Taiwan & China *** About both sides of the Taiwan Strait

On Sept. 12th the UN will again decide about the Taiwanese bid to join the UN - and won’t accept it most likely (as every year). Here is one poster from the current campaign by the Taiwanese government (taken from the official “Taiwan, U.N. me” Website):

As every year Taiwan tries to join the United Nations where it got kicked out in 1971 when China was accepted. Here are some news (from the Taipeitimes) related to this topic:
“Dozens of Taiwanese-American organizations have joined forces to support President Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) plan to apply for UN membership under the name of Taiwan, […]

There is only one China flag supposed to be in the world - and especially at the “International Children’s Games” in Bangkok (which is outside Taiwan and outside China). Well, well, well:
“The move by Chinese athletes and officials to seize ROC flags from athletes and delegation members three separate times at the 2006 International Children’s […]

As the Taipeitimes reports the Taiwanese economy can not count on Chinese tourists:
“Opening the country to Chinese tourists will not contribute as much to the economy as most people expect, according to a think tank.
The Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) made the prediction after the Mainland Affairs Council said that Chinese tourists could be […]

Taiwanese companies are not alowed to invest as much as they want in China - this situation changes only slowly, as the Taipeitimes reports:
“The government will retain its hardline stance toward businesses wishing to invest in China, keeping in place a cap on investment despite pressure to ease its policies, a Cabinet spokesman said yesterday.
Refusing […]

AsiaMedia republished a comment by Jerome Keating about the laziness of reporters and the effects on the perception of the complicated Taiwan-China relationship by readers:
“Taiwan suffers constantly at the hands of lazy journalists and politicians. This is especially evident regarding the China problem and the triangular relations between Taiwan, China and the US, and the […]

The small islands of Matsu which belong to Taiwan but are located just at the coast of mainland China seem to have a very special problem, as the Taipeitimes reports:
“A seemingly unstoppable stream of floating garbage from China blown by southwesterly winds has tainted coves and inlets along the coast of Matsu and even its […]

1,008 young Taiwanese attended a cross-strait youth festival in East China, as CRI reports:
“A five-day festival for young people from across the Taiwan Strait kicked off Monday in east China, with 1,008 young Taiwanese attending.
The festival, the first of its kind, includes a cultural forum,a singing contest, basketball games, sightseeing and other activities, the organizers […]

Taiwan’s president Chen Shuibian had a dream, as The China Post reports:
“President Chen Shui-bian yesterday said he wants a Taiwan foundation to persuade the U.S. to end its longstanding one China policy and replace it with a policy that recognizes one China, one Taiwan.
Chen, a longstanding supporter of independence, said the ultimate goal of the […]

First published by the Taipeitimes, July 22nd, 2006