Ma Ying-jeou

Support of this kind ground to a halt after President Ma Ying-jeou following his 2008 election declared a ‘diplomatic truce’ in Taiwan’s competition with China for allies...

The situation could present a challenge to President Ma Ying-jeou’s ‘diplomatic truce’ – a two-years-and-holding cessation of diplomatic jostling for influence between Beijing and Taipei...

Taiwan’s four African allies have received little high-level attention since President Ma Ying-jeou won office in 2008...

Since President Ma Ying-jeou took office in 2008 Taiwan has taken a low-key approach to international affairs in order to assuage China...

He was then appointed Commissioner of Taipei’s Department of Environmental Protection by then-Mayor Ma Ying-jeou...

In contrast to the attention lavished by Chinese leaders on countries across the continent Taiwan’s relations with its four African allies remain low key more so since June 2008 when President Ma Ying-jeou promised a ‘truce’ with China in the competition for diplomatic recognition (AAC Vol 1 No 11)...

In his first weeks as Foreign Minister Yang studiously supported President Ma Ying-jeou's 'modus vivendi' diplomacy whose main tenet is that Taiwan should avoid disrupting the efforts of Ma's government to cultivate new economic and political ties with the Middle Kingdom...

President Ma Ying-jeou's government abandoned plans to send Taiwanese ships and relied on Beijing instead...

In his campaign for last year's election President Ma Ying-jeou talked of boosting aid but dropping the 'dollar diplomacy' - the use of financial incentives to prevent Taiwan's remaining allies from switching diplomatic recognition to Beijing...

Ma Ying-jeou has been trying to cool the diplomatic competition with Beijing...