WTN
Jan 30, 2005.
The following is an article composed by Senator Consiglio Di Nino and David Kilgour, MP, co-chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet Canada.
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Taipei Times
Jan 31, 2005.
Saturday saw the much-awaited return of People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) from the US. Soong was in the Land of the Free as part of a massive sulk over how beastly the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) had treated his own in the run-up to last month’s legislative election.
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By Huang Tai-lin
Taipei Times
Jan 31, 2005.
Beijing tried to exploit the pan-green’s failure to win a majority in last month’s legislative poll and is now trying to change the status quo, Chen said.
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By Mark Magnier
LA Times
Jan 28, 2005.
China has contributed $1 million to help organize Sunday’s election in Iraq, raising questions at home and abroad about how a country that supports balloting in another land can deny its citizens a chance to vote for their leaders.
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By Chen Lung-chu陳隆志
Jan 29, 2005.
The secretary-general of the UN is the administrative head of the organization. If this position, and the office of the secretariat, did not exist, the organization would be incapable of performing its duties in protecting global peace and security and resolving international disputes.
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By Joy Su
Jan 29, 2005.
The US is very much opposed to China’s proposed anti-secession legislation and is putting pressure on Beijing to halt the bill’s passage, according to Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) following a recent trip to Washington during which he attended US President George Bush’s inaugural festivities.
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Staff Reporter
Jan 29, 2005.
Fresh Approach: The new premier said negotiation is the best way to solve political problems and left the door open for a last-minute opposition posting in the Cabinet.
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By Kathrin Hille
Financial Times
Jan 27, 2005.
Frank Hsieh, Taiwan’s designated premier, has raised hopes that his cabinet will adopt a more pragmatic stance towards China by saying he will approach cautiously a controversial plan to use “Taiwan” rather than “China” in the names of state-owned enterprises and other public institutions.
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By Robert L. Suettinger
China Leadership Monitor, No.12 (www.taiwansecurity.org)
Fall 2004.
An interesting and creative theory—or at least outlook—on China’s global
role and responsibilities appears to have been set aside this year, in part as
a result of leadership disagreements.
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ABC Radio Australia
Jan 27, 2005.
Taiwan’s President, Chen Shui-bian, is due to leave for the Pacific nations of Palau and Solomon Islands, with a stopover in Guam.
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