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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09AITTAIPEI1540 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 31 news coverage on the United States' statement in response to Taiwan legislature's decision to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation which violates the beef protocol signed between Taiwan and the United States. Local newspa [...] |
2009-12-31 08:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI1541 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 31 news coverage on the United States' statement in response to Taiwan legislature's decision to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation which violates the beef protocol signed between Taiwan and the United States. Local newspa [...] |
2009-12-31 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI159 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-13 06:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI160 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF THE WAAD PROJECT [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the Waad Project in Lebanon and aliases designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13224 on January 6, 2009. YOUNG [...] |
2009-02-13 08:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR ECON LE TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI170 |
VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES ECONOMY, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with AIT Director Young, Vice President Vincent Siew said Taiwan's economy faces "a very difficult year", with prospects for growth tenuous at best. According to Siew, the island's economy requires "fundamental restructuring" in order to attract foreign investment. [...] |
2009-02-13 10:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI174 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 14-17 news coverage on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, on the Taiwan government's efforts to fight the island's mounting unemployment ra [...] |
2009-02-17 09:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI181 |
CEPD CHAIRMAN SURVEYS BLEAK ECONOMY IN FEBRUARY 18 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 18 meeting with the Director, Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Director Chen Tain-jy said exports will be a key indicator in determining when Taiwan's economy has bottomed out, and noted that recent upticks in short term export orders may be a hop [...] |
2009-02-18 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR ELAB EFIN TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI182 |
TAIWAN PRESIDENT MA ASKS NODEL BERKLEY TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 15-20 Taiwan visit by Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NEV), President Ma Ying-jeou asked for her help in achieving a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), a bilateral extradition agreement, visa waiver status for Taiwan travelers, and meaningful participation [...] |
2009-02-18 10:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS ETRD ECON CH TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI188 |
SEF CHAIRMAN PREVIEWS NEXT ROUND OF TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang discussed the status of cross-Strait economic relations and previewed Ma administration objectives for the next round of talks with China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) during a February 19 meeting [...] |
2009-02-19 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EAIR CH TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI189 |
TAIWAN FSC CHAIRMAN SAYS BANKS STRONG, ASKS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chairman Sean Chen of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) told AIT Director Young Taiwan banks are strong enough to weather the current financial downturn, although profitability remains an issue. Unwilling to forecast the length or depth of the current recession, he said [...] |
2009-02-19 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI19 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the Union of Good, a Saudi Arabia-based organization, designated on November 12 by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a supporter of terrorism unde [...] |
2009-01-07 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL UNSC ECON |
| 09AITTAIPEI191 |
MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-19 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI196 |
MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 20 news coverage on Taiwan's sagging economy, on the on-going investigation into the corruption case against former President Chen Shui-bian and his family, on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agre [...] |
2009-02-20 07:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI204 |
MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage February 21-23 on the "national policy conference" organized by the opposition parties; on the local economic downturn plus various government policies; and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to China. [...] |
2009-02-23 09:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI208 |
MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-24 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI211 |
MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-25 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI219 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-26 09:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI226 |
RESULTS OF THE FEBRUARY 2009 TAIWAN GAMEPLAN IMPLEMENTATION TALKS HELD IN TAIPEI [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 08:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE CBW MNUC MCAP TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI232 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-03 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI235 |
EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Internal Control Program software completion and deployment workshops: Train-the-trainer workshop - March 11 - 13, 2009; Kick-off Conference - March 31, 2009; Deployment 1 (Hsinchu) - April 16 - 17, 2009 (TBC); Deployment 2 (Taichung) - May 2009 (TBC); Deployment 3 (Tainan) - June 2009 [...] |
2009-03-04 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI237 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS, SECRETARY OF [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 4 news coverage on the Taipei District Court's decision to extend former President Chen Shui-bian's detention; on former First Lady Wu Shu-chen's appearance in a pre-trial hearing; and on the controversy surrounding Ma Ying-jeou ad [...] |
2009-03-04 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI24 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on January 5, 2009, providing all banking institutions with information on four members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba designated on December 10, 2008 by the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Tal [...] |
2009-01-08 05:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON PK TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI242 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.'S MIDDLE-EAST POLICY, U.S.'S DEFENSE [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage March 5 on former President Chen Shui-bian's appearance in the pre-trial hearing in his money laundering and corruption cases; on the Cabinet's measures to boost the local economy; and the opening of China's National People [...] |
2009-03-05 09:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI245 |
MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S APPOINTMENT OF CHARLES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-06 05:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI25 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-08 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI256 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-09 09:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI258 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF U.S.-BASED TAMIL [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on March 5, 2009, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the U.S.-based Tamil Foundation under Executive Order 13224 for supporting te [...] |
2009-03-09 09:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI268 |
MA ECONOMIC POLICY PRESENTS CHALLENGES - AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Entering office last May determined to build cross-Strait economic ties and recharge Taiwan's economic growth, the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou has instead been confronted with an unprecedented global economic downturn. Nearly a year into its tenure, the Ma administrat [...] |
2009-03-11 08:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR EFIN PINR TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI269 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 11 news coverage on the unexpected resignation of Taiwan's National Security Bureau Director-General Henry Tsai Tuesday; on Taiwan's sagging economy; and on the controversy over the assassination attempt against former President Ch [...] |
2009-03-11 09:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI271 |
Taiwan's February Trade Figures Show Continued Weakness in [...] (U) Taiwan exports again took a tumble in the first two months of 2009. Although the decline in February (28.6% y-o-y) was substantially less than the 44.1% drop in January, this is largely due to the fact that the week long Lunar New Year holiday fell in January 2009 rather than in February [...] |
2009-03-12 03:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SENV ELAB EPET TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI275 |
REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct an expedited human rights review of the below listed Taiwan law enforcement personnel, who will participate in DEA Chemical Diversion Seminar beginning March 16, [...] |
2009-03-12 09:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MAS PHUM PM PREL SNAR ASEC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI277 |
THE CASE FOR CONCLUDING AN AIT-TECRO EXTRADITION [...] (C) Summary: Despite the absence of an extradition agreement, Taiwan has consistently assisted U.S. law enforcement agencies in returning fugitives wanted in the U.S. for major crimes. Taiwan, however, has not been able to secure the return of its fugitives from the U.S., resulting in more th [...] |
2009-03-12 10:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN KCRM PGOV ASEC US TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI284 |
TAIWAN HOPES TO CHOOSE FOREIGN DRAM PARTNER BY THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. John Hsuan, the IT executive charged with coordinating Taiwan's DRAM sector restructuring plan (reftel), will visit Idaho's Micron Technology and Tokyo-based Elpida within the next week. By the end of March, Hsuan plans to choose either Micron or Elpida, but not both, as foreign [...] |
2009-03-16 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI285 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-16 09:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI292 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVY SHIPS CONFRONTATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-17 09:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI298 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-18 09:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI302 |
TAIWAN EXPANDS ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Unofficial Taiwan-PRC interaction on the environment has been ongoing since 1987, primarily sponsored by academic institutions advising Taiwan companies investing in the PRC. These exchanges have since grown, and private Taiwan entities regularly advise PRC government agencies o [...] |
2009-03-19 04:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON PGOV PREL ETRD TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI305 |
AIT TAIPEI CONFIRMS FSN ATTENDANCE IN 2009 ESTH TRAINING [...] AIT TAIPEI confirms ESTH Specialist Ms. Yun-ping Chang's participation in the Spring 2009 PE221 FSN Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) course, April 27 -May 8, 2009. 2. The health insurance information for Ms. Chang is as follows: A. CHANG, YUN-PING B. Grade FN-10 C. [...] |
2009-03-19 09:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV AFSI AFSN TSPL ECON AMGT ETRD |
| 09AITTAIPEI306 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL SHIPS CONFRONTATION, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 19 news coverage on a meeting between President Ma Ying-jeou and AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt and a press conference hosted by the latter Wednesday; on cross-Strait relations; and on the ongoing investigation into former Presiden [...] |
2009-03-19 09:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI31 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-09 09:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI328 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL CONFRONTATION, U.S. [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 21-23 news coverage on cross-Strait relations and Taiwan's bid to become an observer in the World Health Assembly in May; on Taiwan's economic situation; and on the controversy caused by the alleged anti-Taiwan remarks by a Toronto [...] |
2009-03-23 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI33 |
SLUMPING EXPORTS DARKEN TAIWAN'S 2009 ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although Taiwan's official 2008 GDP growth forecast remains at 2.12%, a 42% year-on-year drop in December exports underscored the economy's vulnerability to slumping global demand. The weak export data prompted the Central Bank to cut its policy rate by 0.5% to 1.5%, and caused t [...] |
