UCLA
Center for East Asian Studies
East Asian Studies News File
Taiwan Government Drops Its "One China" Policy
July 12, 1999
"Remarks by Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhu Bangzao on July 12 in Response to Lee Teng-hui’s Flagrant Declaration that Defined the Cross-Straits Relations as 'state-to-state relations'" Chinese Foreign Ministry, 07/12/99
July 13, 1999
"China Says Taiwan Heading For Monumental Disaster" Reuters, 07/13/99
"Taiwan Asks For Talks, Not War" Reuters, 07/13/99
July 14, 1999
"US Views Taiwan's China Policy as Unchanged" Agence France Presse, 07/14/99
"Chinese Spokewoman: Taiwan President's Remarks 'Extremely Dangerous'" BBC News, 07/14/99
"Jiang Calls for Action on 'Taipei Conspiracy'" South China Morning Post, 07/14/99
"Chinese Strain Taipei Nerves" The Financial Times (London), 07/14/99
July 15, 1999
"China Proclaims It Designed Its Own Neutron Bomb" The New York Times, 07/15/99
"Taiwan Insists Its Policy on China Remains Unchanged" USA Today, 07/15/99
"Reunification Congress Deputies Criticise Taiwan Leader's Remarks" The Xinhua News Agency, 07/15/99
"Neutron Bomb Revelation No Surprise But Beijing's Timing Key" ChinaOnline, 07/15/99
Commentary and Analysis: "Crisis in the Taiwan Strait" ChinaOnline, 07/15/99
"China Drops Nuclear Hint In Taiwan Tempest" Reuters, 07/15/99
"Taiwan Reaffirms Stance" Reuters, 07/15/99
"Two Chinas" Scott Savitt, 07/15/99
"Beijing Sees U.S. Hand in Taiwan Shift on 'One China'" New York Times, 07/15/99
July 16, 1999
"U.S. Tries to Play Down China's Announcement on Bomb" New York Times, 07/16/99
July 17, 1999
"Taiwan's Unnerving President Does It Again" The Economist, 07/17/99
July 20, 1999
"Cultural Visit Aborted over Lee Tension" South China Morning Post, 07/20/99
"President's Remarks Spark Island Debate" South China Morning Post, 07/20/99
"Crisis May Force U.S. To Clarify Taiwan Policy" Reuters, 07/20/99
July 22, 1999
"Upping the Ante, President Lee Asserts His Island's Statehood, Inviting Beijing's Wrath." FEER, 07/22/99
"'State to State' Theory Conducive to Cross-Strait Ties: Lee" China News Agency, 07/22/99
July 25, 1999
"Taiwan tells China reunification policy unchanged" Agence France Presse, 07/25/99
July 26, 1999
"Taiwan, An Inseperable Part of China" The Beijing Review, 07/26/99
"China Restates Policy on Taiwan" The Beijing Review, 07/26/99
August 4, 1999
"Taiwan Says It Will Not Stir Up Tensions" Agence France Presse, 08/04/99
"Thousands Volunteer for Warfare" South China Morning Post, 08/04/99
August 9, 1999
"China Tries to Block Taiwan's WTO Entry" China News, 08/09/99
"China Spreading Security Rumours, Says Taiwan" The Financial Times (London Edition), 08/09/99
"How Lee Teng-hui Fools Public Opinion" Xinhua News Agency, 08/09/99
August 10, 1999
"U.S. Congressmen Urge China To End ‘Saber-Rattling'" Agence France Presse, 08/10/99
"Mainland subs 'in attack position'" South China Morning Post, 08/10/99
