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WikiLeaks cable from London talks about Taiwan and New Zealand

Michael Richardson

A new WikiLeaks release of diplomatic cables includes one from the United States Embassy in London to the State Department in Washington, D.C. The November 13, 2008 transmittal was marked CONFIDENTIAL by Acting Political Counselor Jim Donegon.

The confidential cable summarized an informal meeting of Africa Watchers, a group consisting of diplomatic staff from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. The occasion was an embassy-hosted seminar on China-Africa relations.

Taiwan to review ties with the Philippines

Taipei Times

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it would “seriously review the current exchanges and ties between Taiwan and the Philippines” after Manila deported 14 Taiwanese to China instead of to Taiwan.

Lawmakers are demanding that the nation’s representative to Manila be recalled to express Taiwan’s dissatisfaction with the Philippines’ handling of the deportation issue, but Minister of Foreign Affairs Timothy Yang (楊進添) said only that “all possible options are under consideration,” the Central News Agency said.

Ho Hum, Another Insult to Taiwan, Thanks to Ma Ying-joke

Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.

For those who live in Taiwan and even those in other parts of the world, the population has had to listen to the droning pseudo claims of its sometime president Ma Ying-jeou that he has reduced tension in the Taiwan Strait. In one sense, yes tension has been reduced and the answer is simple. China no longer has to put the screws to Taiwan because Ma has kowtowed in obedience to China's whims. Since Taiwan will no longer stand up for its dignity, China can now put the screws to other countries in the region.

Huntsman’s US run could draw attention to Taiwan

Taipei Times

The announcement earlier this week by US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman that he was resigning from his post to seek the Republican Party’s nomination for the presidential election next year could have substantial implications for Washington’s Taiwan policy.

A billionaire and former governor of Utah, Huntsman was a Mormon missionary in Taiwan from 1987 to 1988 and is said to be fluent in Mandarin and Hoklo (also known as Taiwanese).

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