US a Mere Bystander in China-Taiwan Tango

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Jens Kastner, Taiwan Losing Interest in US Politics. Global Times, Sept 23, 2012.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/734794.shtml
("the spectacular institutionalization of cross-Straits ties. Ever since the KMT regained power in 2008, Taiwan and the mainland have signed 18 agreements in negotiations in which the US played little part. That the US government generally fails to get a firm grasp on talks across the Taiwan Straits is increasingly lamented in private by former US officials and experts visiting Taipei. The diminishing US influence in Taiwan is perceivable * * * US has morphed into a mere bystander in cross-Straits relations")

Note: Mr Kastner is a freelance reporter.