2009-01-09 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI333 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-24 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI335 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF U.S.-BASED TAMIL [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the U.S.-based Tamil Foundation, which on March 5, 2009 was designated under Executive Order 13224 for supporting terrorism. YOUNG [...] |
2009-03-25 05:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI337 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-CHINA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 25 news coverage on Taiwan's economic prospects; on the controversies surrounding the anti-Taiwan remarks by a former Toronto-based Government Information Office official; and on the ongoing investigation into former President Chen [...] |
2009-03-25 08:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI359 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-27 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI362 |
TAIWAN FINALIZING AGENDA FOR NEXT ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Taiwan hopes to schedule the next round of talks between the Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait for mid-May, although the actual date has yet to be confirmed with Beijing. The agenda for the talks will encompass cross-Str [...] |
2009-03-27 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI365 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 28-30 news coverage on the legislative by-election in a district of Taipei City Saturday, in which the KMT narrowly defeated the DPP; on Taiwan's economic prospects; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The pro-unificati [...] |
2009-03-30 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI371 |
PSV: INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHY [...] ON MARCH 19, 2009, COMMERCIAL OFFICER ERIC CROWLEY AND FN CINDY CHANG VISITED THE INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHY AT THE ADDRESS CITED IN PSV REQUEST CABLE TO CONDUCT A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION. DURING THE VISIT POST MET WITH ASSISTANT RESEARCH FELLOW, DR. YUH-JING HWANG. 2. THE INSTI [...] |
2009-04-01 01:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETTC ETRD TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI372 |
PSV: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY [...] ON MARCH 20, 2009, COMMERCIAL OFFICER ERIC CROWLEY AND FN CINDY CHANG VISITED THE NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (GIEE) AT THE ADDRESS CITED IN PSV REQUEST CABLE TO CONDUCT A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION. DURING THE VISIT POST MET WITH DR. SHEN-LUAN LIU, [...] |
2009-04-01 01:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETTC ETRD TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI378 |
TAIWAN MULLS NEW ACRONYM FOR CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under domestic political pressure, the Ma administration plans to adopt a new acronym to describe its planned economic cooperation pact with the PRC. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In an April 1 conversation with econoff, a senior Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official noted that potentia [...] |
2009-04-01 07:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI379 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-01 09:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI38 |
PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF THE SPECIAL 301 PROCESS [...] (C) AIT is grateful for the ongoing support of the Washington interagency group as we manage our diverse and complex economic relationship with Taiwan. We share your frustration with the slow pace of Taiwan progress on some of our top agricultural priorities, and continue our effort to remedy [...] |
2009-01-12 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL EAGR TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI386 |
MEDIA REACTION: G-20 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-02 08:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI392 |
MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 3 on the agreements reached at the G20 summit in London to rescue the global economy; on the legislators' move to cut tax, and on the year-end Taipei County Magistrate election. 2. In terms of editorials and commen [...] |
2009-04-03 08:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI4 |
MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 1-2 news coverage on the New Year Eve's celebration in Taiwan and around the world; on Chinese President Hu Jintao's delivering of the "Six Points" of China's Taiwan policy; and on a court ruling on the embezzlement scandal invol [...] |
2009-01-02 09:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI404 |
TAIWAN SATELLITE PROGRAM GOING NATIVE [...] (C) This is an action cable. Please see para. 6 2. (C) SUMMARY. Taiwan's National Space Program Office Director Miau Jiun-jih told us April 1 that the NSPO's existing two satellite programs, the Formosat-2 and Formosat-3, are continuing to operate as scheduled and have exceeded expectat [...] |
2009-04-06 05:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA ETTC KSCA PREL CH TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI405 |
EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH 2009 [...] (U) On March 2, the Advisor attended the Taipei International Machine Tool Show. This year's show was most notable for sparse attendance by potential buyers as compared with last year. (U) According to statistics released by the Taiwan Machine Tool Foundation (TMTF), Taiwan exported US$3.721 b [...] |
2009-04-06 08:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI407 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, G-20 [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 4-6 news coverage on North Korea, which launched a long-range rocket over Japan Sunday; on the Local Government Act passed by the Legislative Yuan Friday, which will allow cities and counties to merge and become special munic [...] |
2009-04-06 08:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI408 |
TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE TO RESUME HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC [...] (C) According to a contact at the Singapore representative office, Taiwan and Singapore are poised to resume high-level economic talks after a six-year hiatus. Our Singaporean contact noted that Singapore suspended the senior bilateral economic dialogue after what it characterized as excessive [...] |
2009-04-06 09:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW SN |
| 09AITTAIPEI413 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 7 news coverage on the fraud scandals involving several high-ranking Taiwan military officials; on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrates' elections; on a Taiwan fishing boat which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the I [...] |
2009-04-07 09:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI415 |
TAIWAN OFFICIALS OUTLINE PLANS FOR CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the April 1-3 visit of an interagency trade delegation led by Deputy Assistant USTR Eric Altbach (septels), senior Taiwan officials outlined Taiwan's plans to negotiate a bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the PRC. Although details remain vague, [...] |
2009-04-07 10:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI422 |
U.S. TRADE DELEGATION PURSUES BROAD AGENDA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In April 1-3 meetings with Taiwan officials, a visiting interagency U.S.trade delegation stressed U.S. interest in concrete progress on beef, rice, pork, maximum residue levels (MRLs), and other agricultural market access issues (septel) as a prelude to reinvigorating the overall [...] |
2009-04-08 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI423 |
MEDIA REACTION: G-20, NORTH KOREA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 8 news coverage on the ongoing investigations into former President Chen Shui-bian and his family's legal cases; on Taiwan's economic situation; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the Pentagon's new defense budget pr [...] |
2009-04-08 09:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI446 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 10 news coverage on a Taiwan Intellectual Property Court ruling Thursday, in which the defendant is required to compensate Hermes US$7.58 million for her sale of pirated Hermes Birkin handbags; on the corruption scandals involving [...] |
2009-04-10 10:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI45 |
TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050133912 [...] Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC), and TSMC Principal Engineer Kenneth Lin confirmed the details of the reftel business transaction. 2. Lin told AIT/T that he asked the foreign consignee, Semicaps Pte. Ltd., to provide TSMC [...] |
2009-01-13 05:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI454 |
MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 11-13 news coverage on a series of government-organized events commemorating the 100th birthday of the late President Chiang Ching-kuo; on the developments in cross-Strait relations and the controversy over Taiwan's plan to s [...] |
2009-04-14 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI457 |
LEVERAGING U.S.-TAIWAN GLOBAL ISSUES COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. As advanced-economy democracies, the U.S. and Taiwan already cooperate closely on a broad range of global issues. In addition to the many benefits inherent in our bilateral cooperation, the expansion of cross-Strait ties (septel) gives us new options for reinforcing U.S. global i [...] |
2009-04-15 02:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SOCI EAID TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI463 |
TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050153101 [...] Summary: Per reftel request, AIT confirmed reftel transaction details with the end user, and visited the foreign consignee to verify its bona fides. End summary. 2. On April 3, Mr. Liao in the Chung Shan Institute of Science & Technology (CSIST) Procurement Office confirmed the details of t [...] |
2009-04-15 02:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI465 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-15 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI47 |
PSV: BURNABY INDUSTRIES CO. [...] AIT COMMERCIAL SECTION DEPUTY CHIEF DARREL CHING AND FN FRANCES LI VISITED BURNABY INDUSTRIES CO. (BURNABY) AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN AND MET WITH THE COMPANY OWNER JOHNSON CHEN AND CONDUCTED A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION ON JANUARY 12, 2009. 2. BURNABY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997 AND HAS 6 EMPLOYEES. [...] |
2009-01-13 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI474 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. IMAGE, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 18-20 news coverage on the third round of negotiations between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), which is slated for April 26 in Nanjing; on the [...] |
2009-04-20 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI478 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-21 09:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI48 |
PLC: MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP. [...] AIT COMMERCIAL SECTION CONTACTED BIS UNIT CHIEF EDWARD HOLLAND REGARDING PLC CASE 409169 AND CONFIRMED MOVING FORWARD ON THE END USER - MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP. (MIC), INSTEAD OF THE PURCHASER EVERGO MICROWAVE. 2. DEPUTY CHIEF DARREL CHING AND FN FRANCES LI VISITED MIC AND MET WITH ELECTRO [...] |
2009-01-13 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI483 |
REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct a human rights review of the below listed Taiwan National Immigration Agency personnel, who will participate in a DHS/ICE Human Trafficking and Smuggling Investigati [...] |
2009-04-23 05:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MAS PHUM PM PREL KTIP TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI487 |
NATIONAL ENERGY CONFERENCE LEANS TOWARD NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan's April 15-16 third National Energy Conference ended with an informal consensus on what direction energy policy will take in the next decade. President Ma Ying-jeou and Premier Liu Chao-shiuan both pledged to guide the island toward becoming a "low carbon homeland" by emp [...] |
2009-04-24 04:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL KNNP ECON TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI499 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-27 07:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI507 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 29 news coverage on the swine flu outbreak and the Taiwan government's anti-epidemic plan; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. Several papers also carried reports from the "Defense News" saying that the United State [...] |
2009-04-29 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI509 |
Taiwan Enacts New Anti-Terrorism Finance Law [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 14, Taiwan's legislature passed a bill that authorizes financial regulators to take enhanced action against terrorist financing, including freezing bank accounts and financial transactions associated with designated terrorists, entities, and countries. In the past, onl [...] |
2009-04-29 09:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI528 |
TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTRY MULLING NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is consulting with other agencies to prioritize Taiwan's international space needs and develop recommendations on next steps now that Taiwan has been invited to observe at this year's World Health Assembly. MOFA International Organizati [...] |
