Wednesday 3 October 2012

The U.S. approves Taiwan Visa Waiver Program .

                            It  is  a  special  favour  for  Taiwan  which  has  no   diplomatic  relation   with  the  U.S.  The   U.S   government  will  use   double    edge  sword   policy  over   Taiwan  relation  .  The   U.S.   has   played   a   major  role  in   the  ongoing  Geopolitical  Shift  . 
                       There   is   no   formula  for   how   to   accomplish  the   set   of   complex   tasks,   the  engagement  of  China   and   balancing . 
                       Would  the  U.S.'s   cold   war   strategy   repeat  again  ? 
Whether ,   Taiwan   !  GO  GO    !   or  NEXT  !  


After Taiwan gained visa-waiver status from the United States on Oct. 2, many internet users from mainland China expressed their admiration for the Taiwanese government by comparing the usefulness of the green passport used by Taiwan to the red passport used by China, reports by our sister newspaper Want Daily.
Taiwan was declared the seventh nation in the Asia-Pacific region, after Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Brunei and South Korea, to receive the waiver by Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, 2 days ago.
Starting in November, Taiwanese travelers visiting the United States will no longer need to wait in line to apply for a visa from the American Insititute in Taiwan. All that is needed is a visit to the website of the Department of Homeland Security and an online submission of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization. The whole process costs a mere US$14.



 
Since Jason C. Yuan, the chief representative of the Republic of China to the United States, will be relieved from his position on Oct. 4, the Department of Homeland Security decided to declare the visa-waiver status for Taiwan before his departure. Liu Shih-chung, the director of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party's Department of International Affairs, also thanked the United States for putting Taiwan onto their visa-waiver list.

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