XI Jinping and Taiwan

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(1) Jane Pwerlez, China Leader With Close Army Ties Would Be Force for US to Contend With. New York Times, Nov 4, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/0 ... o-contend-with.html

two consecutive paragraphs:

"Significantly, though, he [Xi] spent much of his career before moving to Beijing in the coastal area of Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces across from Taiwan, which China regards as a breakaway province. In that capacity, he nurtured economic ties with Taiwan, and met frequently with Taiwan business leaders who made huge investments transforming the two provinces into one of China’s most powerful economic engines.

"In 2003, when he was elevated from provincial governor to party chief in Zhejiang, the top position there, Mr Xi kept the portfolio of relations with Taiwan, even though Taiwan affairs were usually relegated to the governor, said Joseph Wu, a former representative of Taiwan in Washington and a member of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party. In the medium term, Mr Wu said, he expects Mr. Xi to be 'tougher' in calling for greater integration between Taiwan and the mainland, a policy that Taiwan has resisted so far.

My comment: This report does not say much, so there is  no need to read the rest of the report.

(2) 华盛顿邮报：解开习近平失踪之谜. BBC Chinese, Nov 2, 2012.
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chin ... inping_rumour.shtml

Note: Max Fisher, The Secret Story Behind Xi Jinping’s Disappearance, Finally Revealed?  WashingtonPost, Nov 1, 2012 (blog)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/bl ... e-finally-revealed/

, which cited
Mark Kitto, What Really Happened to Xi Jinping. Prospect Magazine (UK), Oct 31, 2012 (blog).
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.u ... isappearance-truth/

(3) Nozomu Hayashi, LEADERSHIP SHIFT (3): Xi Showed Early Interest in Taiwanese Political Activists. Asahi Shimbun (English edition), Nov 1, 2012
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ201211010012
(It was then 9two years after the 1988 meeting in Amoy/Xiamen] that Yao realized that the Chinese character for Xi could be broken up to form the name 'Bai Yu'")

Note:
(a) YAO Li-ming  姚 立明
(b) BAI Yu  白 羽
(c) The above is translated from

林望, 奇妙な名刺、台湾の情報収集〈紅の党〉; 指導者たち：3. Asahi Shimbun (Japanese edition), Oct 23, 2012.
http://www.asahi.com/international/intro/TKY201210220399.html

* 林 望  Nozomu Hayashi
* The Japanese noun hayashi is a forest, which has fewer trees than mori 森 (both hayashi and mori are Japanese pronunciation for corresponding kanji characters).
* nozomu 望む 【のぞむ】 (v): "(1) to desire; (2) to wish for; to expect; (3) to see; to command (a view of)  
<私の望むのは安らぎと静けさだけです。        All I want is peace and quiet>"
Jim Breen's online Japanese dictionarty
* meishi (where "ei" means a long vowel for "e"--as in English vowel "let")  名刺 【めいし】 (n): "business card"