2009-05-01 08:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ELAB EPA ILO IMO IO KJUS PGOV PREL |
| 09AITTAIPEI530 |
MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S OBSERVER STATUS AT WHA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused May 1 news coverage on the world's upgraded alert on the H1N1 flu outbreak and the Taiwan government's anti-epidemic plan; on Taiwan's observer status at this year's World Health Assembly (WHA); and on the surge of the Taiwan Stock Excha [...] |
2009-05-01 09:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI534 |
MEDIA REACTION: 100 DAYS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-04 09:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI548 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-07 23:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI554 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-08 08:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI562 |
EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) From April 6-10, Incident Command Systems Training, implemented by Customs and Border Protection, was held in Taipei. Forty-one high ranking officials from the National Security Bureau, the Coast Guard, the Office of Homeland Security of the Executive Yuan, the Environmental Protection Agen [...] |
2009-05-11 07:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI57 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the four members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba designated on December 10, 2008, by the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions C [...] |
2009-01-14 09:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON PK TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI574 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND TAIWAN'S STATUS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-13 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI58 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 14 news coverage on an AIT statement issued Tuesday confirming that it has discussed with Taiwan the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and that the U.S. Navy has a responsibility to render assistance to any vessel in distress [...] |
2009-01-14 09:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI584 |
UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S) Post delivered non-paper per reftel. Taiwan,s Financial Supervisory Commission has promised to implement the provisions of the U.N. resolution according to Taiwan law and regulation and will report any findings or actions taken. YOUNG [...] |
2009-05-15 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO |
| 09AITTAIPEI585 |
MEDIA REACTION: THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-15 09:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI59 |
TAIWAN'S MEMORY CHIP SECTOR FACING RESTRUCTURING [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's DRAM manufacturers are in trouble. A combination of over-production, price drops beginning in 2007, and stagnant demand during most of 2008 has produced a serious liquidity problem. Two of the leading producers have looked to the Ma administration for relief. The stakes [...] |
2009-01-14 22:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI598 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TORTURE OF DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-19 05:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI61 |
2008 OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] (U) Responses are keyed to reftel A. I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: The overall crime threat in Taiwan is LOW, with the majority of crime, like many large cities, occurring in downtown Taipei and other metropolitan areas. The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is not aware of any [...] |
2009-01-15 09:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI613 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS; U.S.'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 20 on President Ma Ying-jeou's one-year anniversary in office; on Taiwan's first participation in the World Health Assembly in 38 years; and on a Taiwan expedition team's attempt to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. [...] |
2009-05-20 09:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI628 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their May 23-26 news coverage on the H1N1 influenza epidemic in Taiwan; on former South KoreaN President Roh Moo-hyun's suicide; on the junior high school students' exams for entering senior high schools; and on developments in cross-Str [...] |
2009-05-26 09:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI63 |
MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, CROSS-STRAIT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 15 news coverage on the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office's search of the Presidential Office Wednesday and the arrest of two Presidential Office staffers for allegedly spying on behalf of China; and on the Control Yuan's decis [...] |
2009-01-15 09:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI630 |
TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050169368 [...] Summary: Based on information obtained from the Ministry of National Defense and site visit to the consignee, EZO Corporation (EZO), it appears that EZO is a reliable recipient of USML items. End summary. Ministry of National Defense ---------------------------- 2. Lieutenant Colonel Wang [...] |
2009-05-27 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI631 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their May 27 news coverage on the meeting between KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung and Chinese Communist Party Secretary-General Hu Jintao in Beijing Tuesday and the developments in cross-Strait relations; on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip to C [...] |
2009-05-27 08:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI634 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-01 04:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI642 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 2 on President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to El Salvador, including his interaction with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a dinner hosted by outgoing El Salvador President Elias Antonio Saca; over the cont [...] |
2009-06-02 09:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI648 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 3 on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip in Central America, including the Ma Administration's latest foreign aid policies and his interaction with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; on two local companies' alleged ins [...] |
2009-06-03 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI652 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-04 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI662 |
MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH, NORTH [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 5 news coverage on the change in the board of directors of Formosa Petrochemical Corp. founded by the late business tycoon Wang Yung-ching; on the results of senior high school entrance exams; and on the commemoration of the twentie [...] |
2009-06-05 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI666 |
MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 6-8 on the speculation over President Ma Ying-jeou possibly doubling as KMT chairman after July; on the reshuffle of board members in the Formosa Petrochemical Corp; and on several issues concerning the livelihood of p [...] |
2009-06-08 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI674 |
TAIWAN PREPARES TO ALLOW PRC INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In early July, Taiwan plans to open its economy to PRC investment for the first time. Although Taiwan is by some measures the largest external investor in Mainland China, Taiwan has cited national security grounds in banning virtually all PRC investment in its own economy. Taiwan [...] |
2009-06-09 09:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI675 |
EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY 2009 [...] (U) An ICP administrator training program and the last in a four-part series of ICP deployment workshops will take place during the second half of July in Taipei. 2. (U) A Commodity Identification Training program, implemented by the Department of Energy, is scheduled for August 12-14 in Tai [...] |
2009-06-10 01:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI682 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 10 on President Ma Ying-jeou's decision to run for the KMT chairmanship in July; on Ma's suggestion that people across the Taiwan Strait be able to read traditional Chinese and write simplified Chinese characters; and [...] |
2009-06-10 09:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI692 |
TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050169606 [...] Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) Arsenal Readiness Development Center (ARDC), to confirm the order. Because the incoming cable did not indicate the commodities' quantities, AIT/T also contacted the foreign consignee, Yang [...] |
2009-06-12 05:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI694 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-12 05:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI7 |
MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-05 08:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI709 |
MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN CAIRO, NORTH [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 13-15 on the potential hike in commodities prices; on the legislature's passage of the Act Governing the Development of Renewable Energy; and on President Ma Ying-jeou's running in the election for the KMT chairmanship [...] |
2009-06-15 08:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI711 |
CHINA SENDS BUYING MISSIONS TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. A series of large trade missions from the PRC have recently come to Taiwan to place significant orders for products ranging from consumer electronics components to agricultural products. These buying missions, according to public and private sector experts, will likely give Taiw [...] |
2009-06-15 09:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI717 |
Penghu in Lead to Open Taiwan's First Casino [...] (SBU) Summary: Penghu County recently submitted an application to the Executive Yuan (EY) to establish a casino on the island, and will hold a legally-required referendum on the issue in August. The Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC) will soon establish an interagency casino c [...] |
2009-06-16 09:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI721 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-17 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI724 |
TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050170334 [...] (U) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), and visited the consignee, U & U International Inc. We confirmed the order with both end-user and consignee, and assess the consignee to be bona fide. END SUMMARY. CSIS [...] |
2009-06-17 09:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI727 |
Global Action on Food Security: Securing [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 15, AIT economic and agricultural officers shared reftel information with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Department of Economic and Trade Affairs Director General Weber Shih and Council of Agriculture (COA) International Affairs Department (IAD) Director General Susan [...] |
2009-06-18 03:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON PREL APEC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI728 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-18 03:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI729 |
THE DIRECTOR'S JUNE 17 FAREWELL CALL ON VICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a June 17 farewell call on Vice Premier Paul Chiu, the Director stressed the importance of promptly opening Taiwan's market to all U.S. beef imports. The Vice Premier acknowledged that beef has long been a major bilateral trade irritant, and was optimistic that the issue co [...] |
2009-06-18 07:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI732 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to Abdul Haq designated on April 15, 2009, by the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) for targeted sanctions. [...] |
2009-06-18 08:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID UNSC ECON CH TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI736 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA [...] Per Ref A and B, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched and found the following two foreign exchange (FX) transactions with one entity whose names coincided with one of the three Democratic People's Republic of KOREA (DPRK) entities subject to the Presidential Statement (PRST) issued [...] |
2009-06-19 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL ECON XE ZO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI739 |
TAIWAN RESPONSE TO U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On June 17, ESTH officer delivered reftel points to Mr. Hsu Ting Chang, Chief of the Task Force on International Environmental Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) Hsu stated that German officials have expressed a desire for Taiwan participation in IRENA. Because IRENA [...] |
2009-06-22 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI74 |
MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION, HILLARY CLINTON'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 17-20 news coverage on the Taiwan government's distribution of consumption vouchers Sunday, a move aimed at stimulating Taiwan's economy; on the first of three pre-trial hearings on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal c [...] |
