66.See "Jian Qi Zhanji Gonghai Lanzai Riben Zhencha Ji"（Chinese Jian-7jetfighter intercepts Japanese surveillance aircraft ），Shijie Ribao （World Journal），New York，July 19，2003，p.2.
67."Haijian Zongdui Cheng Zeng Jiankong Mei Liang Jiandie Chuan"（GeneralMaritime Patrol Service claims to have monitored two American spyships），ShijieRibao ，New York ，January 30，2003.There was no mention of the Sumner in theEnglish-language press；however，China's media specifically named the USS Sumneras a spyship that had repeatedly violated Chinese territorial waters.
68.Article 7of China's EEZ law requires that "all international organizations，foreign organizations or individuals that wish to explore the exclusive economiczone"shall be subject to the "approval"of the PRC government for such activities，whereas Article 56of the UNCLOS limits such coastal state jurisdiction to "exploring……the natural resources"of the EEZ.See Law of the People's Republic of Chinaon the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone，adopted February 25，1992，atwww.chinagate.com.cn/english/2162.htm ，and Law on the Exclusive Economic Zoneand the Continental Shelf of the People's Republic of China ，adopted June 26，1998，at icm.noaa.gov/laws/PRC_EEZ_law.html.
69.See "China Enacts First National Regulation on Uninhabited Islands，"AsiaPulse ，Beijing，July 1，2003，cited in "PRC Uninhabited Islands Regulation，"NAPSNet Daily，
at www.nautilus.org/napsnet/dr/0306/JUL01-03.html#item10.
70.Bill Gertz，"China Enacts Law Extending Its Control，"The Washington Times，January 27，2003，p.1.While it is unclear that China has actually enacted anew law ，Chinese law is apparently being interpreted to extend China's regulatoryjurisdictions in its territorial seas （i.e.，within 12nm from the coast）tothe full area of the exclusive economic zones （200nm from the coast ），includingputative EEZs surrounding islets and shoals claimed by China in the South ChinaSea.
71.See "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of December 10，1982：Overview and Full Text ，"
at www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm.
72.The term "effectively responded"is a Chinese euphemismindicating thatthe Chinese did ，in fact，take some official action in response to the incursion.In this context ，one might note that the Chinese Minister of Public Health saidon April 3，2003，that the government had "effectively controlled"the spreadof an epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome （SARS）and was fired two weekslater when his assertion proved to be a wild overstatement.
73.See "PRC Uninhabited Islands Regulation ，"NAPSNet Daily Report，July1，2003，
at nautilus.org/napsnet/dr/0107/JUL01-03.html#item10.
74.CNA ，"Fishermen Seek Help over Chinese Seizure of Vessels ，"Taipei Times，July 15，2003，
at www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/07/15/2003059470.
75.See Admiral Thomas B.Fargo ，Commander in Chief ，U.S.Pacific Fleet ，remarks delivered at Submarine League Annual Symposium，Alexandria ，Virginia ，June 14，2001，
at www.cpf.navy.mil/speech/speeches/010614subleague.html.
76.For a comprehensive look at this issue，see Dana Robert Dillon ，"Howthe Bush Administration Should Handle China and South China Sea Maritime TerritorialDisputes，"Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No.1470，September 5，2001，
at www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/BG1470.cfm.
77.James A.Kelly，Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and PacificAffairs ，testimony before Committee on Foreign Relations，U.S.Senate，September11，2003.
78.U.S.Department of State，Country Reports on Human Rights 2002：China，March 31，2003.
79.Ibid.
80."Ex-political Prisoner from Tibet Dies Suddenly ，"Radio Free Asia ，October3，2003.
81.Uyghur American Association ，"UAA Press Release on the Execution of Shirali，"October 22，2003，citing Xinjiang Daily，October 21，2003.
82."Chinese Arrest 12Catholic Clerics ，"The Washington Times，October 28，2003，p.A12，
at www.washtimes.com/world/20031027-092749-3882r.htm.
83.Associated Press，"Shanghai Lawyer Who Sued Developer Jailed ，"October28，2003.
84.Dow Jones Newswires ，"Chinese Court Charges Internet Activist with Subversion，"October 29，2003，
at online.wsj.com/article/0，，BT_CO_20031028_001534，00.html.
85."China Lashes Out at Critical U.S.Report ，"The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel，October 6，2003，p.A5.
86.U.S.Department of Defense，Annual Report on the Military Power of thePeople's Republic of China，July 28，2003，
at www.defenselink.mil/pubs/20030730chinaex.pdf.
87.Ibid，p.2.
88.James Harding and Peter Spiegel ，"Beijing Looms Large in the White House'sDefence Strategy，"Financial Times ，October 17，2003，p.19.
89.Section 2（b ）（6）of the Taiwan Relations Act（Public Law 96-8）mandatesa national policy "to maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resortto force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security，or thesocial or economic system ，of the people on Taiwan."
90.John Tkacik ，"Abandoning Taiwan ，"The New York Sun，June 6-8，2003，p.6.
91.For a deeper analysis of this issue ，see John J.Tkacik ，Jr.，"ChinaPulls at Bush's Three Pillars ，"Asian Wall Street Journal ，December 5，2003，p.A9，
at online.wsj.com/article/0，，SB107058065848118700，00.html.
92.See Republican National Committee ，"Who We Are：2000Platform，"2000，
at www.rnc.org/GOPInfo/Platform/2000platform8.htm.
93.Robert B.Zoellick，"A Republican Foreign Policy ，"Foreign Affairs ，Vol.79，No.1（January/February 2000），p.66.
94.Ibid.
95.Harding and Peter ，"Beijing Looms Large in the White House's Defence Strategy，"p.19.
96.The China White Paper （Stanford，Calif.：Stanford University Press，1967），p.133（italics added ）。
97.Colin L.Powell ，"Remarks at Conference on China-U.S.Relations ，"TexasA&M University，College Station，Texas，November 5，2003，
at www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2003/25950.htm.
98.Condoleezza Rice，"Promoting the National Interest ，"Foreign Affairs ，Vol.79，No.1（January/February 2000），p.55.
99.Ibid.，p.56.
100.Asian Studies Center intern Melissa Parham contributed to this paper.
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