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(1) 曹郁芬, 美官員：兩岸對話 需台北政治環境能接受. Liberty Times, Oct. 28,
2010.
http://libertytimes.com/2010/new/oct/28/today-fo4.htm

My comment:
(a) I am unsure if the comment is meaningful, which is very short--but also
unusual.
(b) It is not in daily briefing (by spokesman), but special briefing (by
assistant secretary).

Kurt M. Campbell, Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Upcoming Travel to the
Asia-Pacific Region. Department of State, Oct. 26, 2010.
http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2010/10/150035.htm

"QUESTION: (Inaudible) that, you mentioned that Asian countries want to see
cool-headed diplomacy between U.S. and Taiwan. So before President --

"ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL: U.S. and China.

"QUESTION: Yes, that’s true. (Laughter.) Sorry.

"ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL: Taiwan as well. (Laughter.)

"QUESTION: Yeah. Maybe I will – and what do you expect to achieve before
President Hu Jintao came to the – come to the U.S., or you want to overcome
what kind of obstacle issue? And second question is: Minister Wang Yi came
to visit you last week. I wonder if your arms sales to Taiwan and the (
inaudible) are mentioned during the discussion. Thank you.

"ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL: I’m not going to characterize the meetings
directly with Wang Yi, the visitor from China. I will say that the United
States stated very clearly that we welcome the positive trends and dialogue
across the Taiwan Strait, wanted that process to continue and to deepen, and
we look forward to a process of dialogue developing between Taiwan and
China that was at a pace that was acceptable to the political environment
inside Taipei, Taiwan.

"QUESTION: And the first question about Hu – before Hu Jintao’s visit,
what kind of achievement or the problems that the U.S. want to work out with
China?

"ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL: Look, I think there’s going to be a very
broad agenda. I think everyone understands that this is a very consequential
trip for the president – President Hu Jintao to the United States. And we
will have a very detailed agenda of issues that we’re going to work on,
ranging from energy security to the Korean Peninsula to other issues in Asia
as a whole. So we understand the stakes and how important it is.


(2) William Lowther, US official denies split on China: BIG HAPPY FAMILY: A
US assistant secretary of state said it was inaccurate to describe as debate
about US policy toward China as a split, adding that US officials showed
unity. Taipei Times, Oct. 28, 2010.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/10/28/2003487100

My comment: I can not find the Washington Times commentary, reportedly by
Bill Gertz's Inside the Ring.



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Re: (2) William Lowther, US official denies split on China: BIG HAPPY FAMILY: A
US assistant secretary of state said it was inaccurate to describe as debate
about US policy toward China as a split, adding that US officials showed
unity. Taipei Times, Oct. 28, 2010.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/10/28/2003487100

My comment: I can not find the Washington Times commentary, reportedly in
Bill Gertz's Inside the Ring.


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All right, here are the documents underpining the Taipei Times report. I did not find the Washington Times report yesterday afternoon, because Washington Times places an embargo on it (probably as well as other news reports of the day). See the byline ("8:20 p.m., Wednesday, October 27, 2010")

(When I wrote the original posting yesterday afternoon, US Department of State had not published transcript of either daily briefing or special briefing (if nay) for Oct. 27. Published by now, they are not related to the topic at hand.)

(1) Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring. Washington Times, Oct. 27, 2010.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/27/inside-the-ring-379165238/?page=1
(heading: India-China policy fight (first two of five web pages))

Note:
(a) "In January 2009, Jeffrey Bader joined the Obama administration as senior director for Asian affairs on the National Security Council staff. From 2005 to 2009, while a senior fellow at Brookings, he was director of the John L. Thornton China Center."
Jeffrey A. Bader. Brookings Institution, undated.
http://www.brookings.edu/experts/b/baderj.aspx
(b) Mr. Bader's remark was reported in

Mark Landler and Sewell Chan, White House Tries to Build United Front to
Face China; Lining Up Allies on Issues Like Trade ands Security. New York
Times, Oct. 26, 2010 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/world/asia/26china.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=china%20united%20front&st=cse

(2) Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring. Washington Times, Oct. 20, 2010.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/20/inside-the-ring-875212385/
(heading: China policy fight (first three of five web pages))

Quote: "Since early in the administration, the president's advisers were stymied in dealing with China on every major national security, diplomatic, political, economic and trade issue. The failed policy is at the center of the current debate, as senior officials plan what to do next.

【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: (1) 曹郁芬, 美官員：兩岸對話 需台北政治環境能接受. Liberty Times, Oct. 28,
: 2010.
: http://libertytimes.com/2010/new/oct/28/today-fo4.htm
: My comment:
: (a) I am unsure if the comment is meaningful, whic
: (以下引言省略...)

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