China and Taiwan: Cross-Strait Relations Under Chen Shui-bian

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155 Glossary AMRAAM Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation ARATS Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait ASAT anti-satellite (warfare) ASEAN Association of Southeast Asia Nations AWACS airborne warning and control system CASS China Academy of Social Sciences CBM confidence-building measures CCP Chinese Communist Party CIA Central Intelligence Agency CNN Cable News Network CWC Chemical Weapons Convention DPP Democratic Progressive Party E.U. European Union EMP electronic magnetic pulse ESDP European Security and Defence Programme GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GDP gross domestic product GPS global positioning system IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IDF indigenous defence fighter JCP joint counter-offensive platform KMT Kuomintang LACM land-attack cruise missiles MAC Mainland Affairs Council (Taipei) MFN most-favoured-nation MIRV Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle MRV Multiple Re-entry Vehicle NP New Party Glossary Reproduced from China and Taiwan: Cross-Strait Relations Under Chen Shui-bian by Sheng Lijun (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002). This version was obtained electronically direct from the publisher on condition that copyright is not infringed. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies © 2002 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore 156 China and Taiwan: Cross-Strait Relations Under Chen Shui-bian NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NMD National Missile Defence NPC National People’s Congress NUC National Unification Council PCL Passive Coherent Location (system) PFP People’s First Party PLA People’s Liberation Army PLAN PLA Navy PNTR permanent normal trade relations PRC People’s Republic of China ROC Republic of China ROT Republic of Taiwan SEF Strait Exchange Foundation SSBN ballistic missile nuclear submarine SSM surface-to-surface missiles TMD Theatre Missile Defence WTO World Trade Organization ...