2009-01-20 09:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI745 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 20-22 news coverage on Tropical Storm Linfa's brush past Taiwan, local economic problems, and on the development of cross-Strait relations. 2. Among editorials and commentary, an editorial in the mass-circulation "Apple Daily" u [...] |
2009-06-22 09:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI749 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA [...] Per Ref A and B, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched and found the following two foreign exchange (FX) transactions with one entity whose names coincided with one of the three Democratic People's Republic of KOREA (DPRK) entities subject to the Presidential Statement (PRST) issued [...] |
2009-06-22 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL ECON XE ZO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI751 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 23 news coverage on former President Chen Shui-bian's daughter, son-in-law, and son's admission of perjury in the case of embezzlement of the state affairs fund; on Taiwan's historically high 5.82 percent jobless rate; and on the co [...] |
2009-06-23 06:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI76 |
TAIWAN REPORTS IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM DID NOT [...] (S) In a letter dated December 31, Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Department of Import and Export Licensing and Administration officer Chang Chih-chung replied to reftel requests to investigate, and implement sanctions on, four Taiwan companies for likely violations of export control regulation [...] |
2009-01-21 01:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PARM PREL TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI762 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-24 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI766 |
TAIWAN'S MOOTED TRADE PACT WITH THE PRC: STILL A [...] (SBU) Summary. Although details about the scope and timing of a possible cross-Strait economic cooperation agreement remain scarce, the Ma administration continues to move forward on an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the PRC. Officials, academics and industry executives [...] |
2009-06-25 08:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI768 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-25 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI775 |
DIRECTOR TALKS BEEF, CROSS-STRAIT, TAIWAN ECONOMY [...] (C) In the Director's June 25 farewell call, Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said he sees no problems with implementing the proposed plan to re-open Taiwan,s market to the full range of U.S. beef imports, but did not say Taiwan would agree to include a date certain to hold consultations on lifting an [...] |
2009-06-26 06:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI777 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-26 09:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI785 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their June 27-29 news coverage on the sudden death of Michael Jackson last Thursday; on the arrest of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military Sunday and its impact on President Ma Ying-jeou's upcoming trip to Central Am [...] |
2009-06-29 09:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI786 |
DELIVERY OF UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHES [...] (C) Pol Chief delivered the points in ref A to MOFA North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng on June 25. Tseng noted that, although Taiwan is not a UN member or party to key non-proliferation regimes, it makes every effort to comply with relevant resolutions and standards. [...] |
2009-06-30 01:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI791 |
TAIWAN POWERCHIP CHAIRMAN ON FUTURE OF MEMORY CHIP [...] (C) Summary. During a June 29 farewell call with the Director, Powerchip Semiconductor Chairman Frank Huang expressed guarded optimism about the future of Taiwan's DRAM memory chip sector. Huang dismissed the possibility of a restructuring of the sector, saying the Taiwan Memory Corporation [...] |
2009-06-30 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI792 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, IRAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 30 news coverage on the Executive Yuan's approval Monday of the merger of Tainan City and Tainan County into one special municipality; on Taiwan-born New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming's first victory of the season Sunday; on [...] |
2009-06-30 09:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI795 |
THE DIRECTOR'S JUNE 30 FAREWELL CALL ON VICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 farewell call with the Director, Vice President Vincent Siew on his own initiative said "the beef issue will be solved soon," but did not provide a detailed timeline. Looking wan but engaged after recent cancer surgery, the Vice President called for a vibrant U.S.-Ta [...] |
2009-06-30 09:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD PREL EAGR TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI808 |
MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS, IRAQ [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused July 2 news coverage on Taiwan's university entrance exams; on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case; and on the effect of opening Taiwan to Chinese investment. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a column in the centrist, K [...] |
2009-07-02 08:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI814 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their July 3-6 news coverage on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip in Latin America; on the developments in cross-Strait relations; on the university entrance examination for senior high school students island-wide; and on the shoulder injury [...] |
2009-07-06 08:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI817 |
TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050176409 [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), and visited the consignee, SmartStar Technology. We confirmed the order with both end-user and consignee, and assess the consignee to be bona fide. End summary. CSIST -- [...] |
2009-07-06 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI826 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA AND RUSSIA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their news coverage July 7 on the riots and street battles that broke out in China's Xinjiang region Sunday; on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. [...] |
2009-07-07 09:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI829 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN RELATIONS, XINJIANG [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 8 on a Tuesday Taipei County report saying that traces of arsenic were found in the frying oil of two of the county's McDonald's branches and one Domino's Pizza branch; on the escalating riots in China's Xinjiang regio [...] |
2009-07-08 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI831 |
EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE 2009 [...] (U) An ICP Deployment Workshop is scheduled to take place in Taipei on July 13-14. 2. (U) A Commodity Identification Training program, implemented by the Department of Energy, is scheduled for August 12-14 in Taipei. 3. (U) An ICP Administrator Training is scheduled for August 27-28 in [...] |
2009-07-09 10:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI832 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF AND APPLES, HONDURAS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 9 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's efforts to fight corruption; on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. Several newspapers report [...] |
2009-07-09 10:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI834 |
TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, the AIT Kaohsiung branch office (AIT/K) Deputy Principal Officer and Economic Section Assistant visited Gon Cheng Precision Instruments Co. Ltd in Pingtung City, Taiwan and interviewed the company's Manager, Jason Lee. AIT/K also conducted telephone interviews with C [...] |
2009-07-09 10:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI837 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-10 06:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI849 |
TAIWAN CROSS-STRAIT POLICY EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with AIT officers, senior staff at Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) underscored what they characterize as generally favorable public perceptions of Ma administration efforts to pursue closer economic integration wi [...] |
2009-07-14 09:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI85 |
MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION [...] Summary: January 21, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant news and editorial coverage to the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday. Almost all papers devoted their first few pages to Obama's taking the helm as the United States' 44th pres [...] |
2009-01-21 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI851 |
6.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF TAIWAN'S EAST [...] (U) On July 13, a total of four earthquakes were recorded overnight off the east coast of Taiwan. The largest occurred at 2:05 AM, located 57 kilometers east of Hualian city. It registered a magnitude of 6.3. The three smaller quakes ranged in magnitude from 3.9 to 5.1 and were located betwe [...] |
2009-07-14 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ECON SENV TW XE |
| 09AITTAIPEI859 |
MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA AND U.S. ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-16 07:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI864 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-17 09:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI867 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-20 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI881 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 22 on a security breach in Taiwan's Presidential Office in late June; on the solar eclipse that happened on the morning of the 22nd; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials and commentarie [...] |
2009-07-22 09:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI883 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-23 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI888 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND ASEAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-24 10:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI89 |
MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, OBAMA'S INAUGURATION [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 22 news coverage on the son, daughter-in-law and brother-in-law of former President Chen Shui-bian, who all pled guilty Wednesday to involvement in the family's money laundering operations; and on the inauguration of U.S. P [...] |
2009-01-22 07:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI897 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 25-27 on the 2009 World Games, which closed successfully in Kaohsiung on Sunday; on President Ma Ying-jeou's election as KMT Chairman Sunday; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials a [...] |
2009-07-27 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI908 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 29 on former President Chen Shui-bian, who attended the last hearing for his money laundering and corruption trial Tuesday; on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue; and on developments in cross-Strait relatio [...] |
2009-07-29 10:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI910 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-30 08:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI927 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-03 09:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI932 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-04 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI938 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 5 on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; on the Taiwan government's move to take over a financially troubled local insurance company; on the looming water shortage for Taiwan; an [...] |
2009-08-05 09:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI942 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-06 09:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI961 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage August 7-10 to typhoon Morakot, which hit Taiwan Friday and Saturday, and the record-breaking torrential rains it brought has triggered the most devastating floods in southern Taiwan in the last fifty years. In terms of [...] |
2009-08-10 09:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI971 |
MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-12 08:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI975 |
EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2009 [...] (SBU) On July 21, the Advisor and the EconChief met with Lin, Sheng-Chung, Vice Minister of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The meeting was to provide first-hand knowledge of EXBS work in Taiwan and to elevate export control discussions above the working level. (SBU) Vice Mi [...] |
2009-08-13 07:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI977 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-13 07:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI989 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-14 05:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI994 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-17 09:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI999 |
TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050180288 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), and visited consignees May Geng Duo Development Co., Ltd. and Channel Link Inc. CSIST ----- 2. (SBU) Mr. Liao Wei-yao from CSIST Procurement Office confirmed the or [...] |
2009-08-18 05:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
| 09TAIPEI1 |
TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS FOR "MODEST" REACTION [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Timothy Yang on December 31 told the AIT Acting Director that Taiwan hoped the United States reaction to the expected Legislative Yuan decision to ban imports of some U.S. beef products would be as "modest as possible." He urged the United States to work with Presi [...] |
2009-12-31 20:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL TW |
| 09TAIPEI10 |
TIBETANS END SIT-IN, TAIWAN TO ISSUE TEMPORARY [...] (C) Summary: A group of 107 ethnic Tibetans, who ended their 24-day outdoor sit-in on January 1, are now waiting for temporary residence permits that the government has promised to issue on January 9. The Tibetans arrived in Taiwan at different times since 2002, generally bearing travel docum [...] |
2009-01-06 11:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TW |
| 09TAIPEI1004 |
POLITICAL HEAT RISING IN WAKE OF TYPHOON MORAKOT [...] (C) Summary. Vice Foreign Minister Andrew Hsia became the first political victim of Typhoon Morakot, stepping down to accept responsibility for his Ministry's initial decision to refuse international aid. Members of Taiwan's opposition party- and some ruling party legislators - are calling fo [...] |
2009-08-18 10:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR AEMR PGOV XE TW |
| 09TAIPEI1005 |
MORAKOT SITREP 6: HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY PASSES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The death toll from Typhoon Morakot has hit 127, with an additional 522 deaths likely to be confirmed in the coming weeks. Taiwan is moving into a second phase of disaster response, with operations focusing on sheltering and relocating victims. USAID/OFDA Acting Regional Advi [...] |
2009-08-18 23:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AEMR CASC PGOV SENV XE TW |
| 09TAIPEI1010 |
H1N1 UPDATE: SECOND DEATH RECORDED AS CASES TOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan authorities estimate there are over 9,000 individuals in Taiwan currently infected with H1N1. The island recorded its second H1N1 death last week, and a further three individuals are still hospitalized with severe cases. Taiwan CDC (TCDC) is reviewing treatment guidelines [...] |
2009-08-19 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO XE TW |
| 09TAIPEI1011 |
MORAKOT SITREP 7: RELIEF EFFORTS MAKING HEADWAY AS [...] (SBU) Summary. The death toll from Typhoon Morakot has risen slightly, but is likely to more than double at some point in the near future as more than 400 missing persons are unaccounted for in areas buried by mudslides. Rescue and evacuation efforts are largely complete and restoration of w [...] |
2009-08-19 10:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON AEMR CASC PREL PGOV SENV XE TW |
| 09TAIPEI1013 |
MORAKOT SITREP 8: TAIWAN SHIFTING FOCUS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The typhoon death toll stands at 141, with 440 individuals listed as missing. Services such as water, communications, and electricity have been restored to nearly 100 percent of affected households. The Central Emergency Operations Center is standing down, and will be replac [...] |
2009-08-20 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AEMR CASC PREL PGOV SENV XE TW |
| 09TAIPEI102 |
TAIWAN CDC DIRECTOR ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT ON IHR [...] (C) Summary. During a January 22 press conference, Taiwan,s CDC Director announced an agreement to give Taiwan a direct point of contact with the WHO to implement the International Health Regulations (IHRs). Taiwan officials privately expressed appreciation for U.S. coordination at the recent [...] |
2009-01-23 04:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | WHO PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1029 |
CODEL BERMAN'S AUGUST 20-22 VISIT TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance in response to Typhoon Morakot during the August 20-22 visit of CODEL Berman. President Ma Ying-jeou and opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen both underscored the importance of U.S. security commitments to Taiwan, including th [...] |
2009-08-25 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP OVIP MASS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1039 |
PRESIDENT MA WELCOMES DALAI LAMA VISIT TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary. President Ma approved in principle a visit by the Dalai Lama to Taiwan during the week of August 31-September 3. Earlier in the week, Kaohsiung Mayor (and the opposition DPP Party's most senior elected official) Chen Chu invited the Dalai Lama to come to Taiwan to offer comfort t [...] |
2009-08-27 09:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW CH IN |
| 09TAIPEI1042 |
PRESIDENT MA STRUGGLES TO RECOVER POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou is working full time to regain his political footing after widespread criticism he reacted far too slowly to Typhoon Morakot. With opinion polls showing a precipitous decline in his popularity, Ma went to the worst-hit villages to console victims, apologize [...] |
2009-08-28 00:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR AEMR PGOV XE TW |
| 09TAIPEI1043 |
BROAD PUBLIC, OPPOSITION SUPPORT FOR U.S.-TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials, academics and other AIT contacts associated with the ruling KMT party, as well as Taiwan's opposition, voice support for an extradition agreement with the United States. Media and public opinion polling also suggests that pursuing an agreement will be relatively non- [...] |
2009-08-28 04:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRIM TW |
| 09TAIPEI1049 |
REVIEW COMMITTEE REJECTS OPPPOSITION'S ECFA [...] (SBU) Summary: An Executive Yuan committee on August 27 rejected an opposition bid to hold a referendum on a proposed trade liberalization agreement with China. The proposed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) is a key component of President Ma Ying-jeou's policy to improve cross- [...] |
2009-08-28 09:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
| 09TAIPEI1065 |
FOREIGN MINISTER URGES PROGRESS ON BILATERAL TIES, [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan hopes the restoration of mutual trust in the bilateral relationship will result in concrete progress on bilateral issues, Foreign Minister Ou Hong-lien told the Director during their introductory meeting. The Director said the United States also wants to deepen the relatio [...] |
2009-09-01 10:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS ECON ETRD EAIR SENV UNGA TW US |
| 09TAIPEI1069 |
H1N1 HIGHLIGHTS TAIWAN'S SHORTCOMINGS IN RISK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. H1N1 has caused five deaths in Taiwan, and although the illness' trajectory is not atypical relative to other areas with outbreaks, more severe cases and deaths are expected in the coming months. Taiwan has placed an order for Tamiflu and an H1N1 vaccine from Swiss sources, an [...] |
2009-09-02 08:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO XE TW |
| 09TAIPEI1072 |
TAIPEI COURT CONVICTS FORMER FIRST FAMILY MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary. A Taipei court on September 1 convicted four members of former President Chen Shui-bian's family of perjury and sentenced them to jail terms of six months to one year. No jail time is imminent because of the possibility of appeal and converting the sentences to community service. [...] |
2009-09-02 09:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1081 |
PREMIER CALLS FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT COOPERATION, [...] (C) Summary: Premier Liu Chao-shiuan agreed with the Director during their September 3 introductory meeting that Taiwan and the United States should strengthen disaster management cooperation. Liu, who is spearheading Typhoon Morakot reconstruction efforts, suggested that the Dalai Lama's vis [...] |
2009-09-03 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAGR TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1092 |
PRESIDENT MA SEEKS TO REGAIN POLITICAL FOOTING [...] (C) On September 7, President Ma Ying-jeou accepted the resignation of Premier Liu Chao-shiuan and the entire Cabinet in a bold effort to regain his political footing after the Government's much-criticized typhoon response. Ma chose two savvy politicians to lead the new Cabinet, Kuomintang (KM [...] |
2009-09-08 09:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1093 |
TAIWAN MAKES A CASE FOR UNFCCC PARTICIPATION AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan is seeking U.S. assistance in a proposed bid to join the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as an "emissions entity." Taiwan argues it should be allowed to actively participate through the UNFCCC in global environmental discussions that may af [...] |
2009-09-09 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC SENV PGOV PREL UNGA XE CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1103 |
LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON TYPHOON MORAKOT [...] (C) Summary. Cross-Strait relations would not suffer long-term or significant damage because of the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan, Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told the Director in a September 4 introductory meeting. Wang said the invitation to the Tibetan spiritual leader issued [...] |
2009-09-10 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PGOV PREL TW CH SENV UN |
| 09TAIPEI1104 |
TAIWAN'S MAINLAND AFFAIRS MINISTER GIVES UPBEAT [...] (C) Summary: Mainland Affairs Council Chair Lai Shin-Yuan gave a particularly upbeat assessment of cross-Strait ties during Director Stanton's introductory meeting on September 9. She said China's objections to the Dalai Lama's visit and to the U.S. military's typhoon relief efforts in Taiwan [...] |
2009-09-10 09:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1105 |
VICE MINISTER ASKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister David Lin called in DDIR September 10 to detail Taiwan's strategy for expanding its meaningful participation in international organizations, programs and conventions and, in particular, its plans for the upcoming UNGA session. Taiwan had already decided to adopt a "m [...] |
2009-09-10 10:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR SENV UNGA TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1106 |
OPPOSITION LEADER: DPP SUPPORT WILL GROW AS RULING [...] (C) Summary. Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chair Tsai Ing-wen told the Director on September 10 she anticipated no policy shifts under President Ma Ying-jeou's new Cabinet and predicted the new Premier would have a tough time managing the executive branch. The ruling Kuomint [...] |
2009-09-11 07:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
| 09TAIPEI1107 |
CABINET RESHUFFLE: MANY NEW FACES, BUT NO MAJOR [...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou's policy of pursuing improved ties with China should continue apace under the new Cabinet sworn in September 10. In addition to naming a new Premier and Vice Premier, Ma put new faces atop key Ministries such as Defense, Foreign Affairs and Economics in th [...] |
2009-09-11 07:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1109 |
LIFE SENTENCES FOR FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN, FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary. The Taipei District Court on September 11 convicted former President Chen Shui-bian and his wife Wu Shu-jen on multiple corruption charges including embezzlement, money laundering, and bribery. The presiding judge handed down life sentences for both and $16 million in fines. [...] |
2009-09-11 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1111 |
TAIPEI MAYOR SUPPORTIVE OF NEW OFFICE COMPOUND [...] (C) Summary: The Taipei municipal government would ensure that land adjacent to the New Office Compound (NOC) site would be available should AIT want to expand the project, Mayor Hau Lung-bin told the Director at their introductory meeting on September 11. Hau said he already had stopped plan [...] |
2009-09-14 08:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ABLD CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1112 |
FORMER PREMIER SAYS OPPOSITION PARTY HAS A CHANCE [...] (C) Summary. Former Premier Su Tseng-chang told the Director on September 14 he was optimistic the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) could return to power by regaining the people's confidence. The former DPP chairman criticized the current party leader as ineffective and hinted he wanted to [...] |
2009-09-15 07:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PG TW PGOV |
| 09TAIPEI1121 |
DPP HEAVYWEIGHT FRANK HSIEH: OPPOSITION MUST CHECK [...] (C) Summary. The opposition needed to play an oversight role in Taiwan politics, given KMT dominance of the executive and legislative branches, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) former Presidential candidate Frank Hsieh told the Director during their introductory meeting. In particular, the D [...] |
2009-09-16 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1125 |
Taiwan Telecom: Carlyle Sells Kbro to Taiwan Mobile [...] (SBU) Taiwan Mobile Company announced September 16 it will spend NTD 32.8 billion (USD one billion) to buy Kbro Company, Taiwan's second-largest cable TV system operator, from the Carlyle Group. Taiwan mobile will be the market leader among cable TV system operators, providing service to one-th [...] |
