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80. See PRC position on this issue at 新华资料 (Xinhuanet Background
Information), “九二共识” (“The 1992 Consensus”), which
emphasizes the “undefined nature of the one-China,” available
from news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2003-01/23/content_704746.htm. But
see Ma Ying-jeou’s position on this issue, which emphasizes the
two sides holding on to their different interpretations: Ma Yingjeou
(马英九), “马英九重申九二共识一中各表” (“Ma Ying-jeou
Reiterated the Position of 1992 Consensus as One China with
Each Side’s Own Interpretations”), 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), October
28, 2010.
81. Kenneth Lieberthal, “Preventing a War over Taiwan,” Foreign
Affairs, March/April 2005.
82. See the full text of the agreement at www.chinataiwan.org/
english/News/NaT/201009/t20100921_1537360.htm. See also a survey
on this agreement at www.taiwansecurity.org/2010/GVMaApproval_ECFA-072810.pdf
.
83. Aaron L. Friedberg, “Menace: Here Be Dragons: Is China a
Military Threat?” The National Interest, September/October 2009.
Admiral Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. forces in the Pacific,
agreed that China has achieved “initial operational capability”
for a land-based anti-ship ballistic missile that could threaten
U.S. aircraft carriers in Asian waters. The Dongfeng (East Wind)
21D is intended to end an era of unrivalled U.S. global sea and air
power. Mark Stokes, a defense analyst and former official at the
Pentagon, added that “this is a game-changer in the sense that it
would force the U.S. Navy to operate farther away from the Chinese
coast, at least in the initial phase of a conflict.” See Kathrin
Hille of Financial Times reporting from Beijing, “Chinese Wonder
Missile to Test U.S. Supremacy,” January 18, 2011.
84. When it comes to territorial disputes, Chinese have always
claimed that other nations stole or occupied China’s territories.
See discussion in the following sections.
85. See Daniel M. Hartnett and Frederic Vellucci, Jr., “Continental
or Maritime Power? A Summary of Chinese Views on
Maritime Strategy since 1999,” Alexandria, VA: The CNA Corporation,
October 2007.
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