Chen moves to improve relations with Tibet
President Chen Shui-bian has taken innovative steps to improve and expand relations with Tibet. Such realism may prod Beijing to reformulate its own policies toward the Himalayan region.
China seeks to create aura of power
China couldn’t have wished for better times to project its international image. With the United States preoccupied with Iraq and terrorism, Beijing exudes an image of serenity and quiet confidence.
Chen Shui-bian Collaborates With ‘Tibetan Independent’ Forces
On 20 January, Chen Shui-bian attended the opening ceremony of his personally-controlled and -directed “Taiwan-Tibet Exchange Foundation.” In his opening address, he said that “it is wrong for Taiwan to have taken Mongolian people and Tibetan people