2009-09-17 08:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECPS TW |
| 09TAIPEI1141 |
TAINAN COURT ACQUITS KEY DPP PLAYER [...] (SBU) Summary. Tainan Mayor Hsu Tian-tsai, the opposition politician most vocal in demanding a fair trial for former President Chen Shui-bian, was himself recently acquitted of corruption charges. The Tainan District Court last month ruled in favor of Hsu in a corruption case related to a local [...] |
2009-09-21 02:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1145 |
SEPTEMBER 26 BY-ELECTION GIVES TAIWAN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has a strong chance to capture a Legislative Yuan seat in a closely watched by-election this week because of a local split in the ruling Kuomintang (KMT). A victory for the struggling opposition could provide momentum going into i [...] |
2009-09-21 08:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TW |
| 09TAIPEI1146 |
THE DIRECTOR MEETS NEW FM YANG [...] (C) Summary: Although the results of President Ma's "diplomatic truce" with the PRC were mixed, Taiwan would continue efforts to improve cross-Strait ties, newly-appointed Foreign Minister Timothy Yang told the Director during their very cordial September 21 introductory meeting. Taiwan woul [...] |
2009-09-21 10:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD AMGT UNGA MARR EAGR CVIS ABLD |
| 09TAIPEI1149 |
UIGHUR DOCUMENTARY AT CENTER OF LATEST [...] (C) Summary: At the urging of the city government, a Kaohsiung film festival rescheduled the screening of a documentary about Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer in hopes of lessening possible PRC repercussions on the local economy. Several mainland tourist groups have cancelled visits to Kaohsiung [...] |
2009-09-22 10:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1150 |
DIRECTOR MEETS KMT LEADERS IN KAOHSIUNG [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate September 17 meetings in Kaohsiung with the Director, two local KMT "heavyweights" underscored the KMT's need to accelerate typhoon reconstruction and economic growth in southern Taiwan. Executive Yuan Southern Office CEO Lo Shih-hsiung praised U.S. typhoon relief [...] |
2009-09-22 22:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID EINV SENV TW |
| 09TAIPEI1153 |
FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN'S TRIAL A BAROMETER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of former President Chen Shui-bian (reftels) demonstrated that no one is above the law in Taiwan, even as it also revealed shortcomings in Taiwan's relatively young judicial system, according to the U.S.-Asia Law Institute's Jerome Cohen. Although Taiwan's judicial sy [...] |
2009-09-23 05:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PHUM CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1157 |
NEW TAIWAN PREMIER SAYS PRESIDENT MA REGAINING [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Premier Wu Den-yih told the Director on September 23 that President Ma Ying-jeou was regaining the public's support after it fell precipitously in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Morakot. On cross-Strait ties, Wu said he didn't foresee long-term harm from the Dal [...] |
2009-09-23 09:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ABLD AMED CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1161 |
DETENTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN EXTENDED AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The Taiwan High Court judges who will hear former President Chen Shui-bian's appeal of his guilty verdict and life sentence for corruption decided on September 24 to extend his detention for three months. Although opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leaders have criticiz [...] |
2009-09-25 09:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1166 |
DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH STRAITS [...] (C) Summary. Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Ping-kun (P. K. Chiang) told the Director on September 24 the pace of cross-Strait working-level negotiations had increased after a dip that was partly attributable to China's displeasure over the Dalai Lama's visit. Chiang said se [...] |
2009-09-25 10:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL TW EINV ETRD PGOV |
| 09TAIPEI1169 |
TAIWAN NSC: WHAT IS THE JDF DOING ON YONAGUNI? [...] (C) During a conversation on a separate issue (reftel, NOTAL) National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi asked the Director if the United States had more information about Tokyo's recent focus on the island of Yonaguni. Specifically, Su said, Taiwan was curious about the motivation beh [...] |
2009-09-28 06:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL JA TW |
| 09TAIPEI1170 |
TAIWAN OPPOSITION SCORES DOUBLE VICTORY IN [...] (C) Summary: Big wins by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in a September 26 legislative by-election and a separate referendum on a (government-backed) plan to allow casino resorts on one of Taiwan's offshore islands gave the DPP a much-needed morale boost and will energize s [...] |
2009-09-28 09:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TW |
| 09TAIPEI1177 |
Penghu Says No to Casinos [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 26, Penghu rejected Taiwan's first local referendum on allowing a casino resort, with 56.4 percent of the voters casting 'no' votes. Although only 42 percent of Penghu's registered voters turned out for the vote, the result is binding. Taiwan officials think the refe [...] |
2009-09-29 09:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV TW |
| 09TAIPEI1184 |
TAIPEI REPLY ON INFORMATION REQUEST TO SUPPORT APEC FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan has few domestic food-security concerns, but relies on imported food for 65 percent of its people's diet. Taiwan's main food-security concern is that, without access to most international organizations that address food security, Taiwan can neither access the latest infor [...] |
2009-09-30 10:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG PGOV APEC TW |
| 09TAIPEI1185 |
JUSTICE MINISTER LAYS OUT THREE PRIORITIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In her introductory meeting with Director Stanton on September 30, Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng laid out three priorities on which she hoped Taiwan and the U.S. could strengthen cooperation. She urged progress toward a U.S.-Taiwan extradition agreement, an issue she said en [...] |
2009-10-01 07:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM PHUM TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1189 |
KMT GRANDEE LIEN CHAN CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien Chan told the Director he favored gradual implementation of confidence-building measures to further improve relations with China. Lien spoke warmly about his relationship with China's President Hu Jintao, but appeared less enthusiastic abou [...] |
2009-10-02 08:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR APECO TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1190 |
FORMER VP ANNETTE LU CALLS FOR CAUTIOUS TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an October 1 introductory meeting with the Director, former Vice President Annette Lu said Taiwan should engage China but do so cautiously and on clear terms. She added that any important agreements President Ma Ying-jeou reached with Beijing should be subject to legisla [...] |
2009-10-02 08:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS KCRM TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1195 |
TAIWAN READIES FOR TYPHOONS PARMA AND MELOR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) on October 2 predicted course tracks for typhoons Parma and Melor that would bring potentially torrential rains to northern and eastern areas of Taiwan October 4-8. Lighter rains are expected in central and southern areas, which are still [...] |
2009-10-02 08:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AEMR CASC PREL PGOV SENV XE TW |
| 09TAIPEI1196 |
VISA WAIVER FOR TAIWAN: THE U.S. NATIONAL INTEREST [...] (C) Summary: One of the most pro-United States places in the world, Taiwan has a highly literate, technologically advanced, and well-educated population, no links to terrorism, a low rate of fraud related to U.S. visas and immigration, and strong commercial, travel and educational links to th [...] |
2009-10-05 08:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CVIS PREL TW |
| 09TAIPEI1201 |
THE DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting with Director on October 5, Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu reiterated that F-16 C/Ds, submarines, utility helicopters and the two remaining batteries of PAC-3 air defense missiles were Taiwan's most pressing priorities. Minister Kao also noted the continu [...] |
2009-10-06 07:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1219 |
KMT ENTERING LOCAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN WEAKENED [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) on October 11 expelled seven mavericks who launched challenges to official party candidates in December elections for 17 mayors and county magistrates. The insurgents could foil the campaigns of at least a few KMT candidates, thereby providing momentum [...] |
2009-10-13 06:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TW |
| 09TAIPEI1235 |
MOFA URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN ICAO AND UNFCCC [...] (C) On October 13, Taiwan's diplomatic allies sent letters to the UN Permanent Representatives of all ICAO and UNFCCC member states (except the PRC), urging them to support Taiwan's meaningful participation in those organizations, MOFA International Organizations Director General Paul Chang an [...] |
2009-10-16 09:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR SENV TW |
| 09TAIPEI1236 |
PRESIDENT MA TAKES OVER KUOMINTANG CHAIR IN MOVE [...] (C) Summary. President Ma Ying-jeou's accession to Chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) should give a boost to his efforts at rapprochement with China. Analysts argued Ma was now better positioned to pass legislation in support of his China policy and to further strengthen ties between his [...] |
2009-10-19 06:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1258 |
OPPOSITION POLITICIANS ENDORSE U.S. EXTRADITION [...] (C) Summary: The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wholeheartedly supported an extradition agreement with the United States, senior figures from Taiwan's major opposition party told Director Stanton during an October 21 dinner meeting. The politicians also expressed concern that President M [...] |
2009-10-23 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM KJUS CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1261 |
KAOHSIUNG MAYOR IN THE LIMELIGHT AS SHE RATTLES [...] (C) Summary: Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu has suddenly emerged as a star of the beleaguered opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). She won widespread kudos in July for her city's successful hosting of the World Games, a rare international event for diplomatically isolated Taiwan. She subse [...] |
2009-10-26 03:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1266 |
MAINLAND CHINA TOURISM PROVING DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD [...] (U) This is the first of two reports on political implications of newly launched people-to-people cross-Strait exchanges. This cable looks at the influx of Chinese tourists to Taiwan. Septel will look at mainland university students in Taiwan. 2. (C) Summary: Tour groups from nearly every c [...] |
2009-10-28 07:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM PREL ETRD SOCI CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1274 |
MA ADMINISTRATION "VERY GLOOMY" OVER U.S.-TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi told the Director on October 30 that widespread public criticism of the recently signed U.S.-Taiwan protocol left him feeling very pessimistic about its prospects. He cited opposition from lawmakers who could derail the pact as p [...] |
2009-10-30 05:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR TW |
| 09TAIPEI1286 |
CROSS-STRAIT SCHOLAR PREDICTS LOOSENING TIES [...] (C) Summary. One prominent cross-Strait scholar told AIT he foresaw that shifts in &three pillars8 of U.S.-Taiwan relations -- educational, economic and political/military ties -- would likely loosen our bilateral bonds. Arthur Ding, Research Fellow at the Institute of International Affairs [...] |
2009-11-03 00:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL TW PGOV |
| 09TAIPEI1293 |
FLOW OF CHINA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO TAIWAN STARTS [...] (U) This is the second of two reports on the political implications of people-to-people cross-Strait exchanges. This cable looks at Chinese students coming to Taiwan. Reftel examined the influx of mainland Chinese tourists. 2. (C) Summary: Cross-Strait educational exchanges have developed m [...] |
2009-11-04 06:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EDU PINR KPAO TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1308 |
FORMER PRESIDENT LEE TENG-HUI ON BEEF, [...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 introductory meeting with the Director, former President Lee Teng-hui mainly attributed the current impasse on U.S. beef imports to the Kuomintang (KMT) administration's failure to inform Taiwan's people of its plans. The public needed to be assured that the [...] |
2009-11-05 22:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW |
| 09TAIPEI1324 |
NEXT STEPS FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Engaging Taiwan labor authorities remains a key goal for local U.S. counter-trafficking efforts. Recent high-profile anti-trafficking events, including G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca's October 23 DVC on labor trafficking, AIT Deputy Director's October 26 speech calling for increas [...] |
