Note: The report cites
William Lowther, Steinberg resigns as US deputy secretary of state. Taipei Times, Apr 2, 2011.
http://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/04/02/2003499727
Quote:
"US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, a pro-China diplomat with little sympathy for Taiwan, has resigned and will return to academia." p. 1
"'US-Taiwan relations right now are going nowhere. Steinberg was a well-known advocate for closer relations with China and I think that tendency was undermining movement in US-Taiwan relations,' [Heritage's Walter] Lohman said.
"Gerrit van der Wees, editor of the Washington-based Taiwan Communique, said Steinberg was 'too soft on China.' 'On Taiwan, Steinberg regrettably clung too much to old "one China" policy mantras and was not able to engage the US in more creative thinking and action in support of Taiwan’s democracy and international space. He also was overly cautious on US arms sales to Taiwan,' he said.
My comment:
(a) 麦克斯维尔公共事务学院 Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse Univ
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/
(b) Liberty Times, the sister publication of Taipei Times, reported about a half year ago that a DPP elder seemed fond of Steinberg, calling the latter scholarly.
Note: The report cites
William Lowther, Steinberg resigns as US deputy secretary of state. Taipei Times, Apr 2, 2011.
http://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/04/02/2003499727
Quote:
"US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, a pro-China diplomat with little sympathy for Taiwan, has resigned and will return to academia." p. 1
"'US-Taiwan relations right now are going nowhere. Steinberg was a well-known advocate for closer relations with China and I think that tendency was undermining movement in US-Taiwan relations,' [Heritage's Walter] Lohman said.
"Gerrit van der Wees, editor of the Washington-based Taiwan Communique, said Steinberg was 'too soft on China.' 'On Taiwan, Steinberg regrettably clung too much to old "one China" policy mantras and was not able to engage the US in more creative thinking and action in support of Taiwan’s democracy and international space. He also was overly cautious on US arms sales to Taiwan,' he said.
My comment:
(a) 麦克斯维尔公共事务学院 Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse Univ
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/
(b) Liberty Times, the sister publication of Taipei Times, reported about a half year ago that a DPP elder seemed fond of Steinberg, calling the latter scholarly.