Huntsman Visit and a U.S.-Taiwan FTA
Former Governor Jon Huntsman (R–UT) was at The Heritage Foundation this week answering policy questions. In his talk, he emphasized budget discipline, tax reform, and… Read More
Upgrading Taiwan’s F-16s Is Not Enough
During his confirmation hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mark Lippert, nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, was… Read More
Senator Lieberman Grades President Obama on His Foreign Policy
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) visited Heritage this week to give the annual B.C. Lee lecture, focusing on the importance of American leadership in the Asia-Pacific… Read More
Democrats and Republicans Unite Against the Obama Administration on Taiwan
Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R–FL) held the second hearing in the two-part “Why Taiwan Still Matters” series. These hearings, the first… Read More
Top 10 Reads: September 20, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe FACT CHECK: Are rich taxed… Read More
Administration Position on Taiwan F-16s Alienates All Sides
At the end of a series of closed-door briefings and meetings with the congressional committees of jurisdiction—after repeatedly admonishing all who would listen that its… Read More
Taking Sides in the Taiwan Strait
In an article entitled “China and US on Edge over Vote in Taiwan,” today’s Financial Times (FT) quotes a “senior US official” as saying Taiwan… Read More
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On Eve of VP’s Visit: “No” to New F–16s for Taiwan
Reports are now emerging that the Administration has decided to reject the sale of F–16 C/Ds to Taiwan, in advance of the Vice President’s trip… Read More
Wanted: A Leader on U.S.–Taiwan Relations
It’s official: There are now 100 countries that offer Taiwanese citizens visa-free travel. Malaysia has the honor of hitting the century mark—following closely behind Australia… Read More
Defrost U.S.-Taiwan Relations
Leadership means people are depending on you. Taiwan has only one friend in the world it can truly depend on to safeguard its security: the… Read More
