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56. See Yan Jiaqi (严家琪), “‘More on Sino-Russo Border Disputes’
from International Law,” 动向 (a Hong Kong-based journal),
Issue 1, 2003; and “The “Aigun Treaty” from International
Law,” January 6, 2003, available from www.chinaaffairs.org. Yan
mentions in the writing that Mao and Deng refused to give the
claim.
57. During Chen Shui-bian’s two terms in office, he had encouraged
the growth of the Taiwan identity, the “de-China”
movement, and many other so-called “incremental changes toward
Taiwan independence” acts. Perhaps the most provocative
one was his push for referendums to decide important issues related
to cross Taiwan Strait relations.
58. See the full text of the Treaty of Shimonoseki at the Taiwan
Documents Project, available from www.taiwandocuments.org/shimonoseki01.htm.
59. See The Memoirs of Li Hung-Chang, William Francis Mannix,
ed., Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
60. Douglas MacArthur, “An Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier:
Highlights of MacArthur’s Statement on Formosa,” Time Magazine,
September 4, 1950.
61. “Cairo Declaration,” The Department of State Bulletin, December
4, 1943.
62. “Potsdam Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender,”
The Department of State Bulletin, July 29, 1945.
63. See a declassified memorandum of conversation between
Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Senators William F. Knowland
and Alexander H. Smith on the strategic assessments of Taiwan
and Chinese Civil War. Foreign Relations of the United States,
Vol. VI, 1950, pp. 259-260.
64. For President Truman’s statement, see Public Papers of the
Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1950, p. 492.
65. Ibid.
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