Search results for: Kai%20Liao
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Beijing’s Foothold in Central America: El Salvador’s Diplomatic Realignment
...and financial aid to military strongmen during the Cold War, the rabidly anti-Communist Chiang Kai-shek supplied Latin American partners with anti-insurgency training and other forms of support. During the post-war...
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Taiwan-Marshall Islands Relations: Against the Tide
...reform-minded Kuomintang (KMT) politician, allowed the vestiges of the authoritarian rule of Chiang Kai-shek to fade, signaling a gradual shift towards liberalization and multi-party politics. Meanwhile, the Marshall Islands were...
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Human Rights in China
...for Human Rights Studies”, China Human Rights, http://www.chinahumanrights.org/CSHRS/Introduction/t20070628_262536.htm [3] Ibid. [4] Jin Kai, ”Criticizing China on Human Rights: Missing the Forest for the Trees?”, The Diplomat, October 31, 2016, http://thediplomat.com/2016/11/criticizing-china-for-human-rights-missing-the-forest-for-the-trees/...
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Taiwan’s Role in the Breakout of the Taiwan Strait Crises: A Historical Perspective
...each Taiwan Strait Crises was, in essence, a domestic crisis occurring against a complicated international background. This paper examines the implications of the rule of Chiang Kai-shek and his son...
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Tough Times Ahead? Escalating Tensions Between Japan and China: Dual Perspectives
Fallout from the September 8 arrest of a Chinese trawler captain, by the Japanese Coast Guard, has gradually escalated, inflaming Japanese-Chinese relations. The trawler, suspected of illegal fishing,...
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Ambition and Ambiguity: South Korea’s Defense Industry Reform
…European equipment. Examples of successful weapon-platform exports include the KAI 50 jet trainer, K9 155mm self-propelled howitzer, recently purchased by Estonia, Finland and Norway, and the K2 battle tank, which is…
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Taiwan in the Wake of Nancy Pelosi’s Visit
…crucial factor in this context is that Taiwan’s democratization has drastically changed the context of the one-China principle. Throughout the Chiang Kai-shek era, the governments in Beijing and Taipei were…
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Uphill Battle for Maehara’s Democratic Party
…in Tokyo assembly elections that also decimated its traditional rival the LDP and elevated the governor of Tokyo’s regional party Tomin First no kai (Tomin First). Regardless, the passing of…
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Abe Pushing the Reset Button – and Positioning Himself for Next Year?
…kai faction , which is more hawkish than K ōchikai. However, Kōno’s own political positioning is fairly middle-ground, and it appears unlikely that the new cabinet would herald a more…