias y propuestas. Mario Esteban, Profesor ayudante doctor y miembro del Centro de Estudios de Asia Oriental en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 18/02/05).
Elecciones y disparos en Taiwan. Taciana Fisac es directora del Centro de Estudios de Asia Oriental de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y Mario Esteban es investigador de Ciencias Sociales en la Universidad de Pekín (EL PAIS, 23/03/04).