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VOA Chinese, Apr 21, 2014.
www.voachinese.com/content/us-ta ... 140421/1898191.html
My comment:
(a) The VOA report somehow looks familiar to
William Lowther, Ma May Face Questions on China Stance: Academic; ‘Out of Line’: A US professor says Washington may ask Taipei to detail its own claims to the South China Sea and join it in condemning Beijing’s belligerence. Taipei Times, Apr 3, 2014
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/print/2014/04/03/2003587180
(“George Washington University professor Robert Sutter told a conference on 'Taiwan and the World' this week that the US was frustrated with China and could use ‘a little help’ from Taipei. * * * Washington believes that China is 'out of line' [quoting Sutter] * * * It may only be a matter of time before the US officially asks Taipei to explain and detail its own claims to the South China Sea, academics said. Sutter said that with the US criticizing China for deviating from international norms and using intimidation and coercion, Taiwan may be asked to join the US in condemning Beijing")
* For “Taiwan and the World,” see posting (2).
(b) The VOA report first quote Evan Medeiros in two consecutive paragraphs:
“星期一，在针对奥巴马访问亚洲的记者会上有记者问到，在南中国海领土争端的问题上，美国是否鼓励声索各方与和中国同样有九段线领土主张的台湾进行多边对 话。白宫国家安全委员会亚洲事务资深主任麦艾文(Evan Medeiros)回答说，美国希望领土争议能够和平解决，美国鼓励台湾与其他声索国展开对话。
“麦艾文说：’基于台湾也是声索者之一，我们鼓励台湾与其他声索方进行对话，因为我们政策目标的核心，是要确保这些领土争端能够通过对话和外交途径和平解决。’
(i) Today (Monday, Apr 21) both Evan Medeiros and Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communication, met the press at Washington DC regarding Pres Obama’s Asia trip. White House’s website does not have anything about it. Only two media outlets have so far reported about it (Yonhap news 1 hour ago: In Seoul, Obama to mourn victims of ferry sinking; two reports from Global Post 3 hours ago: White House: NK nuke test threat shows it's not serious on dialogue + Obama adviser reiterates US obligation to defend Japan)
(ii) It is 9 am EDT.
(iii) I can not find an English-language news report about either of them in Taiwan, except a Spanish news report of the two mentioning Taiwan fleetingly.
(c) “Sutter said that former US National Security Council director for East Asian Affairs Jeffrey Bader recently indicated that Taiwan should clarify its 'nine-dash line' claim in the South China Sea.”
Jeffrey A Bader, The US and China’s Nine-Dash Line: Ending the Ambiguity. Brookings, Feb 6, 2014 (opinion)
www.brookings.edu/research/opini ... ine-dash-line-bader
("The US should discuss with Taiwan whether it can clarify its position on the nine-dash line, to make clear that its claims are consistent with UNCLOS")
The quotation was the only mention of Taiwan in Mr Bader’s writing.
(d) “David Keegan, a highly regarded retired US Department of State official, has authored a paper in which he argues that Taiwan should be brought into the US’ Asia rebalancing policy, he [Sutter] said. 'Does Taiwan want to be rebalanced in this way?' Sutter asked. 'Is Taiwan willing to do this? It’s a risk.'”
See posting (3).
(e) Finally, Taiwan may get involved in pivot/rebalance. For whatever reasons--be they the Ma administration’s wish to stay out of the US-China embroglio or US purposefully keeps Taiwan out of picture--Taiwan has not been broached in geopolitics since President Ma was inaugurated in 2008.
(f) Professor Sutter just a few years back hinted US should abandon Taipei (which is no longer important geopolitically, he maintained), to ameliorate relations with Beijing.
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