CN Tested Multiple JL-2 Ahead of TW Elections

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(1) J Michael Cole, MND Confirms Chinese Missile Tests. Taipei Times, Jan 10, 2012 (available now)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/ ... 12/01/10/2003522879
(before New Year, near Dalian; So far official Chinese media and the Chinese military have not confirmed rumors of the exercise;  Global Times -reported yesterday that a Chinese fisherman in Shandong Province had retrieved cylindrical wreckage from what appeared to be a missile booster)

Note: The report cites
Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring. Washington Times, Jan 4, 2012
http://www.washingtontimes.com/n ... ng-215329133/print/
(section 1 PENTAGON SHIFTS EAST; section 3 CHINESE SLBM TEST?)

(2) William Lowther, Taiwan Is ‘Geopolitically Endangered’: Analyst Says. DEBATE: A former US official’s analysis was disputed by several experts, with one saying China may see an internal political crisis before unification could occur. Taipei Times, Jan 10, 2012 (available now)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/ ... 12/01/10/2003522890

Note: The report cites
Zbigniew Brzezinski, 8 Geopolitically Endangered Species; Meet the weaker countries that will suffer from American decline. Foreign Policy, Jan/Feb 2012.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/art ... _endangered_species

(3) Annie, Huang, China Uses Trade to Influence Taiwan Election. Associated Press, Jan 9, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-uses ... tion-081715266.html
(Milkfish "until recently, was unknown on the mainland"; "25 percent premium that mainland buyers were paying for milkfish")

(4) Paul Mozur and Jenny W Hsu, China Looms Over Coming Taiwan Election. Wall Street Journal Asia, Jan 9, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 48622980503132.html
("Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's policy of economic opening to China has frustrated a key constituency: struggling middle- and low-income workers, who could cost him elections this week.")

(5) Taiwanese Wary of China Hope for Opposition Win. AFP, Jan 9, 2012.
http://www.nanyangpost.net/2012/ ... china-hope-for.html

(6) Nancy Liu, Taiwan's Impact on China Disproportionate to Its Size: US Scholar. CNA, Jan 9, 2012
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/W ... amp;ID=201201090044
(Dennis Hickey, a professor at Missouri State University's Department of Political Science)