2009-11-09 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1336 |
LEGISLATURE FREEZES PART OF BUDGET FOR PURCHASING [...] (C) Summary. The Legislative Yuan Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee froze nearly USD 200 million from the 2010 defense budget, most of which would buy U.S. weapons in the procurement pipeline or on Taiwan's &wish list.8 A well-placed legislative staff member said the freeze was a result o [...] |
2009-11-10 06:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1341 |
FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN SUFFERS SETBACKS IN [...] () Summary: Former President Chen Shui-bian has suffered several legal setbacks since receiving a guilty verdict and life sentence in the first stage of his corruption trial. Taiwan's constitutional court rejected Chen's argument to dismiss the case because of legal irregulaties. His upcoming [...] |
2009-11-12 05:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV TW |
| 09TAIPEI1350 |
U.S. BEEF IMPORTS NOT A MAJOR ISSUE IN YEAR-END [...] (C) Summary: During recent reporting trips to three counties in north and central Taiwan, PolOffs found little evidence the controversy over expanded imports of U.S. beef would be a major issue in upcoming local elections. Although the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and even so [...] |
2009-11-13 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ETRD TW |
| 09TAIPEI1368 |
TAIWAN'S HUGE HAKKA POPULATION MUCH SOUGHT AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's political narrative long has centered on relations between mainland Chinese who fled here with the Kuomintang (KMT) in the 1940s and the island's Hoklo majority, whose ancestors migrated from southern Fujian province generations earlier. That analysis, however, fails to a [...] |
2009-11-17 07:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1383 |
GREENING TAIWAN, PART II: ELECTRIC VEHICLE [...] (U) Reftel introduced Taiwan's plans to develop a "green technologies" industrial base through a USD 1.5 billion public investment plan, which the authorities hope will attract a further USD 6.25 billion in domestic and foreign investment over the next five years, create 110,000 new jobs, and [...] |
2009-11-20 10:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ENRG EINV TRGY TSPL TW XE |
| 09TAIPEI1397 |
DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH KAOHSIUNG MAYOR CHEN CHU [...] (SBU) Summary: In her November 18 meeting with Director Stanton, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu reiterated familiar DPP themes, maintaining that the KMT was rolling back Taiwan's democracy and using the judiciary to persecute the DPP. Mayor Chen chided President Ma for tilting too far toward China [...] |
2009-11-25 03:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID EINV SENV TW |
| 09TAIPEI1398 |
ACADEMIC TALKS SET MILESTONE IN CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: A November 13-14 conference in Taipei on cross-Strait relations marked a milestone in PRC-Taiwan political discussions. The PRC delegation, which included distinguished academics and retired senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) officers, was the highest-profile group from the M [...] |
2009-11-25 04:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PM PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1399 |
AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S NOVEMBER 24 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AIT Chairman Ray Burghardt met with Ma Ying-jeou and National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi on November 24 to brief them on President Obama's recently-concluded trip to Asia and to discuss prospects for U.S.-Taiwan relations. Because of improvements in U.S.-Taiwan ti [...] |
2009-11-25 08:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD EAGR TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI140 |
KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. Although the global economic environment would make 2009 a tough year for Taiwan's ruling party, the KMT was in relatively good shape to face the electoral challenges ahead, KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told the Director during a wide-ranging February 9 dinner. The December race f [...] |
2009-02-10 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR WHO CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1410 |
AIT CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, BEEF [...] (C) Summary: President Obama strongly reaffirmed U.S. policy on Taiwan during his recent trip to China, AIT Chairman Ray Burghardt told ruling Kuomintang (KMT) officials and opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)leaders during his November 22-25 visit to Taipei. Taiwan officials urged [...] |
2009-11-30 10:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD EAGR TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1412 |
PRESIDENT MA, OPPOSITION PARTY SEEK POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Both President Ma Ying-jeou and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) view the December 5 elections for county magistrates, city mayors and local council members as crucial to resurrecting their battered political fortunes. Ma has been racing around the island to cam [...] |
2009-12-02 08:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | TW PGOV |
| 09TAIPEI1418 |
BRIEFING TAIWAN ON THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON [...] (C) The Director briefed National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi on the contents of reftel during a December 1 conversation. The United States would commit significant new additional civilian and military resources to the region, but this would not be an open-ended commitment, the [...] |
2009-12-02 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK TW |
| 09TAIPEI1419 |
YILAN COUNTY KEY BATTLEGROUND IN YEAR-END TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: The Yilan County magistrate race has emerged as the key battleground in the Dec. 5 elections for 17 city mayors and county magistrates. President Ma Ying-jeou has campaigned repeatedly for the Kuomintang (KMT) incumbent, who is facing a strong challenge from the opposition Democr [...] |
2009-12-03 03:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL TW |
| 09TAIPEI1420 |
CLARIFYING U.S. POLICY ON TAIWAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan has one of the world's largest fishing industries, and already plays an active role in various regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs). Taiwan's participation in these RFMOs helps meet U.S. conservation and economic interests, as would its participation in new [...] |
2009-12-03 07:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIS PGOV PREL PHSA SENV CH TW XB |
| 09TAIPEI1422 |
AIT DIRECTOR AND INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 3 introductory meeting with the Director, Interior Minister Jiang Yi-huah reaffirmed Taiwan's commitment to continued close cooperation with the United States on border security and anti-human trafficking issues. Jiang also said he hoped for progress on entering the [...] |
2009-12-03 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1424 |
PRESIDENT MA, OPPOSITION PARTY SEEK POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Both President Ma Ying-jeou and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) view the December 5 elections for county magistrates, city mayors and local council members as crucial to resurrecting their battered political fortunes. Ma has been racing around the island to cam [...] |
2009-12-03 09:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TW CH PREL |
| 09TAIPEI1426 |
AIT NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) AIT is pleased to nominate SHIH Cheng Yen for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. 2. (U) Cheng Yen is a Buddhist nun, teacher, philanthropist, and the founder and leader of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation. Cheng Yen established the Tzu Chi F [...] |
2009-12-04 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TW |
| 09TAIPEI1435 |
TAIWAN SEEKS U.S. HELP WITH WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is seeking U.S. assistance in its efforts to participate as an observer at the January 18-23 World Health Organization Executive Board (WHO EB) meeting and to contribute 500,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine via the WHO. As a first step, Taiwan hopes the U.S. Mission in Geneva can [...] |
2009-12-07 09:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL WHO |
| 09TAIPEI1437 |
LOCAL ELECTIONS A SETBACK FOR PRESIDENT MA [...] (C) Summary: The results of December 5 elections for 17 city mayors and county magistrates were a political setback for President Ma Ying-jeou and could have implications for his controversial opening to China. In capturing nearly as many votes as Ma's ruling Kuomintang (KMT), the opposition D [...] |
2009-12-07 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI1450 |
SENIOR OPPOSITION ADVISOR SLAPPED WITH CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Bikhim Hsiao, international affairs director for the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has become the latest party figure accused of being entangled in the corruption investigation of former President Chen Shui-bian. A shocked Hsiao confirmed to PolOff on December 9 [...] |
2009-12-09 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TW |
| 09TAIPEI1453 |
TAIWAN'S GHG REDUCTION STRATEGY FACES CARBON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan is one of the world's largest per capita emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG). Officials, academics, and civil society have found common cause in the idea of creating a "low-carbon society" in Taiwan, motivated by political, economic, and disaster mitigation goals. The cen [...] |
2009-12-09 22:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ENRG EINV TRGY PREL TSPL TW XE |
| 09TAIPEI1457 |
DIRECTOR URGES TAIPEI MAYOR TO END ANTI-U.S. BEEF [...] (C) Summary: AIT Director Stanton on December 10 urged Taipei Mayor Hau Long-bin to end the city's campaign against sales of U.S. beef offal and ground beef, which were permitted under a recently signed U.S.-Taiwan protocol. The Director reiterated that U.S. beef was safe to consume and that t [...] |
2009-12-10 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD TW |
| 09TAIPEI1484 |
TAIWAN CONFIRMS SETBACKS ON WHO VACCINE, EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Section Chief Jonathan Sun confirmed the information contained in ref, telling AIT Pol Chief on December 14 that the WHO would not accept a contribution of 500,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine because Taiwan was not &pre-qualified8 to donate [...] |
2009-12-14 09:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL WHO TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1492 |
WU CHIH-YANG POSSIBLE KMT UP AND COMER [...] (C) Summary. Among the winners in the Dec. 5 local elections for city mayors and county magistrates, Wu Chih-yang is garnering particular attention as an up-and-comer in the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party. The scion of KMT royalty, Wu is the third generation of his family to be elected magistr [...] |
2009-12-15 07:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV TW |
| 09TAIPEI1496 |
FORMER USPACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S OFFICE CALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ma and Admiral (Retired) Keating discussed cross-strait relations, confidence building measures, US-Taiwan relations, PRC military development, and arms sales during a December 15 meeting. Improved cross-Strait ties bolstered regional security, Ma said, but needed to [...] |
2009-12-16 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MAS PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1499 |
PRESIDENT MA UNSHEATHS THE "POCKETKNIFE" IN BID TO [...] (C) Summary: King Pu-tsung, a longtime trusted ally of President Ma Ying-jeou, returned to Taiwan from the Brookings Institution on December 16 to assume the post of Secretary General of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party. The hurried recall of King indicated Ma's deep concern after the KMT's p [...] |
2009-12-17 06:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TW |
| 09TAIPEI1502 |
KMT TO HOLD COURSE ON CROSS-STRAITS POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The senior Kuomintang (KMT) official on cross-Strait policy told the Deputy Director (DDIR) on December 16 that the party's setback in local elections earlier this month would not lead to substantive changes in President Ma Ying-jeou's opening to China. Chang Jung-kung said he b [...] |
2009-12-17 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1509 |
LATEST TAIWAN THINKING ON ICAO, WHO PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan believes that meaningful participation in ICAO would include observing its decision-making bodies and technical meetings, participating in mechanisms such as the Public Key Directory (PKD), and being able to contact ICAO and its Asia Pacific (APAC) office directly, according [...] |
2009-12-18 05:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL WHO TW |
| 09TAIPEI1511 |
DPP PROTESTS PLANNED AHEAD OF CROSS-STRAITS TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan,s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) hopes to attract 100,000 people to a December 20 protest of cross-Strait talks that opens two days later in Taichung City. Smaller protests are likely to greet the lead Chinese negotiator when he arrives the following day and to continu [...] |
2009-12-18 05:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI1521 |
CHAIR TSAI ING-WEN RESTORES DPP CONFIDENCE, GAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tsai Ing-wen is enjoying her highest level of support since becoming Democratic Progressive Party Chair in May 2008. The crowd at the December 20 DPP rally against President Ma Ying-jeou's cross-Strait policy rousingly welcomed Tsai to the stage, a marked contrast to the lukewar [...] |
