Zhao offers a quick history of China's foreign policy since 1949 and then offers a provocative assessment of it today.
Documents - Contemporary Taiwan
Michael Pompeo, On Taiwan’s Election, January 11, 2020
March 4, 2020
A press statement issued by the US Department of State.
Ronald Reagan, Arms Sales to Taiwan, August 17, 1982
October 22, 2019
President Reagan sent this memo to Secretary of State George Shultz and Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger. The document was classified as secret. It was made public in August 2019 by then National Security Advisor John Bolton.
Republic of China (Taiwan), Quadrennial Defense Review, 2017
March 1, 2017
The Ministry of National Defense (MND), in compliance with Article 31 of the National Defense Act, is required to submit a Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) within ten months after each presidential inauguration.
Tsai Ing-wen, Apology to Indigenous Peoples,” August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
President Tsai spoke in Taipei.
Ma Ying-jeou, Remarks on Taiping Island, January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016
Ma Ying-jeou, president of the Republic of China (Taiwan), visited Taiping Island in the South China Sea. His predecessor, Chen Shuibian, also visited the island in 2008.
Republic Of China (Taiwan), National Defense Report, 2015
October 1, 2015
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) publishes reports on “what it has done, what it is doing, what it prepares to do, why it is going to do so” to the people in accordance with Article 30 of the National Defense Act. The National Defense Report is published to give citizens a better understanding of the nation’s current security environment and national defense policy.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "(Webcast) Recent Developments in China's Relations with Taiwan and North Korea," June 5, 2014
June 5, 2014
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on June 5, 2014. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
Republic Of China (Taiwan), National Defense Report, 2013
October 1, 2013
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) publishes reports on “what it has done, what it is doing, what it prepares to do, why it is going to do so” to the people in accordance with Article 30 of the National Defense Act. The National Defense Report is published to give citizens a better understanding of the nation’s current security environment and national defense policy.
Republic of China (Taiwan), Quadrennial Defense Review, 2013
March 1, 2013
The Ministry of National Defense (MND), in compliance with Article 31 of the National Defense Act, is required to submit a Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) within ten months after each presidential inauguration.
Republic of China (Taiwan), National Defense Report, 2011
August 22, 2011
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) publishes reports on “what it has done, what it is doing, what it prepares to do, why it is going to do so” to the people in accordance with Article 30 of the National Defense Act. The National Defense Report is published to give citizens a better understanding of the nation’s current security environment and national defense policy.
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