strait relations. most taiwanese people see little practical value in changing the status quo toward legal independence. so, taiwan s policy has been to cut rate is good relations with the prc, but avoid being drawn into political talks that could erode the island s freedom of action. that s what s keeping taiwan in check. what is keeping the prc in check are at least three things, i m sure many of you could think of many more. first, the prc recognizes that acting to change the status quo, mean a non-coercive way, would definitely be difficult, definitely be costly and definitely be risky. so it s safer and easier to kick the can. second, bay shipping believes that time is on its side. its relative power is growing, as is taiwan s economic dependence on the prc. then third, china s internal challenges are very significant and we have heard a little bit about that already today, but they are manageable as long as the leadership keeps giving them sufficient attention. so, havi
political type revolution, someone pointed out already that we have new generation of or maybe geographical changes. do you characterize this coming election outcome, characterize it more by recuring political outcome or having coming together? do you want to take that? yeah. i think i already mentioned in my remark there that this election will obviously trigger a generational shift. that will clearly be the case with dpp or for the green camp as a whole. and also, a lot of people in their 30s or even late 20s, they have been very active in social movement and also grassroots organization. they will steadily climb up the ladder and become an important forces in shaping the electoral politics. it depends on how his party and his own turn out. ing? he might be around for quite a while, if his party turns out to be a critical voting bloc, then you know. on the other hand, if in the end, a lot of the voters abandoned him in the very end and his party actually couldn t re
none of the main figures in the party chose to stand for election and perhaps for wise reasons. the one candidate that emerged at the end was a relatively less well-known personality in taiwan, who has recently been the deputy seek of the legislative u-on. before the public opinion poll to determine whether if she would qualify to be the party candidate was held, the party did not arrange any time when she would present her platform to the public. and so when the voters that were polled, not the voters, the people who were polled reacted to her, what were they reacting to? they were reacting to her personal story which is quite compelling and interesting, and they were reacting to personality as an outspoken and atypical kmt politician. when the poll was conducted, she surprised many people, including myself, and got a 46% support rate, which was well beyond the threshold that the party had set for a potential candidate. shortly afterward, however, her poll numbers began to c
i m not saying they re bad people but some really bad decisions were made in six months leading up. two other big ones were made i think it was a 16 person security team led by colonel wood who said we wanted to stay in country and they were not allowed to stay in country. is also a request for a plane. apparently that evening or a dc-3 that was denied earlier, maybe about six month before the attack. that plane would ve been important. there was a struggle that evening to get permission to get a plan. i think the c. 30 they were trying to get on with a libyan plane. there were some bad decisions made, and this doesn t make the people who made the decisions bad people but they were bad decisions that were made. there was request for security that were turned down throughout the six months preceding the attack on benghazi though a lot of money was spent on things that i think most americans would say are frivolous and maybe not part of the immediate mission of the state depart
, all of growth that does set a slower, more sustainable trajectory is in the u.s. interest, and i say that for several reasons. one is i do agree with the fundamental assessment that the current strategy has played itself out. the implications for social and political stability, and stability in the domestic context is certainly in our interest. i think also they are projecting that the vision includes a more integrated china with the world economy. i think certainly that is an america s long-term interest. so i think bottom line is we have a national interesting, ber interests, the leadership ses is assessment that they need to change that ever economic model. now, chris had reverended some new considerations with respect to xi zhengping and the current leadership. i think one very significant change, structurally in the decision-making process is been the reemerge ends, not that it was ever dormant, but the party under xi, as he projects it will play a much larger role tha