2009-12-23 06:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TW CH PREL |
| 09TAIPEI183 |
DPP CHAIRPERSON TSAI ING-WEN ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen told the Director on February 17 that she was concerned about the lack of transparency in the KMT government's dealings with Beijing on WHA and a possible Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). Tsai worried that President Ma, anxious to [...] |
2009-02-18 11:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI194 |
LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary. Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told the Director on February 18 that Taiwan will continue to take a cautious approach to cross-Strait relations, ensuring that its fundamental security and sovereignty are not threatened. While agreeing on the need for dialogue betwee [...] |
2009-02-19 09:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI197 |
FM OU ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, TRA ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Ou assured the Director on February 18 that the Foreign Ministry will keep AIT fully abreast of its planning for events related to the 30th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and said no events are being planned on or around April 3, the anniversary of [...] |
2009-02-20 09:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CVIS CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI201 |
KMT AND DPP BRACE FOR UPCOMING ELECTION CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Currently enjoying a dominant position in Taiwan politics, the ruling KMT is expected to do well in two legislative by-elections in March. In early December, however, the Ma Ying-jeou administration will face a much tougher "mid-term exam" when elections are held for county magi [...] |
2009-02-20 10:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
| 09TAIPEI209 |
NSC DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL ON ARMS SALES, [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's arms sale requests, including those approved but not yet notified and those pending U.S. approval are an essential part of the Ma Administration,s defense and cross-Strait strategies, NSC Deputy Secretary General Ho Sze-yin told the Acting Director February 24. NSC Secre [...] |
2009-02-24 10:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ETRD MARR PGOV PREL EAID WHO TW |
| 09TAIPEI212 |
Taiwan IPR: 2009 301 Watch List Submission [...] (SBU) The Taiwan authorities continued to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement over the past 12 months. The long-awaited specialized IP Court started accepting cases in July 2008, and by year's end had a caseload of 694 cases. The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) [...] |
2009-02-25 09:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TW |
| 09TAIPEI222 |
2008-2009 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-27 06:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 09TAIPEI223 |
NO LACK OF DRAMA IN FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN [...] (C) Summary: Former President Chen Shui-bian used pre-trial hearings this week to attack the credibility of several prosecutors, to plea for release from detention, and to claim he was being unfairly singled out for political reasons. As expected, Chen pleaded not guilty on all corruption-rel [...] |
2009-02-27 09:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI228 |
KMT VICE CHAIRMAN WU DEN-YIH DISCUSSES ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Ruling KMT Vice Chairman Wu Den-yih told the Acting Director on February 25 his party cannot take lightly two upcoming legislative by-elections in Blue-majority Miaoli County (March 14) and Taipei City (March 28), given public dissatisfaction with the government over the economic [...] |
2009-03-02 09:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
| 09TAIPEI236 |
HOW TAIWAN GETS ITS NEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Surveys show that fewer than half of the people in Taiwan read newspapers. All but 5% of the population watch several hours of TV daily. 90 percent of Taiwan's 15 million internet users are under age 35. Almost all educated young people turn to the Internet as their primary sou [...] |
2009-03-04 09:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO TW OIIP |
| 09TAIPEI238 |
NSC OFFICIAL LEE HAI-TUNG ON DEFENSE REVIEWS, ARMS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's arms requests, including those approved, but not yet notified and those pending U.S. approval, are an essential part of the Ma Administration's defense and cross-Strait strategies, NSC Deputy Secretary General Lee Hai-Tung told the Acting Director on March 2. Lee identi [...] |
2009-03-04 10:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI241 |
MAC CHAIRWOMAN HINTS AT EARLY MAY SEF-ARATS MEETING [...] (C) Taiwan,s legislative calendar may mean the next SEF-ARATS talks could be scheduled for early May, MAC Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan told the Director March 4. The Legislative Yuan will need to approve agreements that require a change in law to take force, though the government does not envisio [...] |
2009-03-05 08:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI254 |
PRESIDENT MA ON CROSS-STRAIT TIES AND U.S. [...] (C). Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou discussed bilateral relations, cross-Strait ties and Taiwan's domestic situation during a cordial one-hour meeting March 6. The President expressed confidence with the pace and direction of relations with China, noting that U.S. support for the process, in th [...] |
2009-03-06 09:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON ETRD MARR PREL TW WHO |
| 09TAIPEI26 |
2008 IPR Wrap-up: Progress Continues, Trouble Spots [...] (SBU) The Taiwan authorities continued combating intellectual property rights (IPR) violations over the past 12 months. The long-awaited specialized IP Court started accepting cases in July 2008, and by year's end had a caseload of over 700 cases. The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) [...] |
2009-01-08 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR ETRD PGOV TW |
| 09TAIPEI260 |
OPPOSITION LEADER ON CROSS-STRAIT TIES AND TAIWAN [...] (C) Taiwan will pay and unacceptably high political and economic cost for President Ma's proposed trade liberalization agreement with China, opposition DPP party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen predicted during a meeting with the Director March 9. Tsai also criticized Ma for his lack of transparency [...] |
2009-03-09 09:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ETRD PGOV ECON TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI276 |
VFM HSIA ON CROSS-STRAIT TIES, FTA, VWP, [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan appreciates U.S. support, including Secretary Clinton's comments concerning its defense needs, Vice Foreign Minister Hsia told the Director during a March 11 meeting. Hsia expressed optimism about the prospects for obtaining WHA observer status, but admitted that he was not [...] |
2009-03-12 10:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL KJUS WHO TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI280 |
MIAOLI COUNTY GEARS UP FOR BELLWETHER LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in Miaoli County's first district head to the polls on Saturday, March 14 to replace KMT legislator Lee I-ting, whose 2008 election was nullified because of vote buying. The KMT nominee, Lee's wife Chen Luan-ying, is heavily favored to defeat her opponent, a former KMT m [...] |
2009-03-13 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI289 |
KMT WORKS TO RALLY SUPPORTERS FOLLOWING SURPRISE [...] (C) Summary: Independent Kang Shih-ju won a narrow upset victory over the KMT's Chen Luan-ying in a by-election in Miaoli County's first legislative district on March 14. The outcome appears to have hinged on local politics and the very thin resume of Chen, who was running as a surrogate for h [...] |
2009-03-16 10:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
| 09TAIPEI293 |
FORMER DPP PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG ON ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Despite President Ma,s unpopularity, the opposition DPP will have a hard time in December elections holding the offices it now controls, former Premier and DPP party elder Su Tseng-chang told the Director March 13. Su would not confirm whether he will seek the nod for the Taipei [...] |
2009-03-17 10:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI3 |
TAIWAN PRESIDENT MA OFFERS OPTIMISM ON WHA, [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan is likely to make progress on its desire for more meaningful participation in the activities of the WHA and WHO, President Ma Ying-jeou told the Director during a cordial 45-minute meeting December 31. The President promised action in early January on efforts to open full [...] |
2009-01-02 08:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI30 |
TAIWAN DEPUTY NSA OFFERS INITIAL READOUT ON HU [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Ho Sze-yin offered the Deputy Director his preliminary assessment of Hu Jintao,s &six point8 speech on Taiwan. Although the speech repeats many earlier themes and phrases, President Ma is likely to focus on the signs of flexibility it offers. The speech se [...] |
2009-01-09 07:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV TW CH |
| 09TAIPEI301 |
AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S MARCH 18 MEETING WITH [...] (C) The Obama administration views progress in cross-Strait relations in very positive terms, visiting AIT Chairman Burghardt told President Ma Ying-jeou during their March 18 meeting. U.S. officials have made clear both publicly and in private with Chinese officials that the United States re [...] |
2009-03-19 02:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GPGOV ECON ETRD EAGR MARR WHO CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI304 |
CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND DPP CHAIR TSAI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: AIT Chairman Burghardt told DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen on March 18 that the United States is pleased with President Ma Ying-jeou's efforts to improve cross-Strait ties. Tsai cautioned that DPP supporters are dissatisfied, believing Ma is moving too quickly and in a non-transparent w [...] |
2009-03-19 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI308 |
AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S MARCH 16 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng, AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt underscored U.S. security commitments to Taiwan and urged prompt legislative approval of Taiwan's WTO GPA accession. Wang expressed appreciation for continued U.S. support for Taiwan's [...] |
2009-03-19 09:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON CH TW |
| 09TAIPEI314 |
AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S MARCH 18 MEETING WITH MAC [...] (C) Chairman Burghardt opened his March 18 meeting with Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) by expressing the good will of the incoming Obama administration and emphasizing U.S. support and satisfaction with the pace and substance of cross-Strait talks. MAC,s ultimate goal and responsibility is to [...] |
2009-03-20 09:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PAS |
| 09TAIPEI320 |
AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...] |
2009-03-20 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW CH ES PM |
| 09TAIPEI339 |
TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, at a date to be determined. North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng would lead Taiwan's delegation, at least for the first of what MOFA envisions to [...] |
2009-03-25 09:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TW |
| 09TAIPEI341 |
TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, at a date to be determined. North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng would lead Taiwan's delegation, at least for the first of what MOFA envisions to [...] |
2009-03-25 09:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TW |
| 09TAIPEI342 |
TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing holding U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, notionally in May or June, with Taiwan's delegation led by a Vice Foreign Minister. A key MOFA goal for the talks, which it envisions as an annual event, would be [...] |
2009-03-25 09:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TW |
| 09TAIPEI343 |
TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing holding U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, notionally in May or June, with Taiwan's delegation led by a Vice Foreign Minister. A key MOFA goal for the talks, which it envisions as an annual event, would be [...] |
2009-03-25 09:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TW |
| 09TAIPEI344 |
TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing holding U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, notionally in May or June, with Taiwan's delegation led by a Vice Foreign Minister. A key MOFA goal for the talks, which it envisions as an annual event, would be [...] |
2009-03-25 09:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TW |
| 09TAIPEI349 |
TAIWAN MOFA PROPOSES POL/MIL TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is proposing U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington, at a date to be determined. North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng would lead Taiwan's delegation, at least for the first of what MOFA envisions to [...] |
2009-03-26 05:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | ||