By the time you read this, Taiwan will have a new president. It may also have – or be looking to fast-track – a range of mainland-friendly investment policies. Welcome to the post-Chen Shui-bian era. Chen, Taiwan’s outgoing president and a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) stalwart, cast his suitably bombastic parting volleys at Beijing, but […]
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President Hu Jintao was in Tiananmen Square on Monday for the arrival of the Olympic flame in Beijing, Reuters reported. Security was tight as Hu handed the flame to Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang, who ran the first leg of a 130-day relay that will see the flame travel around the world. However, what was […]
Hillary Clinton said America’s national security and its ability to intervene in crises around the world had been jeopardized by the Bush administration because of debt held partly by China, Reuters reported. The New York senator, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, said America was "too dependent on decisions made in other countries’ […]
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China calls India over Tibet
China’s top diplomat discussed Tibet with India’s national security adviser on Sunday, Reuters reported. Dai Bingguo, the State Councillor in charge of foreign affairs – who outranks the minister of foreign affairs – called India’s National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan to explain China’s position on the continuing unrest in Tibet. Dai expressed hope that India […]
China’s foreign ministry expressed "strong displeasure" with the US over an accidental delivery of missile fuses to Taiwan in 2006, AP reported. Comments posted on the ministry’s website called for a thorough investigation by US authorities in order to prevent "negative effects and disastrous consequences created by this incident," spokesman Qin Gang. The Pentagon admitted […]