2004 JANUARY

DATE
CONTENT
2004-01-01

Reports on Jan. 1, 2004 ……
* KMT urged to change its name
* Soong must account for his many misdeeds

2004-01-02

Reported on Jan. 2, 2004 ……
* US says Chen admin inconsistent
* DPP heats up campaign in three counties in north
* Interparty reconciliation isn't likely
* Why oppose democracy?

2004-01-02-2

Reported on Jan. 2, 3, 4, 2004 ……
* Beijing's boondoggle on direct links
* Instead of 'five noes,' 'three yeses'
* Applying high standards on assets
* Bravely follow the democratic path

2004-01-02-3

Reported on Jan. 2, 2004 ……
* TSU shuns flag-raising event
* US official again voices opposition to referendum
* Chen tells US he'll stick to `five noes'
* Thousands in HK march for democracy

2004-01-03

Reports said on Jan. 3, 2004 ……
* Probing mainlander identity
* China is a nation of terrorists, says VP Annette Lu
* An old China hand knew the story
* Candidates trade claims over assets
* DPP steps up pressure on Lien to explain his wealth

2004-01-05

Reported on Jan. 5, 2004 ……
* WHO, UN not Taiwan's only options
* Lin takes anti-nuclear message south
* DPP wants nuclear-plant issue put to rest
* Much room for media, politicians, to improve
* 'KMT secret agents' are now 'spies'
* New era for cross-strait economy
* Time for US to lay out its reasoning
* International body accepts `Taiwan'

2004-01-06

Reported on Jan. 6, 2004 ……
* The campaign circus staggers on
* First lady files suit against KMT
* KMT denies having made allegations
* On Sisy Chen's trilogy of craziness
* Independence is the real status quo

2004-01-07

Reported on Jan. 7, 2004 ……
* PRC agenda in Pacific starts with unification
* The status quo's true foe is China
* Some won't fight for freedom
* Chen should not fear China
* The pan-blues' tit-for tat strategy
* Kennedy nephew gives referendum a boost
* Chen tells US delegation he will not sway

2004-01-08

Reported on Jan. 8, 2004 ……
* Bush failed Taiwan: Lieberman
* Tung dodges democracy-reform calls
* President says `yes' to prosecutors
* US will never understand referendum, academic says
* Chinese planes can get here faster than previously thought
* Missiles not part of the status quo
* Missile crisis worse than Cuba

2004-01-09

Reported on Jan. 9, 2004 ……
* New SARS case feared in China
* China has one SARS strategy: Slaughter every civet in sight
* Analyst says that US will accept Chen's referendum
* At conference, Kristol calls US' Taiwan policy `outdated'
* Taiwan is not China's concubine
* Bush's shift is all politics
* Democracy groups blast Tung
* US Congress set to affirm Taiwan ties

2004-01-10

Reported on Jan. 10, 2004 ……
* Powell defends Bush's handling of referendum
* Referendum delegation postpones trip
* Hunger strike over smaller government to go ahead
* Mass brawl in legislature as pan-blues block reform
* DPP, KMT keep fighting over assets
* Don't blame the US

2004-01-11

Reported on Jan. 11, 2004 ……
* China opens up on SARS crisis
* WHO searches restaurants for SARS
* Resolute Chen sticks to his guns
* On freedom of HK press, not all of the news is bad
* CEPA and CEOF are poison pills

2004-01-12

Reported on Jan. 12, 2004 ……
* It is time for China's people to speak up
* New book reveals Chen's hope for cross-strait ties
* In response to our critics
* Which side are you on?
* Grow up, start thinking

2004-01-13

Reported on Jan. 13, 2004 ……
* Lawmakers take allies to task
* Delegation takes message overseas
* Chen says referendum about stability
* Participants in Kaohsiung Incident band together
* Aborigines want to fight stereotypes on own TV station
* Status quo has gone out of balance

2004-01-14

Divisiveness on Jan. 14, 2004 ……
* The KMT are kings of divisiveness

2004-01-15

President Chen go go go on Jan. 15, 2004 ……
* President appears before prosecutors
* US lawmaker slams Bush policy
* The US' principles
* Taiwan's future locked in its past
* KMT insincere on ethnic harmony

2004-01-16

We concerned referendum on Jan. 16, 2004 ……
* Chen says referendum in March his No. 1 concern
* Myers warns China over missile threat
* Will Taiwan be forsaken just like Korea was?
* Kerry must be clear
* Spotlight China's tyranny

2004-01-18

Status quo on Jan. 18, 2004 ……
* Maintaining status quo is the point
* Chen's referendum is about peace
* Our desire for comfort today risks danger later
* Chen apologizes for white terror era
* Chen says his aim is to have peace
* US cautiously welcomes Chen's referendum changes

2004-01-19

The empty “one China” framework on Jan. 19, 2004 ……
* Referendum can balance cross-strait relationship
* Two open letters to US Congress
* US has obligation to Taiwan
* Taiwan already independent
* Lobbyists pressure US Congress
* WHO hunts for bird flu victims

2004-01-20

Reported on Jan. 20, 2004 ……
* What our president should be in a crisis
* What really is China's bottom line?
* No judicial integrity
* Hong Kong is ample warning
* Presidential Office denies use of any secret envoys
* Chen pressed to reveal origins of China message
* DPP says China's reaction to referendum is old hat

2004-01-21

Reported on Jan. 21, 2004 ……
* Democracy an asset to both sides of Strait: Chen
* Japanese soldiers debut in Iraq
* DPP urged to develop fresh campaign issues

2004-01-23

US warning to Taiwan's referendum on Jan. 23, 2004 ……
* US warming to Chen's referendum
* Ma looks to put stop to referendum

2004-01-26

Blue camp echoing China on Jan. 26, 2004 ……
* Blue camp echoing China, Chen says

2004-01-27

Reported on Jan. 27, 2004 ……
* Local chiefs rail against referendum
* Legislature mulls loyalty checks
* US needs to match the Chinese in diplomacy
* Pan-blue boycott threat misguided
* Ethnic issues must be confronted
* China's assembly-line journalism

2004-01-28

Reported on Jan. 28, 2004 ……
* Pan-blue members show their true colors
* Et tu, Chirac?
* Cabinet, MOFA say they regret Chirac's remarks
* EU upholds arms embargo on China
* Military not worried about lifting of arms embargo
* Will the US Congress save Taiwan?
* Acquiesence to 'one China' is back

2004-01-29

Reported on Jan. 29, 2004 ……
* Ma does battle at Cabinet meeting
* Top officials retaliate for Chirac snub
* Chirac's remarks shamed France: Lu
* Small group protests French stance
* China's defense advances due to some friendly help
* Ma's democratic credentials queried
* China stepping up Internet crackdown, rights group says
* Besmirching the tricolor
* EU misguided
* Don't count on US
* Taiwan's democracy has need of America

2004-01-30

Chirac on Jan. 30, 2004 ……
* Chen repudiates Chirac for 'interfering'
* France only against unilateral action, ministry says
* Angry Cabinet suspends exchanges with France
* Ma's hoof-in-mouth problem
* Lien and Soong: Chinese irritants