美国即将宣布给台湾游客免签证待遇

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BBC Chinese, Oct 2, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... s_taiwan_visa.shtml
("美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿星期二（2日）预计将宣布对台湾免签证的待遇 * * * 希拉里将在美国国务院主持全球旅游观光会议")

(2) 不满台湾保钓？美高官缺席美台国防会议. VOA Chinese, Oct 1, 2012
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 121001/1518440.html
("韩儒伯表示，该会原来邀请国防部负责亚太事务的助理部长李柏特，以及国务院亚太事务副助理国务卿梅健华出席会议发表演说，李柏特原已承诺将与会发表演说，至于梅健华是否出席会议，并没有得到最后确认")

Note
(a) 国防部亚太事务助理部长 李柏特
Mark W Lippert, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA)
http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=341
(b) 国务院亚太事务副助理国务卿 梅健华  
Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (China, Mongolia, and Taiwan): Kin MOY
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, US Department of State, undated.
http://www.state.gov/p/eap/c27616.htm
(c) Victoria Nuland (Spokesperson), Daily Press Briefing. US Department of States, Oct 1, 2012 (Washington, DC)
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2012/10/198502.htm

Note: The pertinent portion of the transcript is as follows:

"Please, in the back?

"QUESTION: Thank you, Victoria. On Taiwan – today, Taiwan and U.S. had the industry – Defense Industry Conference. Usually U.S. Government will send higher-ranked senior State Department officials or Pentagon officials to attend this event. But this year there was – there is none. So some (inaudible) media are curious about the intention of the U.S. Government. So could you clarify that?

"MS. NULAND: I’m going to take that one. I frankly don’t have any information up here on it one way or the other, so let me take it and then we’ll get back to you, okay?

"QUESTION: So does that have something to do with the Diaoyu Island dispute, because of Taiwan are send boats to --

"MS. NULAND: I can’t imagine that it did, but let me take it for you and figure out exactly what happened. I have no information on the conference right at the moment.

"QUESTION: So what’s the position of the U.S. – Taiwan claim the right over the Diaoyu Island?

"MS. NULAND: Our position with regard to the Senkakus is the same for everybody.